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Hidden gem Technical Editor Steed Webzell gains rare insight into the world of diamond tooling thanks to an exclusive chat with John Emptage, Sales Manager at DK Holdings.
milling cutters are ideal for working on materials like hardened steels, titanium, nickel alloys and broad spread of engineering composites. Special measures While DK Holdings can despatch off-the- shelf products as part of a next-day delivery service, bespoke diamond tools make up a large proportion of the company’s offer. “We partner with customers to create specials using our experience and technical expertise to add value and create the optimal solution,” explains Sales Manager John Emptage. “Customers come to us with a new process,
The small town of Staplehurst in rural Kent is an unlikely place to find one of the UK’s foremost manufacturers of diamond tools. But this is the home of DK Holdings, an ISO-accredited designer, manufacturer and supplier of high- quality diamond tooling with experience stretching back to 1959, the 85-employee company is now undertaking a new challenge: driving growth in its recently introduced subcontract machining service. DK Holdings supplies off-the shelf and bespoke diamond tooling solutions to a variety of industries and applications. Diamond tools such as grinding wheels, drills, reamers, routers and
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