"tools today, and they have produced millions of hand planes, saws, rulers, try squares, chisels, screwdrivers, and many other tools for consumer and industrial use. Their innovations include the Bailey hand plane, the Surform shaper, the PowerLock tape measure, and the box-cutter knife (utility knife). In 2010 Stanley Works merged with Black and Decker to become Stanley Black & Decker. Frederick Trent Stanley Frederick Trent Stanley (August 12, 1802 – August 2, 1883) was an American industrialist born in New Britain, Connecticut on August 12, 1802. In his years as a teenager, Stanley was arrested for driving his horse and"
"CGI Group Inc., a leading provider of information technology and business processing services, announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Stanley. The merger was finalized in August 2010. Washington Technology listed Stanley at the 50th position in its 2007 list of the top 100 U.S. federal government prime contractors. In the 2008 listing, Stanley rose to the 48th position. In 2009, Stanley rose to the 45th position. Fortune Magazine included Stanley in its 2007, 2008, and 2009 lists of the ""100 Best Companies to Work For"". The methodology that Fortune Magazine follows in determining the"
"Stanley Odd Jobs The Stanley #1 Odd Jobs was a tool produced by the Stanley Works from 1888 to the 1930s. It combined features of sundry tools, in a single pocketable tool, including: The name ""Odd Jobs"" denotes that the tool does many kinds of sundry tool roles. Its closest cousin among common, modern tools, is the combination square, which shares with the Odd Job the functions of scribing, squaring, level/plumb, and the sliding and locking ruler (usually a steel one was included, but this was often changed, the Garret Wade reproduction uses a brass bound wooden ruler). However, the"
"Henry Stanley in 1857, with Stanley Rule & Level becoming the tool division of the Stanley Works. When starting out as a hardware manufacturer Stanley traveled Connecticut selling and often installing the hardware he made. Not long after the Stanley Works was incorporated, Frederick hired William Hart, who grew the Stanley Works into the powerhouse it was to become. Some of his innovations were improving packaging of hardware to speed up sales, the invention of cold rolling steel and improving processes and developing machinery to increase production while reducing expenses. Stanley is one of the world's most recognized brands of"
"expanded CGI into defense and intelligence contracts. Several years earlier CGI had been legally unable to acquire AMS's defense division because of a lack of U.S. Department of Defense-required infrastructure. In 2010, however, the infrastructure was in place. At the time of merger, Stanley earned annual revenues of $865 million, and that amount combined with CGI Federal's profit brought their joint income to about $1.2 billion. In 2010 CGI was included in the ""Forbes Global 2000"" ranking of the 2,000 largest public companies in the world. As of 2011 there were 31,000 CGI employees in 125 offices worldwide and 89%"
"Stanley Proto Industrial Tools. Proto (tools) Proto Tools (formally Stanley Proto) is an American industrial hand tool company. Founded as Plomb, it is presently a division of Stanley Black & Decker. The company is credited with creating the first combination wrench in 1933. Proto was founded in 1907 by Alphonse Plomb, Jacob Weninger, and Charles Williams as the Plomb Tool Company, a small blacksmith shop making chisels in Los Angeles. In 1933, Plomb released what is commonly credited as the first combination wrench. Plomb acquired a number of companies during the 1940s, including Cragin Tool of Chicago, Illinois in 1940,"
"now Stanley Works. The original Bailey designs were further evolved and added to by Justus Traut and others at Stanley Rule & Level. The Bailey and Bedrock designs became the basis for most modern metal hand plane designs manufactured today. The Bailey design is still manufactured by Stanley Works. In 1918 an air-powered handheld planing tool was developed to reduce shipbuilding labor during World War I. The air-driven cutter spun at 8000 to 15000 rpm and allowed one man to do the planing work of up to fifteen men who used manual tools. Modern hand planes are made from wood,"
"Company. In 1980, Mac Tools was bought by the Stanley Works, and is now part of a group of brands including Stanley Tools, Proto, Facom, and Blackhawk a subsidiary of Proto Tools. 1990 saw Mac Tools set up in the United Kingdom, and in 2009, it changed its presence in the United Kingdom from being a distribution to a franchise system. Mac Tools Mac Tools is an American company that manufactures and markets professional tools and related equipment. It is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, United States. The Mac Tools line consists of over 8,000 professional tools including screwdrivers, ratchets, wrenches,"
"by Stanley Tools. Kwikset is part of the Hardware and Home Improvement Group of Stanley Black & Decker, which also owns lockset manufacturers Weiser and Baldwin. Kwikset locks have now evolved to include many Weiser features, and Weiser locks now use Kwikset's ""SmartKey"" self rekeyable lock technology and Kwikset keyways. On October 9, 2012, the ""Wall Street Journal"" reported that Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. had agreed to acquire from Stanley Black & Decker the Hardware and Home Improvement Group, including Kwikset, and the transaction was likely to close by December 31, 2012. Kwikset Kwikset is an American lock and lockset"
