It is not difficult to imagine the advantages of having some of the many products that this company markets and is able to offer to a workshop, factory, center or plant. The range is very wide in various categories such as tools and tooling (screws, fasteners, wheels, bearings, discs), abrasives, protection and safety equipment, welding machines and accessories, loading tools, adhesives and sealants, hand tools, pneumatic tools, measuring and tracing tools, as well as automotive or cutting tools for machining, drilling, transmission and power motors, tools and accessories for lubrication and a long etcetera.
Weston Tools has about 16,000 products to meet a wide variety of needs. This company, founded by Frank M. Mims in Laredo, Texas in the 1950s but which in the early 1990s –in order to provide better service to customers– established its headquarters in Mexico, right in the capital of Nuevo Leon, will be at FABTECH Mexico for the first time in 2022.
During the expo the company will be able to show visitors its offer in a booth where it will display some of its products. On this occasion, a special place will be given to the industrial welding line, specialized or high-power products capable of being connected to an automated and high-performance process will be shown. They will also present what the company produces in the Mexican factory, such as sanding belts, flap wheels, laminated discs, quick-change discs and some tools. Right there, on site, visitors will witness the live operation of these products.
Alexis Roa is the sales manager of this family-owned company, which defines itself as a supplier of industrial hardware but also offers products for the more conventional market. Weston Tools has national coverage and markets thousands of products under its own brand as well as others of international renown from companies that manufacture from North America, India, Asia and Europe.
Tooling and machinery are also imported, but some other items are assembled at the Monterrey facility. A good part of the raw material comes from Germany and the United States, which guarantees quality and durability. Some of the famous brands in its field are WD-40, Weld-Aid or Markal; in measurement it has the Italian Dasqua, and of course it handles Weston's own range (Weston Plus, Industrial Welding by Weston). In Monterrey, it manufactures abrasives directly, but the company is also capable of producing specialty products in special sizes, such as sanding belts or laminated discs.
Although, as mentioned above, most of the products it sells are imported, those manufactured domestically are of the same quality. "We compete against any brand in the industrial, home or professional niche," says Roa with conviction. Even with such a diverse market, the executive points out that a good part of his clients "are demanding high efficiency, low cost products, with minimal or reduced waste thanks to efficient yields".
Thus, the adventure of Weston Tools founder Frank Mims, who believed for decades in the advantages of the Mexican market and manufacturing, is bearing fruit and his company, in addition to the well-established headquarters in Monterrey, is about to open a new distribution center in Mexico City, from where they hope to serve their broad customer base even more efficiently.