Year Founded: 1963
Number of Employees: 85
Number of Facilities: 2

Preferred Tool and Die Inc. / Preferred Precision is a highly integrated ISO 13485:2003 and ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturing facility offering services from two locations in Shelton, CT. for Class A Tool and Die Design and Build, Progressive Metal Stampings, Forming, Wire EDM services, High Speed Multi-Axis CNC Milling and Turning, and Multi-Axis Swiss Turning. Our state of the art quality inspection equipment, SPC monitoring, on-going training and Validation activities have helped distinguish Preferred as a proven supplier of metal stampings, orthopedic implants, components, and sub-assemblies to both Major medical OEM’s and start-up companies for over 40 years.

Preferred serves a number of major markets including medical, Aerospace, oil and gas exploration, defense, and electronics with both precision metal stampings and precision machined components.

• Implants
• Instruments
• Surgical Device Components and Sub- Assemblies
• Seals and Gaskets
• Switches and Connectors
• Titanium, Stainless, CoCr, Peek, Kovar, Ultem, Aluminum and more…

Since 1963, Preferred Tool and Die Inc. / Preferred Precision have been leaders in the metal stamping and machining businesses. From Prototype to Production, Preferred offers its partners a “one stop shop” for Precision Metal Stampings, High Speed Multi-Axis CNC Milling and Turning, Multi-Axis Swiss Turned Components, Forming, Tooling, Gages, Fixtures, EDM services and Subassemblies. Our commitment to early supplier involvement activities with your engineering teams ensures that design for manufacturability and cost goals are established and met throughout the life of your project.

Preferred manufactures complex precision stamped and machined components for the medical industry from Stainless Steels, Titanium, Cobalt Chrome, Aluminum, Kovar, Ultem, Peek and more. By integrating precision machining, forming, stamping, and EDM capabilities, we produce exceptional products…from orthopedic implants to surgical instrument and device components. Let us show you why our manufacturing flexibility will help get you to market first.

Our Facilities – Preferred currently offers over 50,000 sq ft of expandable manufacturing space to meet all of your current and future growth goals. Preferred’s quality and manufacturing systems are ISO13485:2003 and ISO 9001:2008 certified and we remain committed to our customers’ ongoing SPC and Validation requirements.

Our People – Preferred prides itself on the technical competency and experience of our staff. Our customer focused Quality and Manufacturing Engineers provide the expert value added technical advice that our customers prize. Preferred remains committed to the continued development of its technological capabilities and organizational structure to provide the resources needed to support our greatest asset: You Our Customers.