In addition to extra-long hard jaws, Dillon manufactures a full line of workholdig solutions which are available through their nationwide network of industrial distributors with industry leading lead times. Application engineers are available to assist with product selection.

About Dillon Manufacturing

Dillon Manufacturing, Inc. manufactures a complete line of standard and custom workholding solutions including chuck jaws, chucks, vises jaws, soft jaws, hard jaws, collet pad jaw systems, chuck lubrication, and more. All products are made in the USA and Dillon is ISO 9001:2015 registered.

“We’re proud of our heritage and strive each day to attain dad’s original goal of earning every customer’s trust with each order they place,” said TJ Davies President Sherry Davies. “Closely working with every customer allows us to better understand their issues and how we can help them. Those discussions have led us to continue our investment in equipment and technology and in the development of new product lines – all 100% American-made and backed with exceptional customer service.”

Over the past year the company has purchased several new CNC lathes for standard and custom machine components and updated some of their testing equipment. A new Starrett optical comparator allows them to reverse engineer custom components.

“This is an investment in the future and a testament to our belief in American manufacturing,” continued Davies. “We continually strive to get better, and the Mazak will help us to achieve that. We’re able to machine components from raw bar stock to ready-for-heat treat status around a common axis. That means better concentricity and precision which helps our customers make their products better.”

In addition to striving to make the manufacturing community better, Davies and her team are active members of their local community as well. They hosted their first ever Toys for Tots toy drive last year and are already planning how to collect even more toys next season. They also helped aspiring engineers get a firsthand look at engineering when they sponsored the Emerging Engineers summer camp through Kent State University College of Aeronautics and Engineering last summer.

“It is a real pleasure to support our local community as well as our manufacturing community,” said Davies. “We’re looking forward to exhibiting at PMTS and are already planning for the 2026 IMTS. The future is bright and I’m sure dad would be proud that his core mission still drives us today.”

About T.J. Davies

Founded in 1965, T.J. Davies Company, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of retention knobs located in Mantua, Ohio. The vision of T.J. Davies Company, Inc. is to produce world-class, made-in-America retention knobs and to provide exceptional customer service. Veteran Founded, Certified Women Owned Business. Their products are available through a nationwide network of distributors.

Now through December 30, 2024, customers who make a qualifying purchase can earn a tooling certificate valued at 20% of their purchase to give to their school of choice. Schools can redeem certificates for any the compamy’s products, including best-in-class tool holders, boring tools, cutting tools, workholding products and presetters.

In the first two years of the program, BIG DAISHOWA issued nearly $50,000 in tooling certificates to high schools, vocational schools, colleges and universities. According to Jack Burley, President/COO, this aligns with the company’s mission to nurture skilled workers for the future.

“Our commitment to workforce development runs deep, and this program gives our customers the chance to invest directly in their communities by providing future machinists and engineers the same BIG DAISHOWA tooling they’ll use in their careers,” said Burley.

To participate in the program:

• The qualifying minimum order is $5,000 (earning a $1,000 tooling certificate).
• Place the order through your local distributor and request “Drop ship from BIG DAISHOWA.”
• Reference “PROMO-BD-SCHOOLS” as a line item on your order.

BIG DAISHOWA offers a range of precision tooling, workholding and tool management systems aimed at reducing both the overall process time and the cost per part.

Popular products include face mill holders, end mill holders, collet chucks, angle heads and tapping adaptors. The world-leading KAISER Boring System, high-performance Sphinx Drills and UNILOCK Workholding systems are also available, as are CAT, BT, HSK and BIG Capto systems.

About BIG DAISHOWA Group

As a member of the BIG DAISHOWA Group (Osaka, Japan), BIG DAISHOWA Inc. is a recognized global tooling provider, with manufacturing facilities in North America, Switzerland and Japan. BIG DAISHOWA is also the North American representative of Speroni tool measuring machines, Sphinx high performance drills, mptec measuring stands, Tekusa spindle cleaners and the UNILOCK zero-point workholding system.

