INNOVATIVE TOOLING AND CUTTING SOLUTIONS

Anton Die Makers was established in 1994 by Anton Durr that had a passion for making and creating die’s (cutting forms) for the print and packaging industries. Anton had the skills to do what no one wanted to do with one jig saw and drawing table creating tools that no one else would.
The tooling that Anton Die Makers manufacture is always of the highest quality and intricate. This was also carried over to his dedicated highly skilled die makers. Anton Die Maker since grew from 2 staff members to 18, and being one of the biggest black owned Die making companies in South Africa. With his son Ullrich Durr going to Holland for training brought in the next level of tool making in the company. Anton Die Makers always believed to invest in the future of our clients growth by keeping up with technology, since 1994 we invested in 2 cnc routers, cnc bender and 3 cad programs, 3 platen presses, 1 large format cutting table and one specialized leather cutter.

MISSION

Our Mission is to deliver Innovative tooling and cutting solutions effectively and efficiently

(INNOVATIVE SERVICE PROVIDER)

VISION

Our vision is to be the best choice for die making and cutting solution for our clients 

VALUES

We encourage innovation to meet challenges

We promote trust, integrity and teamwork

What is a Carton & Die-Maker?

A Carton & Die-Maker works in the printing industry. They are often grouped together under Tool Makers.

A Carton & Die-Maker is a trained specialist who creates dies (shapes) for the printing industry. In this case, the Carton & Die-Maker – will make dies to cut out cartons or boxes.

A die is a specific shape carefully designed by designers – which the Die-Maker will create out of metal with very sharp edges. These edges act like a guillotine and will either cut the shape out of the cardboard completely or just ‘score’ it. Scoring means it will not cut the cardboard but just create a line/crease for easy folding.

Some dies can be very simple and others can be extremely complicated.

It is up to the Die-Maker to precisely bend the metal ‘blade’ into the required shape. Measurements have to be exact – right down to the last mm.

Other Die-Makers may make dies for shaped brochures, promotional items, packaging, etc etc.