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S&D Industrial Tool Supply Articles

Articles just for the Industrial Cutting Tool Industry Welcome to our S&D Industrial Tools Supplier informational blog. This blog is for you, the cutting tool industry professional. Our articles will include valuable information that you can use to help run your shop more efficiently and ...
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A Fresh Set of Eyes

Occasionally, a fresh perspective is needed to identify solutions to challenges. Scenario: Take, for instance, a situation encountered by one of our clients, a substantial job shop located in Orange County. They were facing difficulties in machining the internal diameter (ID) of a large part with a 2.48″ ID, boring to a depth of 5.0″…
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Sales Growth Through Diversity

As an Industrial Distributor catering to the machining industry, we recognize the necessity for a wide array of products and suppliers to effectively address the diverse needs of our customers. The Southern California market exhibits significant diversity, primarily propelled by the aerospace and military industries. Unlike many distributors in the region, who concentrate on serving…
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More Than Just Tooling

S&D Industrial Tool Supply, marking its 40th year in Anaheim, California, emphasizes its longstanding partnerships with original customers and its resilience in facing economic challenges by prioritizing customer service. Led by founders Sam and Diane Martlaro and CEO Jim Herman, the company has built a reputation for problem-solving and exceptional service. With the founders transitioning…
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Industrial Supply: Serendipity at S&D

S&D Industrial Tool Supply, marking its 40th year in Anaheim, California, emphasizes its longstanding partnerships with original customers and its resilience in facing economic challenges by prioritizing customer service. Led by founders Sam and Diane Martlaro and CEO Jim Herman, the company has built a reputation for problem-solving and exceptional service. With the founders transitioning…
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Triumph in a Titanium Trial

  At a prominent aerospace shop, they are roughing Titanium every day. The customer was pleased with how the job was running. They were making the quoted time and had been doing the same jobs for months, using the same tools. “Good enough,” are not words our sales team accepts, so we challenged our customer…
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S&D Difference – Maximizing your Profitability

  In the semiconductor industry, large runs and throughput are the keys to profitability. A local semiconductor company operates in just this way. They have been enjoying running the same parts for years and have been happy with the tooling. When an opportunity arose for S&D’s Darren Dives, to go over the job with the…
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Plug And Play

  There are just times when due to many different circumstances, CNC programs or tool paths cannot be changed.  It could be either time constraints or lack of programming resources at a customer.  The team at S&D in such scenarios is very adept & versatile at making the most of the available resources to improve…
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Aluminum Plate Drilling

Recently, for a longtime customer, we had the opportunity to not only to supply the correct tooling but also to assist in process improvement for aluminum plate drilling. Our customers know they can rely on us to provide solutions to their productivity improvement process. Case in Point We were presented with a challenge to improve…
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The S&D Difference

Our customers know they can rely on us to provide solutions to their productivity improvement process. Case in point S&D partnered with our customers and suppliers to reduce cycle time to meet production requirements without adding machines or additional personnel, but running other projects. Scenario Running on a CNC vertical mill, steel casting, requiring 52…
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Choose This Day

I am confident most salespeople do not look forward to sales forecasting time of year, or at least this one doesn’t. When looking back at 2020 this process was even more confusing. Between my staff and I we talked with over 100 customers, asking what they expected for 2021.
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