About Us: OUR HISTORY
OUR HISTORY
Meier Tool & Engineering Inc. is a privately held custom manufacturer producing small, miniature & micro-sized metalformed components & sub-assemblies for demanding applications.
Richard (Rick) Meier started the company in the basement of his home in 1979. Although we started out as a design & die making company, we have progressively broadened our capabilities to include production and assembly. Through the years the company has grown and currently resides in its world-class, 35,000 square foot facility in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area.
The following are some of our historical highlights:
1980's
- Specialized in designing and building precision progressive metalforming dies.
- Broadened capability beyond die making to include production of metalformed components. Purchased our first precision high speed press.
- Built our own facility in Champlin, MN.
- Started a dedicated design and engineering department.
- Introduced wire EDM technology to increase die making capacity.
1990's
- Doubled the size of our Champlin facility.
- Expanded toolmaking capabilities to include CNC machining centers.
- Became ISO 9001 certified.
- Shipped the first product for overseas export.
- Established our dedicated prototyping department.
- Designed and built our current Anoka, MN facility.
2000's
- Added laser welding and manual assembly.
- Became ISO 13485 certified.
- Established our short-run department for small lot production.
- Added high speed CNC hard milling capabilities; machining of heat treated alloys.
- Expanded our assembly capabilities to include robotics.
- Joined the Cretex family of companies.
- Celebrated 30 years of dedicated service to our customers.