MANUFACTURER OF SPECIALTY & HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TOOLS
About Imperial-newton
For over two decades, IMPERIAL-Newton has engineered specialty industrial sockets and wrenches trusted by the world's largest heavy industries. We deliver hard-to-find tooling with unmatched speed, precision, and custom manufacturing expertise.
About IMPERIAL-Newton
Our company
At IMPERIAL-Newton Corp we don’t think you should have to search the far corners of the earth and pay 10x the price and wait 10x as long to get your hands on a hard to find socket or wrench for your heavy industrial application. We listened to the needs of our customers, then developed a way to ensure that even hard to find sizes and shapes were available either from stock or on a quick manufacturing basis so that time and cost were both kept as low as possible.
When you contact IMPERIAL-Newton you will most always hear “yes”, because if we haven’t already made it and put it on the shelf we can usually take your concept sketched on a napkin if necessary and apply our capabilities to ship it out to you quickly. That’s what we do for the largest industrial operators in the world, and we’re happy to do it for you too, no matter 1 piece or 1,000 we have no minimum quantity requirement for customized product, so contact us now and find out how easy it is to get any wrench you might ever need, now or in the future.
When you contact IMPERIAL-Newton you will most always hear “yes”, because if we haven’t already made it and put it on the shelf we can usually take your concept sketched on a napkin if necessary and apply our capabilities to ship it out to you quickly. That’s what we do for the largest industrial operators in the world, and we’re happy to do it for you too, no matter 1 piece or 1,000 we have no minimum quantity requirement for customized product, so contact us now and find out how easy it is to get any wrench you might ever need, now or in the future.
Why choose us
WHY INDUSTRY LEADERS CHOOSE IMPERIAL-NEWTON
When failure isn't an option, specifications matter more than price. Here's what sets IMPERIAL-Newton apart on the shop floor and in the field.
Largest Specialty Selection
480,000+ socket and wrench sizes in stock — the deepest catalog of heavy industrial fastening tools anywhere.
Custom Solutions
Every job is engineered to spec — custom bore, drive, length, and finish, built to your exact drawing.
Fast Manufacturing
In-house tooling and CNC capacity mean shorter lead times than brokers who outsource overseas.
No Minimum Orders
Need just one piece? We ship single custom units as readily as production runs of thousands.
Worldwide Distribution
8,000+ distributor locations across six continents keep our tools within reach, wherever the job is.
Industrial Expertise Since 2002
Nearly 25 years focused only on heavy industry — no consumer distractions, no shortcuts.
Our History
Two Decades of Precision Manufacturing
From a single workshop to a global manufacturing operation — the milestones that built IMPERIAL-Newton's reputation.
2002
Our Foundation
Since 2002
Growth Through Innovation
Today
A Global Industry Leader
IMPERIAL-Newton Corporation began in a small industrial complex in Huntington Beach, California in 2002 manufacturing specialized industrial impact socket wrenches primarily for the US Government including several branches of Defense and the Department of Energy, along with aerospace and other industries which required specialized tooling for big bolts. The demands for quality, time and price forced us to engineer some of the most efficient and cost effective production systems in use today in order to meet the needs of these demanding organizations without creating custom products which cost 10x the price of a normal product and take 10x as long to deliver. Happily, we’ve succeeded in substantially overcoming these obstacles so that many years later IMPERIAL-Newton now offers general industry the widest selection of specialty industrial sockets and wrenches available anywhere, at agreeable prices and shipped faster than you might expect with our industry leading manufacturing times.
Since 2002, IMPERIAL-Newton remains focused strictly on heavy industrial applications and has grown to become a world renowned leader in the manufacture of specialty industrial tools for turning large nuts and bolts, now offering more than 480,000 sizes and types of industrial sockets and wrenches – all designed specifically for heavy industry. In addition to having the widest selection, we manufacture the world’s largest sizes of impact sockets and wrenches for some of the planet’s biggest industrial equipment. No size is too large for us, and no quantity is too small – we do it all.
