About Us
Supplying industrial tooling and equipment is only the beginning of our relationship with our customers. Combining our strength as a leading provider of Tool Management Systems, continuous improvement initiatives and other measurable value added services, we become an operating partner in your venture and with you striving to be the most productive and service oriented company in our industry.
Our goal is to be the "distributor of choice" for:
- Customers who seek the most innovative products in the industry and the "lowest total cost" solution for their tooling and MRO supplies
- Manufacturers who seek a professional sales team who can effectively market their products
- Employees who seek a challenging career in an environment that appreciates hard work, integrity and strong family values
We encourage our customers to personally visit our facility to confirm our commitment to total customer satisfaction.
Since 1992, Applied Tooling Technologies has grown substantially by acquiring six local competitors. This has enabled us to continually expand our product offerings to include most of the preferred brands in the industry.
Key Product Line Additions
- 1965
- Began as a Waukesha branch of Machinery & Factory Equipment in Racine by Edward Meier and Francis "Bud" Beaudette
- 1970
- Ed Meier and Bud Beaudette purchased branch that was then known as M&F Equipment Company of Waukesha
- 1971
- Relocated to new building at 824 Philip Drive in Waukesha WI
- 1989
- Moved to new 10,000 square foot facility on Westmound Drive. Opened Showroom as local presence of Enco Mfg., a major catalog based distribution company
- 1992
- Assumed Miller Tool sales operation. First addition to our building
- 1995
- Merged with BT Sales. Brought in two (2) new partners, Ronald "Ronn" Barker and C. Robert Thompson, new customers, salespeople and product lines brought growth
- 1996
- Joined Induserve Supply – a co-op giving us access to more than 1000 additional product lines
- 1998
- Purchased Kel-Sir Company for Milwaukee addition of premier lines on left. Brought dramatic increase in business
- 1999
- Expanded our building to 22,000 square feet. Relocated Kel-Sir to our facility and developed one of the premier Lenox Band Saw Service Centers in North America
- 2001
- First AutoCrib vending installation, purchased Milwaukee Carbide Cutting Tools
- 2002
- Appointed as a full line Kennametal distributor for South Eastern Wisconsin
- 2004
- Purchased Abrasive Specialists of Wisconsin
- 2005
- Joined Affiliated Distributors– the premier Distributor Marketing Group in the USA Installed onsite coolant lab
- 2007
- Purchased Abrasive Tools/Supplies expanding geographic reach, customer base and Vendor Managed Inventory Program, as well as on-site Air Tool Repair
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