Since 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.
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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
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
Accu-Grind & Mfg Co IncFounded in Dayton in 1988 by Jeff Heisey, family-owned Accu-Grind & Mfg Co. makes precision-machined and ground parts and assemblies, taking projects from print to part under one roof. Its 27,000-square-foot facility houses more than 90 machines, backed by over 100 years of combined grinding experience and support for both prototype and production work. The veteran-owned small business is ISO 9001:2015 compliant and holds BATFE Type 7 and Class 2 SOT manufacturing licenses.DAYTON, OH
Morgan Precision InstrumentsFounded as Morgan Tool and Die in 1938, Morgan Precision Instruments carries Akron toolmaker Otello “Oty” Capanna’s conviction that “perfection is not a little thing.” The company became Morgan Precision Instruments in 1999 and brings that precision-gauge heritage to custom manufacturing work for customers in industries ranging from automotive to medical. ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation in calibration and dimensional measurement underscores the measurement traceability at the heart of its work.AKRON, OH