Fixtureworks will highlight some of the newest additions to its lineup of products, including retractable ball lock fasteners, heavy-duty push lock clamps, flat-style clamping fasteners and a new larger module for the 5-axis modular clamping systems for large workpieces.

Also featured will be myriad workholding products including pneumatic clamps and workholding devices, nutrunner clamps, One-Touch Fasteners, 5-axis modular clamps, Flex Locators, and many other fixture clamps and locating system solutions. As well as an extensive selection of machine components including mechanical linear actuators, handles, levers, knobs and grips, hand wheels, cranks, industrial rubber bumpers, stops and wheels. Many new demos will be on display at the booth for a direct hands-on experience of Fixtureworks’ newest products.

Also featured will be Fairlane® Products line of workholding and positioning products that help extend the life of expensive jigs, fixtures; bumpers and rollers that come in a wide variety of styles to help guard, align and protect workpieces; and clamping mechanism including grippers, rest pads, and Swivots® swivel/pivoting positioning components.

“Omar has been a valuable member of the Jergens team for five years now”, said Matt Schron, Jergens Vice President, and General Manager. “His demeanor is very approachable and conversational, with application and fixture design background that gives us another advantage as he and his team continue to support our customers, distributors and sales rep’s”, continued Schron.

Previously, Omar had been on the Jergens Custom Design and Build team, and an Application Engineer. Prior to joining Jergens, he had been in the plastic injection molding industry, in material handling, a tool maker, designer, and shift supervisor for companies including Meritec and Cosmo Corp. He has spent his career in and around tooling, process improvement, automation, and workholding, all with an eye for improving efficiency.

“I’m a learn as you go kind of guy, and I really enjoy understanding how things work”, Said Andino. “Jergens has given me the opportunity to take on as much as I want, which is how I built up my AE (Application Engineer) skills and took on my first solo custom design and build project after 2-1/2 months”, he continued.

That same sense of design and construction is also part of Omar’s private life as he enjoys wrenching on motorcycles and cars, as well as household renovations and woodworking. Omar holds an Engineering Technical Certificate from Lakeland Community College. He and his wife Kelly live in Painesville, OH, and enjoy their blended family of seven children.

About Jergens

Jergens, Inc. is a global manufacturing leader of CNC machining workholding products. The company is ISO 9001:2015 certified and committed to helping customers achieve leaner, more profitable manufacturing, and continues to add products and engineered solutions for an integrated approach to “Manufacturing Efficiency”.

About Suburban Tool, Inc.

Suburban Tool, Inc. has over 50 years of experience in manufacturing the highest quality work-holding products and inspection equipment for thousands of satisfied customers from the smallest operations to the largest corporations!
A significant part of Suburban’s quality is due to our experienced craftsmen adhering to precision standards. Suburban’s products are manufactured by using exacting procedures.
Suburban Tool, Inc., proudly manufactures products in their 70,000 square foot world headquarters Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA.

“I feel very fortunate to have had such a productive relationship with so many of the folks at Jergens”, said Reid. And the feelings are mutual. “We appreciate his skills, support and accomplishments as one of the original Canadian Jergens Reps for the last two and a half decades”, said Matt Schron, vice president and general manager for Jergens. “On behalf of the entire organization I want to thank Tom for his twenty-five-year partnership with us and to wish him and his family the very best in his retirement”, continued Schron.

Mr. Reid began his career in manufacturing in 1979 following in his father’s footsteps. In those nearly 45 years, he has been a manufacturers agent, distributor, and Jergens Canadian sales manager of many industrial products.

In 1998 he began to rep Jergens and grew his agency to represent three other industrial product lines for all of

Canada. In 2007, Reid saw and seized the opportunity to focus solely on Jergens for the remainder of his career. Most recently, Tom has been supporting the transition over to Barry Schwartz as Business Development Manager for the Canadian markets. “I really appreciate all his efforts and experience, it has made my position clear and the transition easier”, said Mr. Schwartz of Reid’s support.

