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Sutton Tools Celebrates the Opening of New State-of-the-Art Factory

April 23rd, 2025

  Honoring the Legacy of Bill & Jim Sutton and the Resilience of the Kaiapoi NZ Team [Rangiora, 20th March 2025] –…

Sutton Tools Rangiora Factory Build On Schedule

October 8th, 2024

Image: Sutton Tools NZ’s general manager Kevin Donovan, left, with marketing manager Danielle Bristowe, engineering manager Richard Frew, operations manager Glenn Morgan…

Sutton Tools Brand Refresh: Superior Since 1917

August 1st, 2023

As a family-owned Australian brand since 1917, Sutton Tools has been synonymous with engineering excellence and superior cutting solutions for over a…

Celebrating 60 Years Manufacturing in New Zealand

November 9th, 2022

The Sutton Tools team is feeling proud, fortunate and a little bit relieved to be celebrating the 60th Anniversary of manufacturing in…

Sutton Tools Rebuild – Gaining Momentum

August 23rd, 2022

It has been close to 30 weeks since the devastating fire at our Kaiapoi factory but we are pleased to advise that…

Sutton Tools NZ Rebuild Ramping Up

May 10th, 2022

Rebuild efforts are ramping up and well ahead of schedule. It has been more than 3 months since the devastating fire at…

Digital transformation: Never a better time…

June 18th, 2020

Sutton Tools has been working to digitally transform many aspects of our operations over recent years. Rob Sutton explains how the current…

Why value, quality and partnership trump cost in capital investment

June 17th, 2020

Rob Sutton explains how investment strategies can enable you to contend with low-cost competitors to achieve sustainable growth, even in tough times….

The Lockjaw Automatic plier and clamp range gets a shake-up

June 16th, 2020

We’ve made some changes for the good to the availability and look of the acclaimed Lockjaw Automatic plier and clamp range –…

Why taps are my favourite tool

June 15th, 2020

Rob Sutton explains his belief that there are two distinct kinds of people in the world and confesses his life-long love affair…

Deep Drilling: 12xD and Beyond

June 14th, 2020

R&D Engineer Angelo Papageorgiou gives ‘too much information’ about peck drilling cycles when deep drilling in his own unique style – but…

New from Lockjaw: Greater performance and ease of use

June 13th, 2020

New from Lockjaw: Greater performance and ease of use Our Lockjaw range has recently expanded with the addition of some impressively powerful…

How PVD Coating Improves Tool Performance and Reduces Your Process Costs

June 12th, 2020

Dr Steve Dowey, Technology Manager at Sutton Tools, discusses the benefits of PVD coating of industrial cutting tools, and how pre and…

Sutton Tools supports award-winning young innovator Jimmy Toton

June 11th, 2020

We are very proud to announce that Jimmy Toton, who has a long association with Sutton Tools, received the 2019 Young Defence…

Bi-Metal Cobalt Holesaws upgraded: Higher performance, less real estate

June 10th, 2020

An upgrade to 8% cobalt cutting edge and compact new packaging have enhanced Sutton Tools’ Bi-Metal Cobalt Holesaw products. Product Manager Peter…

Taking Customer Service to the Next Level

June 9th, 2020

In my last blog article, How to boost productivity in your incoming goods processes, I looked at how speeding your incoming processes…