Founded in spring 2016 by Lew Amicone, a former U.S. Navy machinist who served aboard the USS Pennsylvania, Dragonfire Tool Storage is a small, growing company based in Western Pennsylvania. It makes durable, affordable workstations for professional shops and everyday users, refining its designs through feedback from customers who rely on them.
Homak ManufacturingFounded in Chicago in 1947, Homak Manufacturing makes rugged tool-storage and security solutions for working tradespeople, mechanics, and hands-on enthusiasts. The company began with steel kitchen cabinets, expanded into toolboxes and cabinets in the 1960s, and now operates from western Pennsylvania with its Homak storage and First Watch safe lines. Its history spans more than 75 years, with products backed by a customer-facing focus and, on its tools and selected storage products, limited lifetime warranties.WAMPUM, 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
Starn Tool & Manufacturing CompanyFounded in 1945 by toolmaker Gleason Starn, Starn Tool & Manufacturing produces precision-machined parts in Meadville, Pennsylvania, taking projects from prototype quantities of one through production runs. The company grew from Gleason’s garage shop into Crawford County’s first job shop and now employs more than 60 people across its manufacturing operations. Still led by the Starn family, it marks 80 years in business in 2025 and holds AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certification.MEADVILLE, PA
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