For more than 50 years, Cincinnati-based Jerry Tools has manufactured hydraulic workholding equipment and custom arbors, chucks, and inspection fixtures for demanding industrial applications. Its hydraulic designs conform to imperfect or out-of-round locating surfaces while maintaining normal accuracy of 0.0002 inch TIR, and the company supplies specialized tooling systems to major manufacturers worldwide. Jerry Tools also makes Jetnut hydraulic nuts, including lighter aluminum versions that reduce handling weight by 60 percent.
Riten Industries, IncSince 1933, family-owned Riten Industries has made precision workholding equipment in central Ohio, with live and dead centers and face drivers as its sole business. The company also engineers custom tools for demanding applications and operates a full-service repair and rebuilding program, including work on competitors’ equipment. Riten’s 35,000-square-foot American manufacturing facility maintains an ISO 9001:2015-certified quality system.WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OH
Positrol, IncEstablished in 1961, Cincinnati-based Positrol designs and builds industrial workholding devices, with a particular focus on custom solutions for demanding manufacturing applications. The privately held small business approaches its work as an engineering problem, developing and testing customer-driven designs and guaranteeing repeatable part holding to the provided specifications. Its brands include Superior Cincinnati for standard collet chucks and pads, Langlois for aerospace workholding, and City Machine for prismatic applications.CINCINNATI, OH
HYTORCFounded in 1968 by John Junkers, family-owned HYTORC develops industrial bolting systems designed to make tightening work safer, more precise, and less time-consuming. Based in Mahwah, New Jersey, the company combines patented tooling and custom solutions with mobile service, authorized repair facilities, and support from representatives in more than 100 countries.PERRYOPOLIS, PA
Kiefer Tool & Mold, IncSince 1965, Cleveland-based Kiefer Tool & Mold has machined, fabricated and repaired the oversized industrial parts and equipment that smaller shops cannot handle. Its 36,000-square-foot facility works on components weighing up to 100 tons, including custom hydraulic cylinders and press components, while also providing field inspections and emergency equipment repairs. After more than 50 years and three generations in business, Kiefer stands behind its workmanship with in-house inspection and testing.CLEVELAND, OH