"in Hartford, the state's capital. With the investment flourishing, Frederick and his brother William purchased the remainder of that business and decided to expand. After four years the pair invested in a brass foundry named Stanley Woodruff & Company. In 1843, the Stanleys opened Stanley Bolt Manufacturing. The company manufactured bolts, hinges, and other hardware from wrought iron. When Frederick wanted to expand the manufacture of hinges, he started a separate company, the Stanley Works which was incorporated in 1853. In 1920 the company merged with the Stanley Rule and Level Company (also of New Britain), founded by his cousin"
"Henry Stanley, in 1857. During World War II, Stanley Works received the Army-Navy ""E"" Award for excellence in war production. In May 2002, the company considered moving its corporate headquarters to Bermuda, but public and governmental outcry forced management to reconsider the move. By August 2002, the company had decided to maintain its incorporation in the United States. John F. Lundgren was elected as chairman and chief executive officer in 2004, replacing John Trani, a former protégé of Jack Welch at General Electric. The Hardware & Home Improvement Group, including the Kwikset, Weiser, Baldwin, National Hardware, Stanley, FANAL, Pfister and"
"the company began focusing exclusively on rolling steel door products. In 2008, Cornell Iron Works acquired the Cookson Door Company, another manufacturer of rolling steel door systems that was founded by the Cookson family in 1938. CornellCookson still manufactures its products in the United States, with principal manufacturing sites in Pennsylvania and Arizona. Acquired by Griffon for $542 million in 2010, the AMES Companies (""Ames"") are a leading global provider of non-powered lawn and garden tools and accessories, including include long handle tools, wheelbarrows, planters, snow tools, striking tools, pruning tools, garden hoses, and clotheslines. AMES is one of the"
"""Odd Jobs"" still has some unique functions in its total package, including the compass, and compensated gauging. Although Stanley ceased production of the Odd Job in the 1930s, the Garrett Wade tool company revived the tool in 1996, and currently produces Odd Jobs according to the original Stanley design, in two different sizes.. Woodpeckers has produced it as a one time tool twice now. Stanley Odd Jobs The Stanley #1 Odd Jobs was a tool produced by the Stanley Works from 1888 to the 1930s. It combined features of sundry tools, in a single pocketable tool, including: The name ""Odd"
"Bostitch Stanley Bostitch, previously and more commonly known as simply Bostitch, is an American company that specializes in the design and manufacture of fastening tools — such as staplers, staple guns, nailers, riveters, and glue guns — and fasteners — such as nails, screws, and staples. Its product range covers home, office, like the pencil sharpener, construction and industrial uses, like the power tool. The company developed a number of improvements to what would become the modern desk stapler. It is a subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker. In August 2013, Stanley Black & Decker began selling tradesman's power tools"
"companies listed in the ranking includes an independent survey of a random sampling of company employees. Stanley was ranked in the 10th position in the large companies category on the 2009 Best Places to Work in Oklahoma. The 2009 Washington Business Journal Best Places to Work ranked Stanley in the 17th position in the large companies category. CGI TO ACQUIRE STANLEY U.S. expansion consistent with strategic priorities Stanley, Inc. Stanley, Inc. (NYSE:SXE), acquired by CGI Group in 2010, was an information technology company based in Arlington, Virginia. Founded in 1966 as a small, entrepreneurial consulting company, it evolved into an"
"joined Stanley Black & Decker (then Stanley Works) in 1999, serving as VP and Chief Financial Officer with 19 years previously with General Electric Company (GE). Eventually being named EVP and CFO in 2002, EVP & Chief Operating Officer in 2009 and President & COO in 2013 before then as President & COO (2013-2016). Beginning in 2002, Loree began an M&A effort to transform Stanley into a growth-oriented diversified industrial company. Since then company revenues have more than quadrupled, fueled by over seventy acquisitions including the landmark merger with Black & Decker in 2010. Jim served for over five years"
"CRC-Evans CRC-Evans Pipeline International is a division of Stanley Oil & Gas, part of Stanley Black & Decker, a Fortune 500 American manufacturer of industrial tools and household hardware headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut. Stanley Black & Decker is the result of the merger of Stanley Works and Black & Decker on March 12, 2010. CRC-Evans supplies energy infrastructure technology and services to the oil and gas industry and owns approximately 129 patents. The company maintains strategic agreements with key onshore and offshore contractors such as Tenaris, Technip, and Subsea 7. Since its founding as Crutcher Rolfs Cummings Inc by"
"power tools brand. He served as chief executive officer for Black & Decker for 24 years. At the time of the merger with Stanley in March 2010, Archibald was the second longest-serving CEO of the largest 1000 companies in the United States that were not family controlled. Archibald is a recipient of the American Marketing Association’s Edison Achievement Award for significant and lasting contributions to marketing excellence and product innovation. He has been cited by Business Week as one of the top six managers in the United States and by Fortune Magazine as one of the country’s “ten most wanted”"
