Burloak Tool acquires Armactool

Burloak Tool, Burlington, Ont., has acquired Armactool, a tool and die plant in St. George, Ont. Since the December acquisition, the company has successfully integrated the two businesses under the Burloak Tool brand and welcomed all Armactool employees to its team.

Armactool has provided tooling to blue chip manufacturers for more than 20 years.

With the ability to optimize across both plants, new die build capacity increases, lead times decrease, and the service offering expands. Armactool has particular expertise with large, complex stamping dies of all types.

The increased fabrication capacity supports the underlying new die build strategy of both companies: in-house design, on-site fabrication, and in-house die build and trials, to control quality and lead times.

Additionally, Burloak, as a fully integrated production stamper (to 800T), now offers stamping services to legacy Armactool customers who require additional outsourced capacity or short runs.

“Together, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. The combined bench strength can’t be beat, die build capacity is increased. More than ever, customers can turn to our team with complex problems they want solved quickly,” said Burloak President/CEO Sean Brown.