Tom is a father of three grown children – Eric, Adam, and Carly – and lives in Orangeville, Ontario with his wife Ali and their dog, Koko.

The high gripping force ensures precision throughout the machining process. Once the lockable fingers have been adjusted to the workpiece, which takes only moments, remaining parts are clamped in and out quickly and with high repeatability, resulting in more uptime and tight tolerances. Because these shapes can be set up very fast, Adaptix is well-suited for high mix, low volume applications including short production runs and prototyping. The moving parts of the jaws – fingers, studs and fingertips – have been engineered for many thousands of actuations and are also easily field serviced if needed.

Adaptix offers a productive solution where soft jaws leave off. Often a choice when holding workpieces with unusual features, soft jaws perform well but require, among other things, longer time to setup. In some cases, that is upwards of two hours, whereas Adaptix requires an average of approximately 20 minutes and offers superior accuracy and repeatability. Additionally, this flexible system reduces the need for multiple soft jaws, helping to lower overall tooling inventories and associated costs.

Adaptix is designed so fluids and chips won’t interfere with operation. The system’s studs are available in different materials including aluminum and steel. Step profiles and other shapes provide gripping flexibility. The jaw system is compatible with industry vises such as Jergens 6” production vise. Packages with vise and jaws, or Jaws only, are available.

About Jergens

Jergens, Inc. is a global manufacturing leader of CNC machining workholding products. The company is ISO 9001:2015 certified and committed to helping customers achieve leaner, more profitable manufacturing, and continues to add products and engineered solutions for an integrated approach to “Manufacturing Efficiency”.

From October 1–December 29, 2023, the company will once again donate a tooling certificate valued at 20 percent of every qualifying order to the buyer’s school of choice through the Tools for Schools program. Schools can redeem certificates for any BIG DAISHOWA products, including best-in-class tool holders, boring tools, cutting tools, workholding products and presetters.

Last year’s program was a resounding success: BIG DAISHOWA issued nearly $30,000 in tooling certificates to high schools, vocational schools, colleges and universities. According to Jack Burley, President/COO, it’s all in line with the company’s overall mission to support a new generation of skilled workers.

“We are committed to workforce development. This program allows our customers to support local communities by providing their future workforce with the same tools they use in their shops,” said Burley.

To participate in the program:

• The qualifying minimum order is $5,000 (earning a $1,000 tooling certificate).

• Place the order through your local distributor and request “Drop-ship from BIG DAISHOWA.”

• Reference “PROMO-BD-SCHOOLS” as a line item on your order.

Burley says that every dollar spent helps students develop skills they can apply in their careers. “By using BIG DAISHOWA tooling in school, students gain experience with the same tools they will use as future engineers and machinists.”

BIG DAISHOWA offers nine product lines of precision tooling, workholding, and tool management systems aimed at reducing both the overall process time and the cost per part.

Popular products include face mill holders, end mill holders, collet chucks, angle heads and tapping adaptors. The world-leading KAISER Boring System, high-performance Sphinx Drills and UNILOCK Workholding systems are also available, as are CAT, BT, HSK and BIG Capto systems.

If your machine is equipped with a BIG-PLUS spindle, remember that BIG DAISHOWA is the officially licensed provider of BIG-PLUS tool holders in North America. Don’t accept any substitute dual contact products on your valuable machines.

About BIG DAISHOWA

As a member of the BIG DAISHOWA Group (Osaka, Japan), BIG DAISHOWA Inc. is a recognized global tooling provider, with manufacturing facilities in North America, Switzerland and Japan. BIG DAISHOWA is also the North American representative of Speroni tool measuring machines, Sphinx high performance drills, mptec measuring stands, Tekusa spindle cleaners and the UNILOCK zero-point workholding system.