Ahno was founded in January 2002 by Dr. Ke Yashi and is headquartered in Suzhou Industrial Park, a Sino-Singapore cooperation. Ahno, as an overall solution service provider of metal cutting tools, provides one-stop service in the design, development, manufacturing, regrinding and technical support of high-quality precision metal cutting tools. The specific products are solid carbide drills, indexable inserts, end mills, PCD tools, micro tools, medical tools, coating, regrinding, tool management, and overall solutions for projects.

The company has ISO9001 quality certification system and ISO13485 quality certification system certified by TUVSUD of Germany, and is a Engineering Research Center of Jiangsu Province, Vice director unit of CMCTEA, and National Specialty Super New Giant.

In July 2024, Ahno officially joined the Sandvik Group.