Bridgeport Company History Lathes + Machine Tool Archive
Textron Purchase and Expansion In 1968 Textron, Inc., purchased Bridgeport Machines. Forbes later declared that the purchase made Bridgeport an quot;early victim of conglomerationquot;; however, with the financial support and direction of its new parent company, Bridgeport soon made improvements to its product offerings .The machine tool industry is a cyclical one and, in the late 1960s, the industry