Northwestern Tools
Northwestern Tools: Premium Industrial Solutions
Quality Industrial Tools from Your Trusted Michigan Distributor for Northwestern Tools
Freer Tool & Supply distributes professional Northwestern Tools precision industrial components engineered for demanding manufacturing applications. As your trusted Michigan distributor for Northwestern Tools, we provide the complete range of over 2,000 domestic, high-quality components including hoist rings, spring and ball plungers, thread inserts, fixturing and locating components, knobs and handles, tooling components and clamping, and washers.
About Northwestern Tools
Northwestern Tools, a family run organization, opened for business on January 27, 1942 by Gene Thomeczek, who foresaw an industry need for quality machine tooling.
From our beginnings on Northwestern Avenue in Dayton, Ohio, the people at Northwestern Tools have continued to dedicate themselves to fulfillng this vision. Northwestern Tools is still owned and actively managed by the Thomeczek family, ensuring a continuation of this commitment.
For the last 75 years, Northwestern Tools has grown from an initial offering of just 4 products, to over 2,000 domestic, high quality components to service our customers.
This growth forced Northwestern to move to our present Hempstead Station Dr. location in 2018 to house the growing production needs.
Expanding Into New Markets
As we have continually grown our product lines, we have been able to expand into new markets and industries such as:
- Aerospace
- Medical
- Fasteners
- Lifting & material handing (with the addition of ADB hoist rings)
Adding Automation to Manufacturing Process
Recently, we added two new CNC (computer numerical control) machining centers and other automated specialized machinery to our manufacturing facility to improve our throughput and allow us to continue to offer low-cost, high-value products.
We constantly review our products and our markets for new items to introduce to our customers, and to make sure that we have the most complete offering in each one of our product categories.
Strong Employee Base
Now being run by a second generation of Thomeczeks, Northwestern has kept the "family atmosphere" alive within our employees, evidenced by our employee retention rate. A third of our employees have over 20 years with the company.
Reasons for Our Success
The years of growth at Northwestern Tools can be attributed to our original philosophy:
- Offer excellent quality products
- Produce products with American labor and American parts
- Offer at a reasonable price
- Sell directly and through a national network of industrial distributors
- Deliver promptly
- Ship the same day - achieved on 99% of all orders.
Though the majority of business comes from Northwestern's standard product line, special needs products can be developed to meet customer requirements.
Our story of success is simple. Take an idea, do it very well, mix in a good measure of quality, service, and same day shipping, and you have our commitment to you.
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44202 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 1/4-20; Overall Thread: 2-1/8
SKU: NW-44202
MPN: 44202
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44203 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 1/4-20; Overall Thread: 2-7/8
SKU: NW-44203
MPN: 44203
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44204 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 1/4-20; Overall Thread: 3-5/8
SKU: NW-44204
MPN: 44204
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44205 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 5/16-18; Overall Thread: 1-5/8
SKU: NW-44205
MPN: 44205
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44206 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 5/16-18; Overall Thread: 2-3/8
SKU: NW-44206
MPN: 44206
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44207 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 5/16-18; Overall Thread: 3-1/8
SKU: NW-44207
MPN: 44207
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44208 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 5/16-18; Overall Thread: 3-5/8
SKU: NW-44208
MPN: 44208
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44209 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 3/8-16; Overall Thread: 1-3/4
SKU: NW-44209
MPN: 44209
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44210 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 3/8-16; Overall Thread: 2-1/2
SKU: NW-44210
MPN: 44210
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44211 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 3/8-16; Overall Thread: 3-1/4
SKU: NW-44211
MPN: 44211
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44212 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 3/8-16; Overall Thread: 4"
SKU: NW-44212
MPN: 44212
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44213 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 3/8-16; Overall Thread: 4-3/4
SKU: NW-44213
MPN: 44213
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44214 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 1/2-13; Overall Thread: 2-1/2
SKU: NW-44214
MPN: 44214
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44215 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 1/2-13; Overall Thread: 3-1/4
SKU: NW-44215
MPN: 44215
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44216 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 1/2-13; Overall Thread: 4"
SKU: NW-44216
MPN: 44216
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44217 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 1/2-13; Overall Thread: 4-3/4
SKU: NW-44217
MPN: 44217
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44218 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 1/2-13; Overall Thread: 5-1/2
SKU: NW-44218
MPN: 44218
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44219 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 5/8-11; Overall Thread: 2-3/4
SKU: NW-44219
MPN: 44219
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44220 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 5/8-11; Overall Thread: 3-1/2
SKU: NW-44220
MPN: 44220
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44221 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 5/8-11; Overall Thread: 4-1/4
SKU: NW-44221
MPN: 44221
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44222 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 5/8-11; Overall Thread: 5"
SKU: NW-44222
MPN: 44222
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44223 Toggle Shoe Clamps with Retaining Spring - With Socket - Thread: 5/8-11; Overall Thread: 5-3/4
SKU: NW-44223
MPN: 44223
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44501 Hex Socket Toggle Screws - Steel Pad; Net Lbs. Per 100: 1/2
SKU: NW-44501
MPN: 44501
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 44502 Hex Socket Toggle Screws - Steel Pad; Net Lbs. Per 100: 3/4
SKU: NW-44502
MPN: 44502