toolCare US International, LLC Announces Plans to Locate in Auburn

Auburn, Ala. - City of Auburn officials received notification that toolCare US International, LLC will locate its first US-based operation in Auburn Technology Park North. toolCare is a tool management service that provides customers with complete design-build of new tooling from prototypes to production molds. The project is a joint investment between the long-established United Kingdom based toolCare UK and industry veterans in the US. The investment is expected to create 10 new jobs over the next 2 years with an initial capital investment of $2.8 million.

"Servicing the fast-growing manufacturing industry in this region, along with the exceptional quality of Auburn as a business location and place to live made the decision to invest in Auburn an easy one," stated John Chuplis, President of toolCare. "We are already taking orders for our business, which we are currently filling through our partners in Europe and Asia. Auburn will become our NAFTA location in this global network."

toolCare will serve a variety of industries for their tooling needs, including plastic injection molds, blow molding tools, die cast tooling, metal stamping tools as well as fixtures and gages. The company can also perform engineering changes and tool modifications. Additionally, it will offer complete maintenance and repair programs for tools at their Auburn facility.

Mayor Bill Ham, Jr. commented, "We are pleased to welcome toolCare to our growing industrial family in Auburn. The fact that company officials had the opportunity to locate their new facility in several other regions of the country but ultimately chose Auburn was due in part to the City's investment in workforce development initiatives. Programs such as the Industrial Systems Technology Program at Auburn High School indicated to the company that the City is committed to training the future workforce needed for this facility. We look forward to seeing construction of toolCare's new facility in Auburn Technology Park North get underway."

Construction of toolCare's new facility will begin in December of this year. Company officials are currently utilizing the Office in Transition at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce until their permanent facility is complete. For more information on toolCare, please contact the City of Auburn Economic Development Department at (334) 501-7270 or contact Darin Johnson with toolCare at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce at (334) 887-7011.