Our founder, Carl Edquist, built the company on a simple philosophy: Combine the best people with the most current technology to create the best possible products for our customers. Carl’s original vision still guides our company today. From humble beginnings as a tool and die shop in 1958, Carlson Tool & Manufacturing has become the largest tooling and manufacturing facility of its kind in North America. Through the application of leading edge engineering and manufacturing technologies, Carlson delivers moldmaking, gundrilling, deephole boring, and contract machining services globally. We hire skilled, dedicated people and give them the technology they need to lead the industry in speed, quality and flexibility. In fact, we’ve built an organization with a proven ability to get your products to market faster than the competition- in many cases up to 90% faster.