Adelaide Tooling Pty Ltd was formed initially in 1992 by the merger of two manufacturing companies Adelaide Tooling and Carpenter Grosvenor, Messer’s D Burpee and D Carpenter continued to operate both businesses but expanded its manufacturing base and moved to supply the Australian Automotive industry. With the retirement of Darryl Carpenter in 2017 his shares were purchased by Sy Van Truong.

Adelaide Tooling Pty Ltd has been in the tool making and design, manufacturing and repair industry for over 20 years. The extensive competencies and capabilities are shown by the fully equipped toolroom, press shop, CNC machining area, general engineering workshop, TIG and MIG welding facilities, sheet slitting lines and finished goods store. Adelaide Tooling Pty Ltd was a major supplier to the Australian Automotive industry.

Over the ensuing years general engineering, powder coating and logistic divisions were added to accommodate the demands of our many customers.

In early 2002 an engineering management service was launched whereby Adelaide Tooling would manage the design and construction of customers tooling requirements, in our toolrooms for later use in our production facilities.

This was expanded to include a dedicated quality team in early 2003, with ISO 9001:2000 accreditation being achieved in November 2003.

Today Adelaide Tooling currently occupies over 8,000 square meters of undercover building area. Adelaide Tooling has a diverse range of metal stamping capacity with over sixty presses ranging in capacities of 30 tons up to and including 500 tons..

In 2018, Adelaide Tooling completed a successful deal with D&D Tooling to merge the two companies and has now re-branded its range of cage spacers to ECO SPACER. You can see the complete range of our products at our new website www.ecospacer.com.au

Adelaide Tooling has a strong history in manufacturing various types of steel components for industry; it has the required knowledge & expertise in cutting and forming steel sheet and coil into complex shapes with high accuracy. The combination with D&D Tooling’s has helps us to integrated our mastering in traditional steel stamping with complex plastic components manufacturing, it makes our new company the preferred choice for many companies developing their new products whether it is in steel or plastic.

For any demand needing specific tooling in both plastic and metal manufacture, we have a highly skilled workforce with expertise to successfully complete even the most challenging products in the shortest of lead-times from tooling design, rototyping, full production development, even for small batch runs and special orders.

In early 2002 an engineering management service was launched whereby Adelaide Tooling would manage the design and construction of customers tooling requirements, in our toolrooms for later use in our production facilities.

Currently Adelaide Tooling is manufacturing a high number of components for Automotive Service Parts OEM’s, Domestic & Industrial Steel Building Fabrication, Meter Boxes & Enclosures for local electrical distribution and a wide range of plastic and steel furniture components. We have relentlessly efforted to expand product line-up, suppliability with high quality and competitive price to meet all customer expectations.

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us to discuss your future project requirements.

Utilizing the reliability of time trusted mechanical press machines upgraded with the latest servo roll feeders, load monitoring equipment, uncoilers and strip lubricators has enabled the business to have maximum growth with minimal capital outlay. This has enabled a competitive edge over our competition, an edge that can be passed on to all customers and consumers.

Although most of today's production requirements can be met using existing equipment, upgraded accessories, comprehensive planning for capital has allowed for the purchase of new equipment and technology as required by customer applications. In step with industry demands the company has been upgrading our plant and equipments continuosly to ensure productivity and efficiency.

With purchases such as brand new 200 and 110 tons Chin Fong press equipment, the company finds itself in a strong position in markets.

With the stability of a strong manufacturing base and superior engineering support has enabled company growth into assembly departments throughout the group of companies.

With extensive MIG, TIG and Spot-Welding departments, Adelaide tooling has the expertise to value add your components to your client’s requirements.

Using a component design provided by the client our design team takes control of all aspects of basic tool design requirements. Once an initial tooling concept has been selected, consultation with the client ensures that al technical aspects of the proposed design will accommodate their production expectations and needs.

On the clients approval, full tool design commences and all required materials are purchased. From here, the design team work in conjunction with our fully qualified toolmaking personnel to allow the manufacture of the tooling to follow the clients demands.

During the companies growth over the past twenty years, it has been necessary to expand our tooling facilities to accommodate advancements made in customer press tool design and manufacture requirements for both stamping & plastic products.

Cutting edge technology has been introduced to all areas of tool manufacture throughout the group of companies, along with a solid foundation being provided by our recently added, highly experienced design personnel.

Equipment such as CNC Machining Centre's and CNC Wire Cut equipment allow complex tooling projects to be completed within customers' tight deadlines. Prototype component manufacturing services are also offered to all customers and is effortlessly carried by our own engineering development department, in conjunction with the main toolroom.

Additional services such as Laser cutting, Plasma cutting, Hydraforming and Roll forming can be organized with our extensive base of contract suppliers and vendors.

All tooling try-outs are carried out on site at our Regency Park factory, reflecting actual tooling performance on the same equipment used for our day to day production requirements.

From soft tooling prototypes, tool design, tool manufacture, tool try-out and finally PPAP submissions. All processes are managed under our ISO 9001 quality system.

But submission delivery is not the end of the support process. Adelaide Tooling will engage with the customer to sort out any pre-production issues that may arise prior to full approval status. This includes minor tooling modifications required to meet customer needs right through to preparing quotations to totally re-design tooling, if required. Our experience shows that clear communication with all customers ensures maximum customer satisfaction.

Why not give us a call and see how we can help you with our extensive press tooling solutions ..