engages in the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of various cutting tools, tooling systems, supplies, and wear-resistant parts.
It operates in four segments: Metalworking Solutions & Services Group (MSSG), Advanced Materials Solutions Group (AMSG), J and L Industrial Supply (JLS), and Full Service Supply (FSS). MSSG segment provides consumable metalcutting tools and tooling systems consisting of steel toolholder and cutting tools, including indexable insert or drill made from cemented tungsten carbides, high-speed steel, and other hard materials.
The company also provides metalcutting solutions through its engineering services.
AMSG segment offers cemented tungsten carbide products and engineered components, including radial bearings used for directional drilling for oil and gas; extruder barrels used by plastics manufacturers and food processors; and various other engineered components.
The company offers metallurgical powders, as well as application-specific component design services and on-site application support services.
JLS segment provides metalworking consumables and related products to small and medium-sized manufacturers in the United States and the United Kingdom.
It distributes various metalcutting tools, abrasives, drills, machine tool accessories, precision measuring tools, gages, hand tools, and other supplies.
FSS segment provides metalworking consumables and related products to medium and large-sized manufacturers in the United States and Canada.
This segment offers integrated supply programs that provide inventory management systems and just-in-time availability, and programs that focus on cost savings.
Its customers include metalworking manufacturers and suppliers in the aerospace, automotive, machine tool, farm machinery, highway construction, coal mining, quarrying, and oil and gas exploration industries.
The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
