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Profile - North American Tool Corporation

North American Tool Corporation is a family of companies – with subsidiaries Gaylee Corporation, Bitner Tooling Technologies, Inc. and NATool – that lead the worldwide industrial tooling industry with a broad spectrum of premium quality cutting tool products. This is a $10MM company that has leveraged its supply chain position in the US and 38 other countries. It makes a common product, but uses distribution node positioning and related short delivery time to compete and continue its profitable growth. It started exporting in 1995.

North American Tool Corporation, South Beloit, IL, an ISO 9001 registered manufacturer, is the industry leader in reliable same day shipment of popular special taps, dies and gages. Blueprint special taps ship in 7 - 10 days.
Gaylee Corporation, Sterling Heights, MI, is a premier manufacturer of solid carbide and carbide-tipped "Thin Saws", as well as multiple saw gangs and special purpose cutters. Gaylee has a long tradition of producing saws held to limits of accuracy and tolerance that are unsurpassed in the cutting tool industry.

Bitner Tooling Technologies, Inc. is a supplier of precision H.S.S., solid carbide and carbide-tipped cutting tools, such as: subland drills, special drills, circular and dovetail form tools, special reamers, combination tools, insertable tooling, recess tooling, cut-off and shave tools, as well as custom and 'blueprint special' tools.

NATool - Special Thread Tool Products, Rotherham, England, offers an extensive array of popular special taps and threading tools, designed and manufactured to meet worldwide customer requirements. Same day shipment available for most products. Custom-designed 'blueprint' specials are produced and shipped in as few as seven days.