International Knife and Saw (IKS) is a leading manufacturer and supplier of high-quality industrial machine knives and blades. A privately owned American company, IKS provides cutting tools, technical consulting services, best practices training programs, and OEM equipment upgrades to customers throughout the world.

The IKS portfolio offers industrial machine knives and blades for many major market segments, including:

Tissue and Towel Converting
Paper Manufacturing and Converting
Commercial Printing
Steel Producers and Metal Processors
Recycling Industries for Plastic, Rubber, Paper and Metal Products.

Our industrial machine knives and blades can be found in the plants of many international companies including Kimberly-Clark, Proctor and Gamble, Georgia Pacific, Sofidel, United States Steel, ArcelorMittal, Shaw Industries, RR Donnelley and Quad Graphics. While IKS maintains a global presence supplying these large customers, we also provide the same quality industrial machine knives and blades, including our technical services, to many smaller business operations.

IKS operates from an 110,000 square foot manufacturing plant in Florence, South Carolina. This USA facility not only manufactures industrial machine knives and blades, but also serves as the company’s major sales and distribution center. Other IKS owned and operated facilities are located in Canada and Mexico. Strategic warehouses located throughout the world stock and distribute IKS industrial machine knives and blades.

International Knife and Saw (IKS) is an ever-growing and adapting company. We strive to provide only the highest quality industrial machine knives and blades but also outstanding customer service and world-class technical support long after the initial sale has been completed.

Technology driven, IKS is a company that delivers value long after the initial sales transaction has concluded. Sales engineers travel the entire world offering IKS customers technical service that includes best practices training for machine operators. The IKS technical team consists of a veteran group of mechanically minded individuals who understand how to optimize the customer’s cutting process.

New products from IKS are constantly being developed and introduced into the marketplace. The patent pending IKS log saw blade grinder, was developed for the tissue and towel market (today over 50 systems are in operation) and has found overwhelming results. Customers have reported quantifiable savings that result in a ROI of 12 months or better when measuring improved cut quality, reduced downtime and extended blade life.

International Knife and Saw (IKS) is an American owned, privately held company. Our company is staffed with highly skilled craftsmen who are dedicated to providing our customers with 100% satisfaction throughout the entire order transaction cycle. Our employees’ commitment to long term, value added solutions for our customer’s most demanding cutting applications stands out as the major differentiation factor between IKS and the competition.

IKS - Log Saw Blade Grinding System - Brochure