It is our goal to provide outsourcing that is seamless, so that our customers' sales, purchasing and engineering staff can rely on us at least as much as they can on their own manufacturing facility - after all, we have to work for the orders! We also provide transparency to our customers, so that the end users cannot tell whether the products they buy were made at their supplier's own facility, or at ours. All the products we make are laser-etched with the brand name or logo of our customers. There is no ICE Tools "brand" in the market. Our quality has been recognized by several domestic and foreign cutting-tool companies who count on us as their steel-products partner. We not only build their standard product, but we often help design their new products and specials. Many of our customers supply us with their branded packaging material so we can ship directly into their US warehouse stock, with no inspection or assembly required by their staff.
A. Yes, with a “but….” We can and do make specials; however, we make everything on our 5-axis CNC machining centers, which are costly to program and set up. Most of the special tools we make are quite complicated or are "repeating specials"; tools that are not in the catalog but the customer needs on a regular basis. These jobs can justify the cost of special programming and set-up. Please feel free to contact us if you are unsure if your job would qualify.
Q. Are you ISO9000 certified?
A. No, we are still a growing manufacturer and cannot justify the cost. However, we have tried to follow all of the ISO requirements from the beginning of the company and we are a certified supplier to many companies in the industry.
Q. Can you make CAT #50 taper shanks?
A. Yes, we can make your tools on CAT #50 taper shanks along with any other size of CAT taper, R8, Morse and even just plain straight shank. We machine these from bar stock, rather than buying CAT blanks, so we can offer any heat-treatment you specify.