Family-owned Chart Tech Tool Inc. has been part of the Tipp City manufacturing community since 1965, when it began making optical comparator charts and sight gauges. After moving from Dayton to its current 35,000-square-foot facility in 1985, the company grew into a turnkey engineering and manufacturing partner for customers worldwide, with a particular history in custom automation work. It is QS9000 compliant and ITAR approved.
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Thrift Tool IncFounded in 1990 in Walt Jones’s garage, Thrift Tool is a family-owned Dayton tool shop that builds custom tooling and inspection gauges for manufacturers. More than 30 years later, Walt’s son Jeff runs the company with his three sons in an 8,000-square-foot facility, where late-model equipment supports precision machining and 100% inspection of finished details.DAYTON, OH
Sure Tool & Manufacturing, IncSince 1969, family-owned Sure Tool & Manufacturing has made close-tolerance tooling and precision products in Dayton, Ohio, taking complex work from in-house design through manufacture. Its capabilities span custom gaging, difficult multi-machine jobs, and specialty tooling, with precision grinding holding and inspecting features within ±0.00005 inch. Now a third-generation family business, Sure Tool also maintains ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation for dimensional measurement and gage calibration.DAYTON, OH
Noble Tool Acquisition CorpFounded in 1980 in an upstairs Dayton shop, Noble Tool Acquisition Corp. makes tight-tolerance gages, fixtures and assemblies that keep demanding manufacturing processes accurate and repeatable. The company has grown from automotive tooling into work for aviation, medical-device and other critical applications while remaining rooted in Dayton’s manufacturing heritage. Noble Tool is ISO 9001:2015 certified and AS9100D compliant.DAYTON, OH
S.T. Tool & Design IncFamily-owned since its founding in 1994, S.T. Tool & Design has built its reputation in Mentor, Ohio, on careful workmanship and lasting customer relationships. The company operates from a 17,000-square-foot facility, where its team produces precision-machined parts for businesses with complex manufacturing needs.MENTOR, OH