CTR Carbide Dies is a modern, proactive, evolving and growing precision engineering manufacturing group with a growing portfolio of services and products.

Whilst renowned for fastener tooling, as well as general precision engineering, CTR Manufacturing Group has a proven track record in sub contract machining and can supply specialist tooling for spring manufacture, swaged tube ends, press tools, injection moulding tools, needle stamping blocks, plus many more precision engineered tooling requirements.

Originally automotive supply biased, CTR has gradually moved into other market sectors such as Aerospace, Rail, Medical, Energy and Defence related Industries. Our “green” credentials lie in supplying off shore wind turbine tooling.

By only employing multi linguistic Sales Professionals, we are able to communicate with many overseas clients in their native language which has led to a fostering of greater mutual understanding  of customer needs and requirements which is neither lost in translation or interpretation. 

History of CTR

CTR Manufacturing Group’s origins date back to 1973 where it was originally formed as CTR Carbide Dies (Birmingham) Ltd. as a small precision engineering manufacturing company with just a handful of employees. With the acquisition of Rectory Tooling Ltd in 1988, the CTR Manufacturing Group now employs some forty skilled engineers who have operated from larger modern premises since 1988.

The Group has steadily grown and enhanced its reputation to become a global player in the supply of standard and specialised fastener tooling and dies, exporting to well over forty countries world-wide.

Following a management buyout in 2001, the present Directors can between them boast some 75 years combined technical, manufacturing and commercial experience. Our close working relationship with customers and “know how” enables us to offer “added value” tool design and tool development advice that results in cost savings by eliminating unnecessary process operations enhanced by prolonged tool life. 

The management team was restructured and strengthened in 2007 in order to provide a clearer focus of its overall operations.