Electro Arc Manufacturing

What Electro Arc Manufacturing does

Electro Arc was purchased in 2019 by Stillion Industries, a machineshop in Dexter Michigan. We continue to make metal disintegrators, hardness testers and offer related repair services.

Name

Electro Arc Manufacturing

Legal name

Stillion Industries

Website

https://www.electroarc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Electro Arc has been building the world’s best metal disintegrators for tap and drill removal since 1947.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Disintegrator / Tooling-Recovery Equipment

NAICS

Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339), Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing (3359)

SIC

Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment (3540), Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620)

akta.pro primary industry

EDM & Electrochemical Machining (Wire/Sinker EDM, ECM) (IMAHADAF)

Keywords

• Metal disintegrators
• Tap removal equipment
• Drill removal machines
• Industrial tooling machinery
• EDM tooling equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Dexter

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Electro Arc Manufacturing designs, builds, and sells metal disintegrators — specialized electrical-discharge machines used to remove broken taps and drills from metal workpieces. The equipment is sold to industrial metalworking customers such as machine shops and toolrooms that need to recover damaged or jammed tooling without scrapping parts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Metal Disintegrators for Tap and Drill Removal Specialized electrical-discharge disintegrator machines built by Electro Arc Manufacturing to remove broken taps and drills from metal workpieces. Sold to industrial users such as machine shops and toolrooms for tooling-recovery operations.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• EDM Department (GF Machining Solutions): GF Machining Solutions is a major global machine-tool manufacturer offering wire and die-sink EDM systems that can address the same tap/drill removal use case as Electro Arc's disintegrators, though as part of a much broader CNC machining portfolio.
• Sodick: Sodick is a leading Japanese EDM machine builder offering wire EDM, die-sink EDM, and small-hole EDM systems used for precision tool-removal and micro-machining, directly overlapping with the application space served by Electro Arc.
• Makino: Makino manufactures a wide range of metal-cutting machinery including EDM systems used for tool extraction and precision die work; comparable to Electro Arc on end-application (EDM-based tool removal) though serving a much broader market.

Direct peers

• ONA Electroerosion: ONA is a Spanish specialist in wire EDM and die-sink EDM machines; it competes with Electro Arc in the EDM tool-removal and precision-machining niche with comparable small/medium-sized industrial customers.
• Accutex Technologies: Accutex produces EDM wire-cut and die-sink machines aimed at precision tool and die shops; it overlaps with Electro Arc's disintegrator use cases, particularly in tap and broken-tool extraction.
• Current EDM (a brand of Joemars): Current EDM markets die-sink and small-hole EDM machines specifically targeting tool extraction and broken tap removal, directly overlapping with Electro Arc's core disintegrator application.

Regional players

• Methods Machine Tools: Methods Machine Tools is a U.S. distributor and integrator of EDM, CNC milling, and turning equipment, frequently competing with domestic specialists like Electro Arc for the same North American job-shop customers.

Emerging players

• Belmont Equipment & Technologies: Belmont supplies EDM-related tooling, service, and complementary equipment to North American manufacturers; it intersects with Electro Arc's installed base as a supplier/servicer of EDM consumables and small-hole drilling solutions.
• Castek Technologies (MetalTec): Castek/MetalTec offers precision EDM service work and equipment for tap and drill removal, positioning it as a smaller emerging specialist adjacent to Electro Arc's disintegrator business.

Others

• Tipton Corp: Tipton Corp manufactures broaching and specialty tool-removal equipment for the metalworking industry; it serves the same broken-tool extraction problem statement as Electro Arc, though using a different (mechanical/broaching) technology.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A4 records

Investments

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