E.S. Tooling was founded in 1996 in Beringen by Erik Schildermans. With a strong industrial background and years of experience producing mechanical parts and dies for companies including Philips, Mercedes, and Melotte 3D Metal Printing & High Precision Manufacturing, he built the company on pure craftsmanship. Today, about 15 highly skilled and motivated people work on Slamstraat in Genk.

From day one, the focus has been on high-precision turning and milling: small, complex jobs with tolerances of 5 microns or less—the projects others prefer to avoid. "I deliberately chose a niche market," says Erik. "Difficult work has always been our specialty." Quality and precision are our trademark.

E.S. Tooling is among the pioneers in fully automated 5-axis milling for prototypes. Thanks to advanced robotics and the latest software, production lines run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Today, prototype and single-part production is fully automated: CAM software determines the optimal machining sequence, robot cells perform the operations, and even quality control is automated. This combination of precision, speed, and continuity has been at the core of our competitive advantage for years.

The next step in our evolution is further digitizing the entire production chain. By connecting machines, data, and processes more closely, we create an integrated Industry 4.0 environment: real-time insight into machine performance, automatic planning based on capacity and material availability, full traceability from raw material to finished product, and seamless information flow between engineering, production, and quality control. That is how E.S. Tooling grows into a fully data-driven manufacturing company that works faster, smarter, and more predictably than ever.