The British toolmaker that took productivity up by 4000%?!

By Rowan Easter-Robinson


Tuesday 19 August 2025, 10:00:00 AM


Precision-driven Prima Tooling in Essex manufactures, regrinds, and inspects carbide and PCD cutting tools for industries across the UK and America—from luxury cars to aerospace.

With expert design and close collaboration, they helped one customer go from cutting just four to five boards to two hundred and fifty boards—a staggering 4,000% increase in productivity!

MTDCNC’s Rowan Easter-Robinson tours the facility with Mark Cattle and Debra Cattle of Prima Tooling to explore how their experience, knowledge, fast lead times, and in-house machinery turn every tool into a real-world solution.



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