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 10106 Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball Plungers, End Force: 4.0 Initial x 12.0 Final, Ball Dia: .125
SKU: NW-10106
MPN: 10106
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10106H Hex Drive Stainless Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Black
SKU: NW-10106H
MPN: 10106H
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10106HP Hex Drive Stainless Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Yellow
SKU: NW-10106HP
MPN: 10106HP
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10106P Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball Plungers, End Force: 4.0 Initial x 12.0 Final, Ball Dia: .125
SKU: NW-10106P
MPN: 10106P
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10107 Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball Plungers, End Force: 2.0 Initial x 4.5 Final, Ball Dia: .156
SKU: NW-10107
MPN: 10107
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10107H Hex Drive Stainless Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Plain
SKU: NW-10107H
MPN: 10107H
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10107HP Hex Drive Stainless Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Black
SKU: NW-10107HP
MPN: 10107HP
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10107P Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball Plungers, End Force: 2.0 Initial x 4.5 Final, Ball Dia: .156
SKU: NW-10107P
MPN: 10107P
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10108 Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball Plungers, End Force: 4.0 Initial x 9.0 Final, Ball Dia: .156
SKU: NW-10108
MPN: 10108
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10108H Hex Drive Stainless Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Yellow
SKU: NW-10108H
MPN: 10108H
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10108HP Hex Drive Stainless Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Plain
SKU: NW-10108HP
MPN: 10108HP
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10108P Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball Plungers, End Force: 4.0 Initial x 9.0 Final, Ball Dia: .156
SKU: NW-10108P
MPN: 10108P
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10109 Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball Plungers, End Force: 6.0 Initial x 17.0 Final, Ball Dia: .156
SKU: NW-10109
MPN: 10109
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10109H Hex Drive Stainless Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Black
SKU: NW-10109H
MPN: 10109H
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10109HP Hex Drive Stainless Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Yellow
SKU: NW-10109HP
MPN: 10109HP
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10109P Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball Plungers, End Force: 6.0 Initial x 17.0 Final, Ball Dia: .156
SKU: NW-10109P
MPN: 10109P
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10110 Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball Plungers, End Force: 2.5 Initial x 5.0 Final, Ball Dia: .187
SKU: NW-10110
MPN: 10110
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10110H Hex Drive Stainless Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Plain
SKU: NW-10110H
MPN: 10110H
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10110HP Hex Drive Stainless Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Black
SKU: NW-10110HP
MPN: 10110HP
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10110P Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball Plungers, End Force: 2.5 Initial x 5.0 Final, Ball Dia: .187
SKU: NW-10110P
MPN: 10110P
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10111 Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball Plungers, End Force: 5.0 Initial x 10.0 Final, Ball Dia: .187
SKU: NW-10111
MPN: 10111
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10111H Hex Drive Stainless Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Yellow
SKU: NW-10111H
MPN: 10111H
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10111HP Hex Drive Stainless Steel Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball - Color Code - Plain
SKU: NW-10111HP
MPN: 10111HP
NORTHWESTERN TOOLS 10111P Ball Plungers - Stainless Steel Ball Plungers, End Force: 5.0 Initial x 10.0 Final, Ball Dia: .187
SKU: NW-10111P
MPN: 10111P