About Us

Overview


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Bringing unique tooling ideas to life and supporting next-generation manufacturing.

Touchstone Advanced Composites is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CONSOL Innovations.  Initially formed in 2013, Touchstone has earned its standing as a groundbreaking composite tooling supplier to the aerospace industry, specializing in producing tools from CFOAM® carbon foam that is made in-house at its plant in Triadelphia, WV.  Touchstone provides the full suite of capabilities needed to engineer and produce precision-manufactured tools and parts for major U.S. defense and aerospace contractors.

By bringing unique tooling ideas to life and supporting next-generation manufacturing, Touchstone works with companies of varying sizes to transform ideas into reality. CONSOL Innovations acquired Touchstone in 2023 as part of its comprehensive strategy to accelerate the commercialization of disruptive technologies, with a particular focus on breakthrough carbon-based products that provide impactful solutions for future-facing markets.

Key Personnel

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“Composite tooling is all about design, and the complexity of a tool often rivals the complexity of the part that it makes.”

Tooling Systems Developed

Production / Rate Tooling

Prototype Tooling

Short Run Tooling

High Temperature Tooling

Electrically Heated Tooling