Product Development

We recognize that the speed at which a company can realize a product has a significant impact on the amount of market share it captures. Since developing a product can be a long and costly process, we have created several tooling platforms that can be custom-tailored to your specific requirements.

Model Shop

Quantities purchased from our Model Shop range from one or two parts to several thousand. Our processes include wire EDM or chemically etched blanks, and single-hit or multi-slide pneumatic Schmidt presswork. Prototype, test and reach your market segment by using the Model Shop to fine-tune your precision product development.

First to Market

First to Market is our most popular tooling platform. It is the most cost effective, robust tooling platform available for producing quantities ranging from a few thousand to over a billion. This program is offered in several popular sizes to accommodate even the most complex stampings.

With a First to Market tool, the customer is only required to purchase the product-specific internal tooling. The external carcass items such as die set and matrix blocks exist as K S Tooling, Inc. assets. The design is completely universal allowing us to combine the inside tooling with the die set for a production order.