Today IMPERIAL-Newton is the defacto source for heavy industrial operators and equipment OEMs who require uncommon sizes and types of large industrial sockets and wrenches. So, whether you need a tool here in the USA or the far corners of remote Siberia, IMPERIAL-Newton can deliver the right tool for the job in the shortest amount of time possible, no matter how large or how far away your need might be.
Distributor Network
FEATURED Distributors
IMPERIAL-Newton® industrial tools are available from a wide range of distributors who carry quality tools for heavy industrial applications. Chances are there is an IMPERIAL-Newton® distributor near to you in every region of the USA and Canada, so please email us today to find the nearest dealer to your location.
With over 8,000 distributor locations and growing, we periodically update this shortlist of Featured Distributors, in order to bring your attention to some of the distributors we work with often. We encourage you to reach out to purchase any IMPERIAL-Newton products, and other goods they offer. Our current list features:
With over 8,000 distributor locations and growing, we periodically update this shortlist of Featured Distributors, in order to bring your attention to some of the distributors we work with often. We encourage you to reach out to purchase any IMPERIAL-Newton products, and other goods they offer. Our current list features:
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Distributors
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What's In a Name?
IMPERIAL- Newton
We are often asked what the meaning is of the two curious words which make up our company name, IMPERIAL-Newton. Is it a reference to imperialist capitalism enjoyed with fig newton cookies? No, not really, not even close actually. It’s a bit more technically minded and engineering related. Although we enjoy hearing some wonderfully entertaining guesses at what our namesake refers to, we decided to offer the following information to spell out exactly what our name infers, and why it says so much about what we are all about.
There are two basic systems of measurement which pervade the entire spectrum of nuts and bolts used in heavy industry on down to tiny screws used in attaching tiny circuit boards inside mobile devices. They are the “imperial” system of measurement (also known more commonly as the inch system) which consists of all fractions and inch related measurements such as 9/16″ and 2500 ft-lbs, or inch-pounds or torque. The second measurement system is the Metric system, which in our world of large fasteners includes measurements in millimeters (mm) and torque applied commonly in Newton-Meters of force (N-m). Therefore, our name makes reference at once to both of these common measurement and force terminologies used everyday in the industrial world; and, also intends to make reference to the fact that we offer every size of socket and wrench used in heavy industry for both the inch and metric systems of measurement.
There are two basic systems of measurement which pervade the entire spectrum of nuts and bolts used in heavy industry on down to tiny screws used in attaching tiny circuit boards inside mobile devices. They are the “imperial” system of measurement (also known more commonly as the inch system) which consists of all fractions and inch related measurements such as 9/16″ and 2500 ft-lbs, or inch-pounds or torque. The second measurement system is the Metric system, which in our world of large fasteners includes measurements in millimeters (mm) and torque applied commonly in Newton-Meters of force (N-m). Therefore, our name makes reference at once to both of these common measurement and force terminologies used everyday in the industrial world; and, also intends to make reference to the fact that we offer every size of socket and wrench used in heavy industry for both the inch and metric systems of measurement.
Inch System
IMPERIAL
The “imperial” in our name, which is a formal reference to the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824, actually refers to what is now commonly known as the “inch system”, which became the predominant system of the United States
Newton-Meter
NEWTON
The “Newton” in our name is a reference to the Newton-Meter of torque measurement. Sir Isaac Newton is an important historical figure in the world of physics, and his name graces some of the common terminology used in describing torque and force to this day. Units such as the Newton-Meter (N-m) of force, and the singular Newton unit of force are direct references to the sir name of Isaac Newton, the physicist.
Newton’s three laws of motion
Here at IMPERIAL-Newton Corp, we work with applications involving high forces and torque reaction every day, so the following physics laws established by Isaac Newton are especially relevant to us on a daily basis in one form or another. Perhaps they are in your work as well, in which case you might be interested to know that:
Newton’s laws of motion are comprised of three physical laws which form the basis for classical mechanics. They describe the relationship between the forces acting on an object and its motion due to those forces. They can be summarized as follows:
Newton’s laws of motion are comprised of three physical laws which form the basis for classical mechanics. They describe the relationship between the forces acting on an object and its motion due to those forces. They can be summarized as follows:
Newton's First Law
An object in motion tends to stay in motion. An object at rest tends to stay at rest. Every object remains in a state of constant velocity unless acted upon by an external unbalanced force. This means that in the absence of another force, the center of mass of an object either remains at rest, or moves at a constant velocity.
