President
Hutchison Tool President Tom Hutchison joined the company in 1987 in a sales role and became company president in 2000. Since, he has collaborated on thousands of in-die tapping applications with customers, including OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, contract metal stamping manufacturers and tool & die job shops based in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. In 2012, Hutchison Tool partnered with Hess Industries to redesign and update the latest version of in-die tapping heads (both mechanical and servo). Tom shares his knowledge and expertise in multiple ways: He conducts semi-annual in-die tapping 101 training classes and has written several articles about in-die tapping for multiple trade publications. In addition, he is a member of the Chicago District Board of the Precision Metalforming Association. Tom holds a B.S. in international business from Illinois State University.