GWS Tool Group

GWS Tool Group is a North American-based, vertically integrated manufacturer of highly engineered custom, standard, and modified standard cutting tools. We maintain the size, scale and capabilities of the largest companies in the industry, but the service-oriented disposition of a small organization. We have accomplished this through constant investment in the organization, which has included the acquisition of industry-leading specialty manufacturers. To date, these acquired entities include GW Schultz Tool (Tavares, FL), CGI Tool (Chesterfield, IN), Alliance CNC (Grand Rapids, MI), Benchmark Carbide (Springfield, MA), Intrepid Tool Industries (Phoenix, AZ), North American Tool Corporation (South Beloit, IL), STF Precision (Arden, NC) Taurus Tool & Engineering Inc (Batavia, IL), CJT Koolcarb (Carol Stream, IL), GenHam Diamond Tooling (Montrose, CO) Indexable Cutting Tools of Canada Inc. (Welland, ON and Edmonton, AB), Monster Tool Company (Vista, CA), Carbide Tools Manufacturing Inc. (Menomonee Falls, WI), Peterson Tool Company (Nashville, TN) and Balax Inc. (Hartland, WI). These entities now serve as the manufacturing arms of GWS Tool Group, and their respective specialties power the larger GWS engine! The Custom Comes Standard mantra is meant to encapsulate how we deliver this dynamic value proposition to the marketplace. We lead with our ability to serve as a single-source supplier for virtually all custom tooling needs, which we design and build in one of our many factories. Furthermore, we are distinguished by our ability and propensity to purpose-build capacity around our committed end-user base and the preferred partners through which they are served with our offering. To that end, we encourage our customers and channel partners to remember that when it comes to GWS and the level of support we can provide, one's imagination is often the only limitation! We remain committed to the expansion of this value proposition always and in all ways.

Machinery Tavares, United States Founded 2014 ~141 employees

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Employees
141
-1.4% in the 3 months to Sep 2026
Revenue / employee
$686K
Revenue ~$96.7M
12-month attrition
9.8%
Tech: 10.2%
H1B sponsor
NA
Open jobs
9
Last 30 days

Headcount trend

GWS Tool Group went from 137 employees in Oct 2024 to 141 in Sep 2026. Apr to Sep 2026: 8 people joined, 6 left.

Org structure

Headcount by department

Other46
Engineering28
Operations22
Design11
Sales9
Finance8
Success8
Marketing5

Data from Company Prospectus, DOL LCA disclosures, WARN notices and 6figr salary profiles.