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Serving the Quality Industry Since 1997 · Founded 2011

Precision gaging. Practical solutions.
A partner you can count on.

Built on nearly three decades in the quality industry, Walden Gage helps manufacturers solve precision measurement and gaging challenges with the products, expertise, and personal service they can rely on.

We understand that quality professionals need more than a supplier. They need a knowledgeable resource they can count on when a gage is difficult to find, a specification is challenging, a calibration deadline is approaching, or production can't afford a delay.

That's where Walden Gage makes a difference. We work closely with quality, engineering, manufacturing, and purchasing teams to understand their requirements and find the right solution. From standard plain and thread gages to custom fixed-limit gaging, spline gages, and specialized measurement requirements, our experience and network of trusted manufacturers allow us to support both everyday needs and challenging applications.

More Than a Gage Supplier

Our value goes beyond providing a product. We ask the right questions, understand the application, and help our customers make informed decisions. Our extensive industry relationships allow us to source solutions efficiently — saving valuable time and providing options when a requirement isn't straightforward.

Quality and traceability are equally important. Walden Gage provides precision gaging supported by rigorous quality standards, with calibration managed through ISO/IEC 17025-accredited partner laboratories and NIST-traceable certification on every calibration.

And when timing matters, we're ready to respond. Whether you're supporting production, preparing for an audit, replacing a damaged gage, or dealing with a difficult-to-source requirement, we focus on clear communication, responsiveness, and following through from start to finish.

The Experience Behind It

Founder Ray Lamitola has been servicing the quality industry since 1997 — nearly three decades spanning both sides of the counter. He has owned and run a machine shop that produced gages, as well as two distribution companies, giving him an in-depth understanding of what it takes to properly support even the most demanding needs of any quality control department.

Walden Gage itself was founded in 2011, after Ray saw a complete lack of quality-controlled customer service in the industry — and decided to fill that niche. Nearly three decades later, that's still the whole business model: answer the phone, know the answer, and treat your calibration schedule like it's ours.

Clients who joined us in 2011 are still with us — customer service is far and away the reason our clients stay for the better part of their careers.

Built Around Your Success

Every manufacturing operation has different requirements, specifications, and challenges. Our goal is simple: make sourcing and managing your gaging requirements easier, more efficient, and less stressful. Whether you need a standard replacement gage, a complete inspection solution, a custom gage for a challenging application, or ongoing calibration support, Walden Gage is here to be a resource your team can depend on.

When precision matters, having the right gage is important. Having the right partner behind it is just as important. That's Walden Gage.

How the calibration side works

A brokerage, not a laboratory — on purpose

Straight talk: Walden Gage does not hold an ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, and we won't pretend otherwise. Your calibration work is performed by accredited partner laboratories — including Fox Valley Metrology, a partner we're proud to name — while we handle routing, scheduling, tracking, and certificates. Your auditor sees the lab's accredited scope; you see one vendor, one invoice, and one person who picks up the phone.
Family-Owned · Est. 2011

Who You'll Be Working With

Walden Gage is a family-owned business, and when you call, you reach the people on this page. Between them: nearly three decades of hands-on gaging and manufacturing expertise, and fifteen years of corporate-grade account and contract management. One of us will know your spec. The other will make sure working with us is easy. Ray and Nick have known each other for twenty years and consider each other family — which is how the company runs.

Ray Lamitola, Founder, VP & General Manager of Walden Gage

Ray Lamitola

Founder · VP & General Manager

Ray has served the quality industry since 1997, and he's worked both sides of the counter. He built his first company, All Precision Needs, into a nationwide gage distributor — then closed it to pursue manufacturing, running Walden Gage, a machine shop whose roots date to 1972. The shop taught him the lesson the current company is built on: he could solve more problems for more clients by sourcing from the industry's best manufacturers than by making every gage himself. When the original shop's era ended, Ray carried the name forward, founding Walden Gage Distribution & Calibration Services in 2011.

Defense and aerospace are home turf, with deep time in oilfield and medical device work as well, supporting quality systems under ISO 9001, AS9100, IATF 16949, and ITAR-controlled programs. Today Ray runs everything behind the curtain — sourcing, quoting, and hands-on technical assistance for clients working through difficult specs.

The whole thing started with a question nobody in his family could answer: how do cars work? Ray is the first entrepreneur in his family and the first to touch manufacturing — he taught himself, followed the curiosity down the rabbit hole, and never came out. Walden Gage is what that curiosity became.

For Ray, success means more than supplying a gage. It's earning the trust to become a customer's long-term gaging partner.

Nicholas R. Lotito Jr., Director of Sales & Client Services at Walden Gage

Nicholas R. Lotito Jr.

Director, Sales & Client Services

Nick spent more than fifteen years in corporate business and finance — sales, account management, financial operations, strategic partnerships, and contract negotiation — managing high-value portfolios and negotiating agreements that together totaled billions of dollars, working directly with executive leadership and major business partners.

At Walden Gage, that discipline becomes a customer-first approach: understand what you actually need, communicate clearly, follow through on every commitment, and be a resource you can rely on — not simply a supplier. His goal is simple: build lasting relationships, provide thoughtful solutions, and make it easy to do business with Walden Gage.

Kimberly Lamitola, President of Walden Gage

Kimberly Lamitola

President · Billing & Accounts

Kimberly keeps the back office running — billing, accounts, and the paperwork that keeps orders moving. When your invoice or PO needs attention, she's the one who already has it handled.

Talk to Ray

One call. A real person. Usually the founder.

Whether you need one thread plug or a full calibration program, start with a conversation.

Call 631-729-6216
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