Established in 1985, Day-Tec Tool & Manufacturing builds custom tooling and special machinery while also providing precision machining and grinding from its 11,000-square-foot facility. The company can design and build fixtures, gages and machine retrofits, or work from a customer’s drawings to produce parts and tooling to print.
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
TDL Tool, IncFounded in Xenia in 1992, TDL Tool designs and builds tooling and specialized machinery while also providing the machining and metalworking services needed to bring those projects into production. The company has grown from a 4,000-square-foot shop built by founder Steve Mangan into a broad manufacturing operation, with notable work ranging from large-format EDM to automation systems and custom prototypes. Since 2017, TDL Tool has been owned by Steve Mangan’s sons, Tim and Dan.XENIA, OH
Graybill's Tool & Die, IncFounded in Manheim in 1956, Graybill’s Tool & Die grew from H. Roy Graybill’s machine shop into a full-service job shop designing and building special machines, automation systems, tooling, and precision-machined parts. The company now works from a 20,000-square-foot facility with about 30–35 employees, taking projects from early design and prototyping through short-run production. Its long history includes a distinctive second life for the former Cinco cigar factory, renovated as Graybill’s home in 1978.MANHEIM, PA
Sharp Tooling CompanyBorn in a 20-by-20 Buffalo garage in 1959 as Niagara Punch and Die, Sharp Tooling Company now makes customized tooling and close-tolerance machined parts for manufacturers across Western New York and around the world. The company remains a family-run machine shop, with third-generation machinist Jayson Czerniak leading the business after his grandfather founded it and his father Jay expanded it. Its in-house inspection and reverse-engineering work help customers refine existing parts as well as develop new tooling.BUFFALO, NY