At botek America, we specialize in deep-hole drilling and precision tooling solutions engineered for performance, reliability, and innovation. As part of the global botek group, we bring together decades of industry expertise and advanced manufacturing technology to support customers across aerospace, automotive, medical technology, mold & die, and powertrain industries.

Our philosophy is simple:
Precision shouldn’t be complicated — it should be engineered.

We achieve this through high-performance tools, individualized strategies, and collaborative partnerships with the manufacturers who rely on us. From single-flute gundrills to complex indexable systems, botek America provides tools built to meet the highest demands for accuracy, process stability, and quality.

As customer needs evolve, so do we. Our team works closely with engineers, machinists, and production teams to offer customized solutions — ensuring every tool is optimized for its application. With the strength of the global botek brand and the responsiveness of our U.S.-based team, we deliver precision that performs.

The company was founded in spring 1974 by Lothar Herrmann, Gotthold Schur and Karl-Heinz Wenzelburger as a joint partnership. Based in Riederich near Stuttgart, the company started out with six employees, producing and developing single-fluted gun drills with brazed drill head. It was transformed into a limited company with its present name in 1976.

The results achieved by single-fluted gun drills, especially in series production meant that the usual finishing via counterboring or reaming was no longer necessary. No other tool of the day was capable of producing bores of comparable quality in a single pass. This was a crucial leading edge in times of rocketing industrial demand for high-precision deep-hole drilling.