Union Tool Corp

Started in 1942 by Karl J. Heinzelman, Union Tool is a fourth generation family owned business. But just about everything else has changed, says Chuck Simpson, co-president. When we began, lots of products were made of wood and woodworking companies were our best customers. After the war, though, companies retooled for consumer products that more and more were made of plastics, composites and steel rather than wood. The machines handling and producing such products also had to change. Each new application presented new problems that we learned to solve one customer at a time. Looking afresh at each customers production situation became an essential part of how we do business. Today practically everything made by the nearly 50 employees of this Warsaw, Indiana based company is customized to some extent to help each customer produce goods most efficiently. Union Tools engineering department oversees customization and develops innovative solutions. The department includes experts i...