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About us

Headquartered in Leeds, Helix Tools is the largest independent distributor of precision engineering cutting tools in the North of England. We pick from a large group of the world’s best cutting tool manufacturers, specifying products designed for turning, drilling, milling, threading, tapping, parting and grooving

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two engineers and a customer review a technical drawing

Technical Experts

Helix Tools is built on the technical knowledge, industry experience and professional pride of its people. Our team of application engineers have all worked as CNC operators, which enables them to truly understand our customers’ challenges. Through consistently saving our customers time and money we build a long-term partnership – which is just how we like it

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Our History

Founded in 1996, our first 25 years were spent establishing ourselves as the trusted partner for industry in Yorkshire. Building on this success, we opened a new location in Durham in 2021 which has experience significant growth ever since. Following this we consolidated our leading position in Yorkshire with a new location in Sheffield in 2023.

All the team at Helix are really technical and great to work with

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