BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling is celebrating 25 years of North American operations in 2015. "Incorporated in the spring of 1990 under the name Kaiser Precision Tooling (KPT), the subsidiary of Switzerland-based Heinz Kaiser AG provided the North American market better access to products and more complete engineering solutions from a worldwide leader in development and manufacturing of precision boring tools and modular boring systems," said a company spokesperson. "KPT officially opened its doors on August 1, 1990 in Elk Grove Village, IL, and vowed to stay true to three core principles: quality, innovation and performance."
"We set out to be driven first by our engineering capabilities," recalled Jack Burley, VP, Sales and Engineering, who has been with the company from the beginning. "We had an expression, 'give us your toughest boring problem.' We have always believed that if we cannot solve it, there is probably not anyone else who can. This kind of cooperation has allowed us to relate to customers as peers for the long term, not as opportunistic and looking to make a quick sale and run."
Daily orders have gone from the teens to 150-plus in the 25 years. The engineering team is larger by more than ten times, and available parts that numbered around 2,000 in 1990 now exceed 20,000. A major catalyst of that growth came in 2003 when KPT formed an alliance with BIG Daishowa Seiki, a Japanese manufacturer of toolholders, cutting tools and measuring accessories.
Acknowledging the importance of the alliance, KPT changed its name to BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. The partnership enhanced BIG Kaiser's product offering, allowing the supplier to serve customers more comprehensively. It also injected a global outlook and reach to BIG Kaiser's vision while maintaining production and development of two-thirds of the company's components in the U.S.
In 2009 the company moved to a new 33,000 sq. ft. facility in Hoffman Estates, IL. Nearly three times larger than its previous headquarters, the location made room for a growing team and features a state-of-the-art showroom, high-tech training auditorium, larger shipping warehouse space and a repair center.
"Quality, innovation and performance - it has always been about that," said BIG Kaiser President and CEO Chris Kaiser. "That has gotten us to where we are today and it will not change."
For more information contact:
BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc.
2600 Huntington Blvd.
Hoffman Estates, IL 60192
888-TOOL-PRO / 847-228-7660
bigkaiser@bigkaiser.com
www.bigkaiser.com