History
Ideas in Action
Since 1969
Armo Tool began in 1969 as a precision grinding and coating shop and to this day has kept roots in precision tooling. From tooling Armo grew to support customers with retrofits and upgrades to machinery, then soon took another step into designing, building and servicing stamping dies. From small subsystems and the retrofit of complete machines and systems were born a part of the complete offering. Armo quickly grew the team and started working with partners as well as nurturing the apprenticeship program to grow our talent base.
1969
Ross and George Whitney start Armo Tool in a 1200 sq. ft. building at our Longwoods Road location
1974
Began to rebuild machines; a 3 1/8 Acme screw machine was our 1st project
1976
1st expansion took place; 1600 sq. ft.
1981
Completed our 1st major progressive die project
1982
Expanded to 5000 sq. ft.
1983
Purchased our first CNC mill, a Hurco Kmb1. Graduated our first journeyman Tool and Die Maker
1984
Purchased our 1st Wire EDM, a ELOX model Q1986 Surpassed $1,000,000 in sales for the first time.
1987
Purchased our 1st CNC Lathe
1989
Hired our 20th Employee
1990
Purchased a 200 ton Warco tryout press
1992
George Whitney named President
1994
Began to build small-diameter tubing benders for the automotive industry
1999
Achieved certification to ISO 9001:1994. Expanded to 32,000 sq.ft.; Graduated our 25th skilled trade journeyman
2000
Reached the milestone of $10,000,000 in sales
2001
Hired our 100th employee
2002
Achieved ISO re-certification to ISO 9001:2000
2003
Graduated our 50th skilled trade journeyman
2007
Expanded our staff and sales to record level; Ben Whitney appointed as General Manager; Armo Tool named for Provincial Apprenticeship Award
2008
Ben Whitney named President of Armo Tool; George Whitney remains as CEO
2009
Acquired and integrated Sun Engineering into Armo Tool
2012
Added 5 axis CNC milling capability
2013
Installed 800 ton tryout press with rollout bolster and feedline
2013
Upgraded building 40,000 sq.ft with cranes to 25 tons
2014
Added blue light scanning capability
2017
Armo-Tool Acquires Abuma Manufacturing; Achieved ISO re-certification to ISO 9001:2015
2018
Armo is Controlled Goods Certified for business in the defense industry
2018
Automation division moved into Admiral Drive / Abuma Manufacturing facility
2019
Armo delivers first automation and tooling to the cannabis industry
2019
Armo delivers first automation to the medical device industry
2020
Armo responds to Covid with expanded runoffs on our floor and expanded remote support to keep customers globally successful
2020
Armo delivers first automation to the food and beverage industry
2020
Armo USA founded to provide support, service and installation excellence to our customers in the eastern USA
2022
Provided technical support to customers as diemakers, millwrights and controls people to help alleviate challenging periods like launches