Our plan is to use this space to supply general and techanical information for the roll forming and metal stamping industires tapping into Hill Engineering’s 59 years of experience. Besides our the conventional avenues we have pursued for educating at trade shows and conferences we are excited to use this new medium to help the rollforming industry.
Hill Engineering started out as a Tool & Die shop in 1950 with one employee – Maurice Hill. Since then it has expanded to 90 employees in two locations (see below) back to a more focused approach on roll forming and stamping dies. From the very beginning we designed and built standard stamping dies as well as flying dies and systems for the roll forming industry.
In 1981 we moved into the present location of our main plant in Villa Park, Illinois and in 1992 we doubled the size of it to the present 30,000 square feet. Also, in 1989, we opened a tool & die facility in Danville, Kentucky, which is 6,000 square feet in size and was currently expanded to 14,000 square feet in 2004.
From our humble 1950 beginnings we have grown into a leader in tool & die making and special machine building, especially relating to the stamping, roll forming and tubing industries. Throughout our growth we have added pneumatics, hydraulics and electronics expertise to our tool & die making skills.
Hill Engineering’s reputation throughout the years has been built on our unwavering belief that the customer deserves a vendor who continues to provide innovative and unique solutions to their problems, as well as standard-setting quality and unprecedented service – it is who we are.
In 1997 Mestek, Inc. purchased 90% of Hill Engineering, Inc. Mestek, was listed on the New York Stock Exchange at that time, and is a diversified manufacturer of heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment, metal hose and hose products, aluminum extrusions, metal-forming & fabricating machinery and vertically integrated software systems.
Hill Engineering is a subsidiary of Formtek, Inc., which consists of the metal-forming & fabricating machinery group of Mestek. In 2004 Mestek, Inc purchased the last 10% of Hill Engineering stock making it a full subsidiary and combined with Yoder/Dahlstrom/Tishken/Lockformer and B&K to create Formtek Metal Forming.
In August 2007 Hill Tool and Die in Danville, KY closed it’s doors for the final time with all operations move back to Hill Engineering Villa Park, IL
In 2008 Mestek, Inc and Hill Engineering decided to spin off it’s gasket product line and associated equipment to refocus on it’s core business product line of roll forming. In fall Hill Engineering moved to a new facility in Carol Stream, IL dedicated to provide high quality, competitive price dies and equipment for the roll forming industry.
Hill Engineering continues to provide quality solutions for-stamping dies, prenotch, post notch, and cutoff dies (and systems) for the roll forming industry, hydraulic punching and cutoff systems for the roll forming and tubing industries, high speed rotary punching machines, high speed flying saw systems for the roll forming and tubing industries, “dimple-free” hydraulic tube cutoff systems, progressive and compound dies and standard air presses and hydraulic presses.
We will continue to strive to maintain our reputation for being one of the top Tool & Die making and Special Machine Builders world wide.