Founded in 1986 by Kay and Gary McClure, Walhonde Tools designs and manufactures patented tube and pipe alignment tools for welding operations. From its South Charleston, West Virginia facility, the company builds U.S.-made equipment such as the Wallbanger tube clamp and custom alignment tools that help boiler, pipeline and industrial crews move fit-up from hours to minutes. Walhonde’s tools are used by organizations including NASA, SpaceX, General Dynamics and the U.S. Navy.
Wheeler-RexSince 1957, Wheeler-Rex has made professional pipe and plumbing tools, including pipe cutters, threading machines and hydrostatic test pumps. The company backs its equipment with hands-on testing, tutorial videos and a network of authorized distributors and service centers, giving working professionals support well beyond the tool itself.ASHTABULA, OH
Warwood ToolSince 1854, Warwood Tool has hand-forged industrial hand tools in its Wheeling, West Virginia factory, where American steel is shaped into equipment for demanding work. Founded by immigrant Henry Warwood and still family-owned and operated, the company has remained in the same factory since 1907 and is known for tools such as its Pulaski axe, used by generations of forestry and firefighting crews. Warwood says it has never made cast tools, relying instead on skilled workers and time-tested forging methods to produce products made entirely in the USA.WHEELING, WV
Elliott Tool TechnologiesElliott Tool Technologies traces its roots to Gustav Wiedeke’s small Dayton manufacturing business, founded in 1892 by an inventor whose work included the first tube expander. Today, the private company draws on more than 125 years of manufacturing, sales, and engineering experience to make specialty tools for industrial tube maintenance and metal finishing, with on-site training tailored to customer applications.DAYTON, OH
Jackson Tool, IncFounded in 2010, Jackson Tool manufactures tools for mechanical engineers, including pipe stands and alignment equipment, at its Greenville, South Carolina facility. The company makes its products in the USA, develops new designs with customer input, and ships worldwide through its facility and U.S. stocking warehouses.LONG ISLAND CITY, NY