History
In 1981 Command Tooling Systems LLC (CTS) was founded and began manufacturing steep taper tooling in Coon Rapids, Minnesota to industries including, but not limited to, medical, aerospace, job shops, and automotive. By the end of 1982 CTS was providing a complete line of quality BT and V-flange toolholders.
In 1988 CTS had formed a strategic alliance with URMA AG of Switzerland, the leading manufacturer of high precision modular boring systems. This partnership was a natural progression for CTS with the emerging high speed machining market.
CTS continued to develop the company into a substantial business, producing tooling for milling machines and capturing a significant share of the American made tool holder market. CTS’ reputation continued to grow as the premier manufacturer of high speed toolholders. By 1996 CTS was ready to expand, and relocated to a new facility in Ramsey, Minnesota.
In 1997 CTS was purchased by an investment company and continued expanding on their product offerings under the new ownership.
In 2008 CTS was purchased by EWS, a privately held company located in Uhingen, Germany. EWS, owned by brothers Frank and Matthias Weigele, has over 50 years of experience manufacturing lathe tooling. With CTS handling the milling and the turning done by EWS, CTS is able to provide their customers the complete package. This partnership gives CTS global presence as EWS also has facilities in Korea and Russia.
Today CTS continues to manufacture a wide variety of products at its Ramsey, Minnesota facility, in addition to selling EWS and URMA products. The engineering group at CTS continually works to develop new products and special tool holders in order to stay in front of the ever-changing markets. CTS has a full-service maintenance and repair department for live tooling heads in the North American market. CTS joined the Mori Seiki DMSQP program as a qualified tooling partner in 2010, and became a Partner in THINC in Okuma’s research and development program in 2011. These valuable partnerships allow CTS to provide well-rounded services to customers.
Command Tooling Systems LLC is ready to serve you and your business by providing high quality and innovative tooling solutions for any application you require.