Cutting Tools
Carbide end mills, drills, reamers, form cutters and PCD inserts in standard and fully custom geometries.
View rangePrecision Tooling Since 1994
Tooling built to the apex of tolerance.
Apex Tool Fabricators Inc. designs and manufactures cutting tools, stamping dies, injection molds, workholding fixtures and inspection gauges for the world's most demanding production lines.
30+
Years in Business
4,200+
Tools Delivered / Year
98.6%
On-Time Delivery
42
Countries Served
What We Make
Six tooling families. One accountable partner.
From a single prototype fixture to a 40-station progressive die, we engineer, machine, heat treat, inspect and certify everything under one roof.
Stamping & Progressive Dies
Blanking, forming, drawing and transfer dies for sheet metal up to 12 mm, validated with try-out presses to 400 tons.
View rangeInjection Molds
Single and multi-cavity molds, hot runner systems and over-molding tools for engineering plastics and LSR.
View rangeFixtures & Workholding
Modular and dedicated fixtures, zero-point pallets and hydraulic clamping systems that cut setup time by up to 70%.
View rangeGauges & Inspection
Go/no-go gauges, thread rings, profile gauges and CMM check fixtures traceable to NIST standards.
View rangeCustom Engineered Tooling
Have a part no catalog covers? Send us the print. Our engineers will design, quote and build the right tool.
Start a projectWhy Apex
Engineering depth you can put on your shop floor.
Our 85-person team includes 22 tooling engineers and 31 master toolmakers with an average tenure of 14 years. We use design-for-manufacturing reviews on every order, so problems are solved on screen, not on your press.
- In-house design, CNC, EDM, grinding and heat treat
- First-article reports and full PPAP documentation
- Rush prototyping in as little as 5 working days
- Lifetime regrind and rework program on every tool
Industries
Trusted where failure is not an option.
Aerospace
Titanium and Inconel structural and engine components.
Automotive
High-volume stamping, powertrain and EV battery tooling.
Medical Devices
Implant, instrument and disposable molds in clean-room standards.
Energy
Turbine, valve and drilling components for oil, gas and wind.
How We Work
From drawing to delivery in six controlled steps.
Quote
Print review and a detailed quote within 48 hours.
Design
3D CAD, DFM and simulation, signed off by you.
Machine
5-axis CNC, wire and sinker EDM, jig grinding.
Treat
Vacuum heat treat, coatings and stress relief.
Inspect
CMM and optical verification with full reports.
Ship
Protective packaging, global freight, onsite support.
Customer Voices
What our partners say.
Apex rebuilt our 22-station progressive die in three weeks and held 0.01 mm across every form. Scrap dropped by 38% in the first quarter.
Daniel OkaforDirector of Manufacturing, Meridian Auto Components
Their engineers caught a draft-angle issue in design review that would have cost us six figures in rework. That is the value of a real partner.
Dr. Helena VossVP Engineering, Cardinal Medical Systems
We run Apex end mills on Inconel blades and get 2.4x the tool life of our previous supplier. Reorders take one phone call.
Marcus LindqvistOperations Lead, Northwind Turbine Works
Have a print? Get a quote in 48 hours.
Upload your drawings or describe your application. A tooling engineer will respond personally.