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Importance of Tool and Die

The tool and die industry uses metal cutting technology to fabricate molds, dies, and toolings that shape raw materials. Common products include dies and molds for processes like die casting, blow molding, and sheet stamping. Products are made using techniques like CNC machining and undergo heat treatment. The Philippine government supports the industry through the Department of Science and Technology. There are around 170 tool and die firms in the Philippines, mostly SMEs, providing inputs to key industries like automotive and electronics. However, local supply is still insufficient to meet domestic demand.

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Importance of Tool and Die

The tool and die industry uses metal cutting technology to fabricate molds, dies, and toolings that shape raw materials. Common products include dies and molds for processes like die casting, blow molding, and sheet stamping. Products are made using techniques like CNC machining and undergo heat treatment. The Philippine government supports the industry through the Department of Science and Technology. There are around 170 tool and die firms in the Philippines, mostly SMEs, providing inputs to key industries like automotive and electronics. However, local supply is still insufficient to meet domestic demand.

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About Tool and Die

The tool and die industry is an industry that uses general and specialized metal cutting technology to fabricate
dies, molds and toolings employed to convert raw material into a required shape. The common products of this
sector include dies (simple, compound and progressive), molds (for forging, plastics injection or blow
molding, die casting, glass blow molding) and tools, e.g. jigs and fixtures used for cutting and shaping
different materials. Molds are shaping implements for glass, metal, rubber and plastics components through
processes such as die casting, blow molding or sheet stamping. Both molds and dies are used to give a material
a final or intermediate shape thus these products are found at the forefront of the shaping and fabrication
industries. Tool and dies normally are ready to use products either as standalone (molds) or as an attachment to
a machine (die).

The products of the tool and die industry are typically made by mold and die makers using general,
conventional and specialized metal cutting technology, like computer numerically controlled (CNC) cutting
machines, employing special tool steel materials which are either pre-hardened or which undergoes heat
treatment after the desired tool has been cut to shape. The skill levels of mold and die makers are of the
craftsmen level which requires talent and experience, although the use of CNCs improves the productivity of
some.

The Philippine government recognizes that the tool and die industry is an important complement to other
manufacturing activities. Through the Metal Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC) of the
Department of Science and Technology (DOST), it fully supports and promotes the tool and die industry and
engages its stakeholders particularly the Philippine Die and Mold Association (PDMA). The PDMA
collaborates with the associations of related industries, including the Motor Vehicles Part Manufacturers
Association of the Philippines (MVPMAP), Metalworking Industries Association of the Philippines (MIAP),
and Philippine Metalcasting Association, Inc. (PMAI).

At present, there are about 170 firms in the tool and die industry, mostly SMEs, currently providing input
materials to key manufacturing activities of the country, including automotive and electronics manufacturing.
These are engaged in such activities as die casting and forging; electronics and semiconductor tooling; metal
stamping; and plastic, rubber, and packaging.

Despite the presence of local manufacturers, there is still a significant amount of imported tool and die
products making its way into the country – indicating that local supply remains insufficient to cover domestic
demand. With the country poised to be the next manufacturing hub in Asia, the Philippines is a good
investment destination for manufacturing and offers much opportunities for tool and die enterprises.

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