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Business Snapshot
Engineer, manufacture and sell diamond abrasive tooling from our headquarters north of Los Angeles
Products include diamond blades and wheels, fine grinding (flat honing) plates, dressing boards and sticks, stone edge tooling, fine micron shop wheels, slitter knives, and more.
Product families are metal (sintered), resin, resin/metal, electroformed/electroplated, vitrified and brazed
Related tooling produced by ITI includes hubs, arbors and spacers made from aluminum, ceramic, steel, carbide and titanium.
Markets are manufacturers of semiconductors (laminates), hard disk drives, optics/glass, ceramics, industrial, photonics/telecommunications, electronics, microwave and others.
Export over 70% of sales to 24 countries, mostly to Asia.
Multi-national customers include 3M, IBM, Imation, Infineon, Micron, Philips, Seagate, Samsung and others
In business almost 50 years (since 1961) |
| Philosophy
Application knowledge is emphasized, ensuring the customer’s objectives are achieved.
Consistent high quality, with competitive prices and short delivery times from using principles of lean, six sigma, SPC, documented procedures, etc.
Engineering cooperation with equipment manufacturers and end users.
Continuing R&D to develop advanced products. |
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| Resources
65,000 sq. ft. facility dedicated to manufacturing, engineering and sales of diamond tooling.
In-house machine shop, complete with CNC mills, lathes, EDMs, laps, grinders, etc.
Diverse workforce, including employees from the U.S., England, Mexico, the Philippines, Peru and Iran. | |