
TheFrench Engineering Works, orFEW, is a manufacturer, exporter and importer ofHigh Speed Steel cutting tools. The firm was founded inJohannesburg, South Africa, in 1918 by Herman Moser to manufacture rock drill spares for themining industry inJohannesburg.[1]
The business diversified into manufacture of precision tools, andHSS cutting tools for the metal industry. Their product range includes taps, dies, bits, cutters, toolbits, and thread-rolling dies (flat and circular).[2][3]