Law 01Newton's Second Law
An object which is subjected to a given force, undergoes an acceleration that has the same direction as the force, and a magnitude that is directly proportional to the force and inversely proportional to the mass, i.e., Force = mass X acceleration (F=ma).
Law 02Newton's Third Law
Every action has an opposite but equal reaction. The mutual forces of action and reaction between two objects are equal, opposite and collinear. This means that whenever a first object exerts a force on a second object, the second object also exerts a force on the first object. This law is sometimes referred to as the action-reaction law, with F called the “action” and -F the “reaction”. F and -F are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. The action and the reaction are simultaneous.
Law 03The three laws of motion were first compiled by Sir Isaac Newton in his work Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, first published on July 5, 1687. Newton used them to explain and investigate the motion of many physical objects and systems. For example, in the third volume of the text, Newton showed that these laws of motion, combined with his law of universal gravitation, explained Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.
We Give
Who thought buying a giant wrench ever had anything to do with offering free cleft pallet surgery, or with helping the homeless get a much needed supper and shelter on a cold night?
In addition to providing a wide range of valuable resources to our customers in the way of producing hard to find and useful industrial wrenches, we believe our Corporate philosophy must go beyond this. In helping the least of us who hunger for food to eat, sit out each night in the cold without shelter, or face a plight many of us are fortunate enough to find unimaginable, we believe we can make a difference in our local communities and abroad each step of the way.
IMPERIAL-Newton gives a portion of it’s corporate proceeds to carefully screened efforts directed at helping those in need of food, clothing, shelter and other necessities of life we all need and some starve for lack of. We encourage our Employees to donate time in helping efforts in the local community and abroad in support of caring for our fellow human beings, the environment, and creatures great and small.
We ascribe philosophically to the idea that when there is fish to be had and the body is able, the greatest good is done by helping a person get a pole and learn how to fish, rather than to just simply to give them a single meal, for there is much wisdom in the saying “you can give a man a fish and he eats for a day, but if you teach a man to fish he eats for life”. In the spirit of this idea IMPERIAL-Newton Corp gives to organizations which we find responsibly support micro loans and other similar programs so that people around the world can start or improve their own business right in their own town or village, and begin to build a sustainable living using their own abilities and ideas.
We hope that you will join us in offering time and support to the causes which help those nearest you and in most need the world over. Each of us can make a difference in one life, and from one life there can be hope for many.
In addition to providing a wide range of valuable resources to our customers in the way of producing hard to find and useful industrial wrenches, we believe our Corporate philosophy must go beyond this. In helping the least of us who hunger for food to eat, sit out each night in the cold without shelter, or face a plight many of us are fortunate enough to find unimaginable, we believe we can make a difference in our local communities and abroad each step of the way.
IMPERIAL-Newton gives a portion of it’s corporate proceeds to carefully screened efforts directed at helping those in need of food, clothing, shelter and other necessities of life we all need and some starve for lack of. We encourage our Employees to donate time in helping efforts in the local community and abroad in support of caring for our fellow human beings, the environment, and creatures great and small.
We ascribe philosophically to the idea that when there is fish to be had and the body is able, the greatest good is done by helping a person get a pole and learn how to fish, rather than to just simply to give them a single meal, for there is much wisdom in the saying “you can give a man a fish and he eats for a day, but if you teach a man to fish he eats for life”. In the spirit of this idea IMPERIAL-Newton Corp gives to organizations which we find responsibly support micro loans and other similar programs so that people around the world can start or improve their own business right in their own town or village, and begin to build a sustainable living using their own abilities and ideas.
We hope that you will join us in offering time and support to the causes which help those nearest you and in most need the world over. Each of us can make a difference in one life, and from one life there can be hope for many.
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