About Us - Oak Ridge Tool-Engineering

Located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, ORT-E is ideally situated for industry and innovation. Headquartered within 500 miles of 70 percent of the nation's industrial base, ORT-E is linked to the world through the most modern air, rail, barge, and interstate services available.

The area's concentration of major high-tech companies, ongoing research and development, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory further strengthens ORT-E's competitive advantage and greatly benefits its customers. The operation has access to a tremendous pool of talented engineers, scientists, and inventors, many of whom are on call to meet the needs of ORT-E's diverse international clientele.

Since 1962, ORT-E has continually grown and adapted to meet the ever-changing demands of its worldwide clients. Through its unique full-service approach—handling every detail from concept through completion — the company has built an unsurpassed reputation for precision, quality, and excellence. Our goal is to provide the highest quality precision tooling, machining, fabrication, engineering, manufacturing, and testing—on time, every time.

Mission Statement
Engineer and manufacture high precision and “delivery critical” special tooling, jigs, fixtures, mechanical equipment and short run production for the Aerospace, Defense, Energy, Automotive, and Commercial Markets.

Goal
Provide the highest quality precision tooling, machining, fabrication, engineering, manufacturing, and testing, on-time, every time.

Technicians install International Space Station hardware on stand-off assembly in ORT-E's state-of-the-art clean room.

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Oak Ridge Tool & Die was founded in 1962 by Ben Mullins, Jay Cotter and Don Wilkin as a two-room machine shop. In 1967 Ben Mullins and Jay Cotter moved the company to a new 12,000 square foot facility in the Industrial Park of Oak Ridge and changed the corporate name to Oak Ridge Tool-Engineering, Inc. (ORT-E). After Mr. Cotter’s untimely death in 1970, Ben Mullins continued the business until his sons joined; Terry, in 1973 and Steve, in 1977. The addition of key management personnel has enabled ORT-E to expand to a facility that is over 100,000 square feet. In 1998, ORT-E opened an office in Orlando, Florida to better serve customers.

Our core business is providing engineering and manufacturing services for custom tooling, components, and mechanical equipment. We have the privilege of serving the Aerospace, Defense, Medical, Architectural and Energy-related companies throughout the Nation and the World. Some programs we support include the Delta IV, TADS Apache, International Space Station, MEV Cyclotron, Spallation Neutron Source, High Flux Isotope Reactor, Gas Centrifuge and Decontamination of former DOE Nuclear Weapons Facilities.

In the fall of 2005 ORT-E upgraded to a new 104,000 square foot facility on 42.5 acres in Oak Ridge’s prestigious Commerce Park. We have Administrative and Engineering Offices, Machining, Fabrication, Receiving/Storage, Assembly/Test, and Inspection. At this new location, the environment in all areas is controlled for precise manufacturing, measurement and verification.

Our Tool Shop is equipped with Moore precision jig grinding and boring equipment. Our Inspection Lab is fully equipped with measuring and inspection equipment calibrated to NIST standards, including three coordinate measuring machines. Our Machine Shop is equipped with 4-axis CNC mills, 2-axis CNC lathes, a 2-½ axis CNC wire EDM machine, and manual turning and grinding capacity up to 100 inches in diameter and 65 feet long. Milling capacity ranges from 20” x 40” Mazak AJV25, with high-speed spindle and high-pressure through spindle coolant, to a 96” x 120” 4-axis CNC Cincinnati-Gilbert HBM. Our Fabrication Shop is equipped with a plate roll, shear, saw, and thermal cutting equipment. In addition, we have welding equipment: Gas Tungsten Arc (GTAW), Gas Metal Arc (GMAW), and Submerged Arc Welding (SAW).

Our Quality Management System (QMS) has been certified by PRI to be in compliance with ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100B. Our certificate number is 07-1031. Our fusion welding program has also been certified by PRI, to be in compliance with the requirements of the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (NADCAP). Our fusion welding certificate number is 122147-B. We were the first contractor in the state of Tennessee to achieve this accreditation.