Welcome To Tiger Tooling International Improve Your Competitive Advantage with Dies Engineered in the USA & Built in China. Get the quality you expect at a price that meets your competitive budget requirements. Everything you've heard about the barriers to overcome in order to do manufacturing in China, is true - Chinese language barriers Chinese cultural barriers Time zone differences Forget the Barriers. Tiger Tooling International gives you access to Chinese resources without the steep learning curve of doing business in China. Reap the benefits of lower cost production without sacrificing product quality. Flexibility Yields Cost-Savings. Buying a die in China is not the same as buying a die in the USA. We at Tiger Tooling provide a total engineering approach to overseas tooling and we meet customers' part manufacturing requirements. Differences? YES. Not in quality, but in specifications. Customer standards are important to Tiger Tooling, but some exceptions relevant to Chinese tooling apply to Tiger tools built in China. If you are willing to be flexible, your metal stamping business can realize the cost savings you need to be competitive in today's World economy. To maximize cost savings, the following features, common to Chinese tooling, should be incorporated into your die specifications: Metric dimensions. Most Chinese manufacturing plants are not tooled for English units. Chinese style layered designs with cross sections Shipping & Handling costs are passed onto you. Non-USA number tool steel. Substitute an equivalent type — equal in quality. Ball Bearing style pins and bushings in die sets and others