Answers to General FAQ's about Bend Tooling

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GENERAL FAQ'S

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How long has Bend Tooling been in business?

Since 1986, twenty years under the same management. Click here for more about the history of Bend Tooling and other information.

It is a technology developed by the Bend Tooling management team to automate the manufacture of ETO (engineer-to-order) products, such as tooling for rotary-draw tube-bending. This technology that helps us provide you with better tooling at lower cost and faster delivery.

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Does Bend Tooling manufacture the products it sells?

Yes. All of our rotary-draw tube-bending products are manufactured at our plant in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Does Bend Tooling do any tube-bending?

No. Although some of our competitors have tube-bending operations, we don't. That would put us in competition with our customers. It would also distract us from what we do best: Making mandrels, wipers, and bending dies.

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Is Bend Tooling ISO9001 registered?

Yes. We are ISO9001:2000 registered. Contact Brian Tingley with any inquiries related to this.

Click here for additional information about Bend Tooling capabilities and qualifications.

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Is Bend Tooling Section 8(a) qualified?

Yes. Bend Tooling's plant is located in a historically under-utilitized business district near downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, and we hire employees from the neighborhood of our plant. Therefore, the Small Business Administration has certified us as a HUBZone company, which qualifies Bend Tooling to receive Section 8(a) set-aside contracts from the government and large companies.

As a Section 8(a) vendor, Bend Tooling has two decade track record of innovation and performance in the design and manufacture of rotary-draw tube-bending tools. Some of our firsts include: The single-piece poppet-style links in 1986, the inserted mandrel assembly in 1986, the inserted wiper die in 1987, the interlocked wiper die in 1994, the tapered-leaf bend die set (for square and rectangular tubing) in 1997, and the shock-resistant die set in 2003. We also pioneered in conjunction with Proto-CAM Inc. the Datafacturing® factory automation we use to manufacture our rotary-draw tube-bending products with high precision and productivity -- which is how we quickly deliver a high-quality product to our customers at the lowest prices in the industry.

Contact Bridget Tingley with any inquiries regarding our status as a HUBZone vendor.

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MAIL TO: Bend Tooling Inc. ~ 1009 Ottawa Avenue, N.W. ~ Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503, U.S.A.

TOLL-FREE (U.S.A. & Canada): 1-800-BTI-TUBE (1-800-284-8823) ~ WORLDWIDE: 616-454-9965

FAX: 616-454-9958 ~ E-MAIL: info@bendtooling.com

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