ISLAND TOOL & DIE

Island Tool & Die was founded in 1996, by Lee & Cindy Swanson. At first it was a husband wife operation in a small building on Main Street in Pine Island MN. With Lee's background in Tool and Die, he started building dies and tooling for local manufacturers. Soon the work warranted hiring another employee. It was not long before we outgrew the building we were in. In 1998 we moved to a larger building in the same town. It was not long after that, we started adding new equipment and technology to our operation. We bought our first CNC machining center in 1997. We again added employees. By the end of 1998 we added two more machining centers, another lathe, and also a CAM program. Our business was taking off, then the recession of 2001 came. Manufacturing as a whole went into a tailspin for the worse. This was a very trying time for anyone in the machining industry. We watched as other shops went out of business one after another, wondering when we would be next. In 2004 we started to see..

Also known as: Island Tool, Island Tool & Die, Inc.

Primary location: Pine Island United States