Tooling Around the World
September 2006
 

40 YearsWilson Tool Celebrates 40 Years

In 1966, Ken Wilson founded a simple tool and die shop with the goal of creating innovative, high-quality, reliable tooling for sheet metal fabricators backed by first-rate service and support. Today, forty years later, this spirit of innovation continues to be a guiding principal of Wilson Tool International.

We continually strive to pioneer new products and services that help our customers improve productivity and performance. In recent months Wilson Tool has been busier than ever — introducing new products, enhancing customer service tools and improving our sales materials.

Visit our newly redesigned web site at wilsontool.com for information on the latest tooling innovations, customer testimonials, application stories, expanded literature library and the industry’s best e-Business Center. 

While you’re there, be sure to read about these innovative new products:

Our punching division expanded the availability of our extremely successful HP Dura-Blade™ parting tool line to include a tool for Strippit thin turret machines, increasing sharpening intervals up to 100%.

Wilson’s exclusive WT Style Precision press brake tooling with its unique push button for fast click-in/slide-out tool changes greatly improves productivity by reducing downtime.

Our new HP Accu-Lock™ retainer inserts from Impax Tooling Solutions® make it possible to create special retainers on site and on demand quickly and inexpensively.

Xtra is your single source for a full selection of high quality machine parts and accessories for your punch press, press brake or stamping equipment.

  
   
 

WT Press Brake Tooling
Wilson Tool has great news for fabricators seeking faster lead times in a high quality press brake tooling for Trumpf®-style and LVD®-style presses. Our WT press brake tooling, previously available only as a special, is now available as a standard line of punches and dies for Trumpf-style and LVD-style press brakes.

The WT line is available in ten standard punch profiles (120 mm to 220 mm) and 17 different dies (6 mm to 50 mm) to Wilson Tool's North American customers. Special profiles, tip radii and tip angles are also available.

  
   
 

e-Business Center

You spoke and we listened. We have made several improvements, which you suggested, to our e-Business Center to make accessing your account information even faster and easier than before.

Faster Log In
You can now bypass the log in process the next time you log in by checking the “Remember Logon’ box. The system will place a “cookie” on your machine that will enable you to bypass the log in screen the next time you access the e-Business Center and will send you directly to the home page.

Enhanced Search Function
We have added some new functionality to the search feature, which will enable you to search by product number or description (a full text search), or search by product number only (a limited search). The new search option will result in a more refined search by targeting just the product number.

Simpler PDF Viewing
You no longer need to download and save PDFs to your desktop to open and view the document.

Easier Access to Order Confirmation and Invoice
Order confirmations and order invoices are now available directly from the transaction list. It is no longer necessary to go to the order detail for this information.

What Customers are Saying
“I think the Web site is great for ordering standard tooling for my Trumpf punching machine. It is very convenient, and it saves me the time in having to call up and place the order. It also saves me time in being able to use my Visa card for purchasing, and not having to cut a PO. And finally, next day turnaround on this tooling is one of the best that I have found for the Trumpf tooling.”
- Chris Dahlberg, Southco, Inc.

Customer Feedback

Wilson Tool is pleased to announce that we are now automatically sending out DXF files, for custom shapes and many of our forming tools, with your special tooling order acknowledgement. When placing your order, please verify that we have your most current e-mail address for you to receive these files.

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