Vulcan Tool Company

Employee Size

11-50

Organization Type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Dayton, OH

Founded

1916

Founded in Dayton in 1916, Vulcan Tool Company is one of the region’s longest-running manufacturing operations, evolving from a small tool-and-die shop into a U.S. industrial manufacturer. Its history is closely tied to the Brehm supported-shear design, which underpins the chipless tube-cutting machines the company is known for. Since Paradigm Industrial acquired its assets in 2020, Vulcan has continued serving commercial and defense customers from Dayton as an ISO 9001:2015-certified, service-disabled veteran-owned business.

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