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Senator Maria Cantwell Visits Tool Gauge to Discuss the Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection Program (AMJP)
Tool Gauge had the pleasure of hosting Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA; Chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation) during a press conference on the benefits of the Aviation Manufacturing Job Protection Program (AMJP), on February 22, 2022 at the Tool Gauge plastics facility. Senator Cantwell met with several Tool Gauge employees including General […]
More >>Facility Expansion Update – Summer 2020
It’s time for a summer expansion update and possibly our last update on construction activities! In case you’ve missed our previous Spring update, we hit some major milestones as Phase 2 began: • Phase 2 foundation pour • Exterior and interior metal framing • Roof, staircase, and mezzanine installation • Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing rough-in […]
More >>TOOL GAUGE TO PRODUCE FACE SHIELDS
Late March, Governor Inslee asked Washington State manufacturers to turn their expertise and capabilities to help produce items desperately needed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Items such as N95 and surgical face masks, gloves, goggles, face shields, and more, we’re asked to be donated and/or manufactured. As the pandemic continued, individuals and businesses throughout […]
More >>Best Practices & Policies During COVID-19
Due to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Tool Gauge is taking every precaution to keep our employees, their families, customers, and suppliers safe during this epidemic. Based on the stay-at-home order from Governor Inslee on March 23, 2020, and the temporary shutdown of Boeing Puget Sound, Tool Gauge temporarily shut down from March 26 through […]
More >>MEET TOOL GAUGE APPRENTICE, JACQUELINE ESPINOZA
Meet Tool Gauge apprentice Jacqueline Espinoza, Lincoln High School senior and Aerospace Joint Apprentice Committee (AJAC) apprentice. When did you decide to become an apprentice and what sparked the idea that led you to join the AJAC apprenticeship program? I decided to become an apprentice during my junior year of high school after my […]
More >>Tool Gauge Suspends Operations Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Tool Gauge is actively monitoring the global spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and its impact on our end-to-end supply chain. We are following local, state, and federal guidelines, and enforcing best-practices as outlined by the United States Centers for Disease Control as well as the World Health Organization. Governor […]
More >>Facility Expansion Update – Winter 2019
We are officially in Phase 2 of our manufacturing facility expansion project – and we couldn’t be more excited! Since our previous summer update, we’ve made great strides towards the completion of construction. September proved to be one of the busier months with the remaining plastics departments moving from the old PMP building to the […]
More >>Meet Tool Gauge Apprentice, Gavin Robinson
Gavin, when did you decide to first explore the option of becoming an apprentice through the Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee (AJAC)? I first decided to enroll in the apprenticeship program when I heard about AJAC in my cad/cam class at emerald ridge high school. I went to the first meeting that AJAC had and met […]
More >>Tool Gauge Expands Leadership Team
We would like to welcome Kelso Pickett to the Tool Gauge leadership team. Kelso has been with Tool Gauge since 2017 as a Quality Assurance (QA) Inspector and recently moved into the role of QA Manager. Kelso graduated from Tacoma Community College (TCC) with an Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS) degree, focusing on math, […]
More >>See You at CIIE 2019 in Shanghai, China!
Tool Gauge is excited to announce that we will be exhibiting for the first time at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China from November 6 – 9, 2019. We will be representing Washington State among other companies under Washington Department of Commerce and Choose Washington at booth 3C9-023 in the High-End Equipment/3 Hall. […]
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