Northwestern Tools
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 10021 Ball Plungers - Steel - Stainless Ball, End Force: 9.0 Initial x 18.0 Final, Ball Dia: .375
SKU: NW-10021
MPN: 10021
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10021H Hex Drive Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Gold
SKU: NW-10021H
MPN: 10021H
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10021HP Hex Drive Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Silver
SKU: NW-10021HP
MPN: 10021HP
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10021P Ball Plungers - Steel - Stainless Ball, End Force: 9.0 Initial x 18.0 Final, Ball Dia: .375
SKU: NW-10021P
MPN: 10021P
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10022 Ball Plungers - Steel - Stainless Ball, End Force: 7.0 Initial x 50.0 Final, Ball Dia: .375
SKU: NW-10022
MPN: 10022
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10022H Hex Drive Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Black
SKU: NW-10022H
MPN: 10022H
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10022HP Hex Drive Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Gold
SKU: NW-10022HP
MPN: 10022HP
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10022P Ball Plungers - Steel - Stainless Ball, End Force: 7.0 Initial x 50.0 Final, Ball Dia: .375
SKU: NW-10022P
MPN: 10022P
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10054 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 2.2 Initial x 6.7 Final, Ball Dia: 2.36
SKU: NW-10054
MPN: 10054
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10055 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 6.7 Initial x 13.3 Final, Ball Dia: 2.36
SKU: NW-10055
MPN: 10055
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10056 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 8.9 Initial x 22.2 Final, Ball Dia: 2.36
SKU: NW-10056
MPN: 10056
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10057 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 8.9 Initial x 17.8 Final, Ball Dia: 3.17
SKU: NW-10057
MPN: 10057
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10058 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 13.3 Initial x 31.1 Final, Ball Dia: 3.17
SKU: NW-10058
MPN: 10058
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10059 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 17.8 Initial x 53.3 Final, Ball Dia: 3.17
SKU: NW-10059
MPN: 10059
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10060 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 8.9 Initial x 20.0 Final, Ball Dia: 3.96
SKU: NW-10060
MPN: 10060
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10061 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 17.8 Initial x 40.0 Final, Ball Dia: 3.96
SKU: NW-10061
MPN: 10061
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10062 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 26.7 Initial x 75.6 Final, Ball Dia: 3.96
SKU: NW-10062
MPN: 10062
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10063 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 11.1 Initial x 22.2 Final, Ball Dia: 4.75
SKU: NW-10063
MPN: 10063
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10064 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 22.2 Initial x 44.5 Final, Ball Dia: 4.75
SKU: NW-10064
MPN: 10064
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10065 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 26.7 Initial x 93.4 Final, Ball Dia: 4.75
SKU: NW-10065
MPN: 10065
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10066 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 13.3 Initial x 26.7 Final, Ball Dia: 7.14
SKU: NW-10066
MPN: 10066
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10067 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 26.7 Initial x 53.4 Final, Ball Dia: 7.14
SKU: NW-10067
MPN: 10067
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10068 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 26.7 Initial x 133.4 Final, Ball Dia: 7.14
SKU: NW-10068
MPN: 10068
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10069 Metric Ball Plungers - Steel Metric Ball Plungers - Stainless Ball, End Force: 20.0 Initial x 40.0 Final, Ball Dia: 9.52
SKU: NW-10069
MPN: 10069