Cleveland Punch & Die

Name

Cleveland Punch & Die

Legal name

Cleveland Punch & Die Company

Website

https://clevelandpunch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1880

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cleveland Punch & Die is a 145-year-old, privately held Ravenna, Ohio manufacturer of punches, dies, shear blades, and proprietary lubricant consumables for metal fabricators and machine shops running 13+ ironworker brands across North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Metal Fabrication Tooling

NAICS

Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing (333514), Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing (333515)

SIC

Machine Tools, Metal Cutting Types (3541), Sheet Metal Work (3444)

akta.pro primary industry

Metal Cutting Tools, Tooling & Workholding (Cutters, Inserts, Chucks, Fixtures) (IMAHADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Wear Parts & Consumables (GET, Liners, Drill Bits, Grinding Media) (IMAKANAH)

Keywords

• Punch and die tooling
• Shear blades
• Ironworker tooling
• Metal fabrication tools
• Custom tooling

Headquarters

HQ city

Ravenna

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tooling Products Sales: Direct sales of punches, dies, shear blades, accessories, and related metal fabrication tooling to end-user manufacturers and metal fabricators. Revenue is generated through one-time product sales with same-day shipping available on stock items.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Cleveland Punch & Die manufactures and sells punches, dies, shear blades, and custom application tooling for metal fabricators using ironworkers and punch presses. The company offers universal compatibility across 13+ machine brands including Piranha, Edwards, Scotchman, Geka, and Sunrise, with proprietary tool steel formulations and same-day shipping on stock items. Products are 100% Made in USA and engineered to exceed OEM standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Punches

Quantifiable outcome

• Same-day shipping on stock tooling orders placed by 5PM EST
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EdwardscoreOthersEdwards ironworker tooling collection offered on Cleveland Punch & Die website. Long-standing supplier relationship; recommended by Edwards users in customer testimonials. Provides replacement tooling for Edwards ironworkers, with customers reporting reliable performance on 60 ton Edwards machines.
• GekacoreOthersGeka ironworker tooling supplier since 1983. Geka Products Manager at Comeq, Inc. provides strong recommendation for Cleveland Punch & Die as replacement tooling supplier for all Geka ironworkers. Impressive service record spanning four decades.
• PiranhacoreOthersPiranha ironworker tooling collection available on Cleveland Punch & Die website. Multiple customers reported using Cleveland Punch & Die products on 120 ton Piranha machines with excellent results.
• ScotchmancoreOthersScotchman ironworker tooling collection featured on Cleveland Punch & Die website. Products proudly made in USA for Scotchman equipment.
• W.A. WhitneyminorOthersW.A. Whitney tooling collection available on Cleveland Punch & Die website for equipment compatibility.
• Amada MarvelminorOthersAmada Marvel tooling collection offered on Cleveland Punch & Die website.
• Controlled AutomationminorOthersControlled Automation tooling collection available on Cleveland Punch & Die website.
• FicepminorOthersFicep tooling collection available on Cleveland Punch & Die website.
• FranklinminorOthersFranklin manufacturing tooling collection available on Cleveland Punch & Die website.
• Ocean MachineryminorOthersOcean Machinery tooling collection available on Cleveland Punch & Die website.
• PeddinghausminorOthersPeddinghaus tooling collection available on Cleveland Punch & Die website.
• SunriseminorOthersSunrise tooling collection available on Cleveland Punch & Die website.
• VoortmanminorOthersVoortman tooling collection available on Cleveland Punch & Die website.
• Di-AcrominorOthersCustomer testimonial references Di-Acro brand equipment being served with Cleveland Punch & Die tooling.

Scale indicators3 records

Broad incumbents

• Scotchman Industries: Scotchman Industries designs and builds ironworkers, cold saws, and presses, and also sells branded replacement tooling. It is both a listed machine-compatibility partner and an OEM-side competitor to Cleveland Punch & Die.
• Edwards Ironworkers (Compac / Jet): Edwards manufactures ironworker machines and supplies its own OEM tooling, including for the 60-ton Edwards machines referenced in Cleveland Punch & Die's customer testimonials. As an OEM, it competes with Cleveland's aftermarket replacement punches and dies.
• Salvagnini: Salvagnini makes flexible sheet metal fabrication systems, including punch-shear and panel bender machines, and supplies associated tooling. It is a broad incumbent competing for tooling and consumable spend on automated sheet metal lines.
• TRUMPF: TRUMPF is a global manufacturer of laser cutting, punching, and bending machines, and sells its own branded tooling and consumables. It is a broad incumbent in the metal fabrication tooling ecosystem, competing for higher-end punch press tooling budgets.
• Amada: Amada manufactures sheet metal machinery including punch presses, and offers its own tooling lines (including Amada Marvel, which Cleveland Punch & Die explicitly supports). Amada is a broad incumbent that overlaps with Cleveland's custom and aftermarket tooling offerings.
• Geka (Comeq, Inc.): Comeq distributes Geka ironworkers in North America and supplies Geka-branded tooling. Cleveland Punch & Die has supplied Geka replacement tooling through Comeq since 1983, making Geka/Comeq both a long-standing channel partner and an OEM competitor.
• Piranha (MegaFab): Piranha (part of MegaFab) manufactures ironworker machines and also sells its own branded replacement tooling. It is both an OEM partner and an aftermarket competitor to Cleveland Punch & Die, especially on higher-tonnage machines like the 120-ton Piranha referenced in Cleveland's customer list.

Direct peers

• Mate Precision Tooling: Mate Precision Tooling manufactures punches, dies, and tooling accessories for punch presses and turret machines. It is one of the largest independent manufacturers of precision tooling directly comparable to Cleveland Punch & Die's punch and die portfolio.
• Wilson Tool International: Wilson Tool International makes punches, dies, and tooling systems for punch presses, ironworkers, and CNC machines. Its broad product range of replacement tooling for multiple machine platforms competes head-on with Cleveland Punch & Die's universal-compatibility aftermarket offering.

Others

• MultiCam: MultiCam manufactures CNC cutting, routing, and fabricating systems for metal and other materials. While not a direct punch-and-die competitor, it is adjacent in the metal fabrication tooling ecosystem and influences the demand profile for ironworker-style tooling.

Market position

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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