"California. Following the 2010 Stanley acquisition of Black and Decker, Price Pfister became part of the Stanley Black and Decker Hardware and Home Improvement Group. Following the merger, Price Pfister changed its name to simply Pfister. On October 9, 2012, The Wall Street Journal reported that Stanley Black & Decker had agreed to sell its Hardware and Home Improvement Group, including Pfister, to Spectrum Brands Holdings Incorporated. The acquisition was completed on December 17, 2012 for $1.4 billion. Pfister's retail bath and kitchen fixtures are available in major hardware and home improvement stores and showrooms throughout the country. Besides residential"
"its hand tools division. Around 1937, Stanley acquired the British J. A. Chapman company, a British manufacturer of carpentry tools and other items (including bayonets during World War I) formerly located in Sheffield. This helped Stanley to enter the British market. Stanley is a well known brand of tools and has produced millions of hand planes, saws, rulers, try squares, chisels, screwdrivers, and many other types of tools for consumer and for industrial use. Their innovations include the Bailey plane, the Surform shaper, the PowerLock tape measure, the utility knife (called the ""Stanley knife"" in British English), and an unusual"
"Kaiser Engineering in 2008 to form Stemco Kaiser, Rome Tool and Die Co. in 2011 to form Stemco Rome and Motor Wheel Commercial Vehicle Systems in 2012 to form Stemco Motor Wheel. Partners and strategic allies include Duroline, BatRF, GAFF International and Crewson. In July 2015, EnPro Industries, Inc. (NYSE:NPO), parent company to Stemco, completed its acquisition of the Veyance North American air springs business from Continental AG. The air springs business unit is the manufacturer of Goodyear air springs that are used in suspension systems, cabs and seats of commercial vehicles. Previously part of Veyance Technologies, Inc., which Continental"
"a necessity to move production to China ""to keep the Vise-Grip name competitive."" In 2010, Irwin closed the customer service office in Wilmington, OH and moved the customer service department to Huntersville, NC. In October 2016 Stanley Black & Decker Inc agreed to buy Newell Brands Inc.’s tools business for $1.95 billion. The acquisition was completed in March 2017. Irwin Industrial Tools Irwin Industrial Tools is an American manufacturer and distributor of hand tools and power tool accessories. It is owned by Stanley Black & Decker. It is best known for producing Vise-Grip locking pliers. Additionally, it produces clamps, drill"
"development and application of the Dow Neptune F offshore flow assurance coating. CRC-Evans CRC-Evans Pipeline International is a division of Stanley Oil & Gas, part of Stanley Black & Decker, a Fortune 500 American manufacturer of industrial tools and household hardware headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut. Stanley Black & Decker is the result of the merger of Stanley Works and Black & Decker on March 12, 2010. CRC-Evans supplies energy infrastructure technology and services to the oil and gas industry and owns approximately 129 patents. The company maintains strategic agreements with key onshore and offshore contractors such as Tenaris, Technip,"
"purchased New Britain. In the 1980s, National Hand Tool acquired parts of Litton's erstwhile hand tools division, including the Blackhawk and Husky brands. And in 1986, the Stanley Works acquired National Hand Tool, and with it, the Blackhawk brand. Blackhawk (tools) Blackhawk is an American brand of hand tools. It is currently a sub-brand of the Proto division of the Stanley Black & Decker. Blackhawk Manufacturing was founded in 1919 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a subsidiary of the American Grinder Company (later named Applied Power Corporation). It made automotive tools, such as wrenches and sockets, and a number of specialty"
"Works was first placed under computer control in 1962. In 1966, the company began manufacturing iron powders. It added reduced iron powder and atomized powder manufacturing in 1978, then segregation-free iron powder in 1989. In 1989, it entered into a limit partnership with United States steel company Armco. The company was renamed AK Steel Holding in 1993 when it became publicly traded. In 2000, the price war resulting from the so-called Ghosn Shock impacted the business performance of steel manufacturers such as Kawasaki Steel. During the resulting credit crisis, NKK and Kawasaki Steel decided to merge their businesses in April"
"2012 MTD began building Murray brand products which was acquired by Briggs & Stratton Motors in 2005. In 2017 MTD acquired Robomow (aka 'Friendly Robotics'). In September 2018, New Britain, Conn.-based power tool maker Stanley Black & Decker announced that it had an agreement to acquire a 20% stake in outdoor power equipment maker MTD Products for $234 million. The transaction is expected to close in early 2019. In addition, Stanley Black & Decker will have the option to acquire the remaining 80% of MTD starting July 1, 2021. </nowiki> MTD Products MTD Products is an American manufacturer of outdoor"
"acquired the Avery Berkel group of businesses, bringing together the four brands of W & T Avery, Berkel, Salter and Weigh-Tronix. Avery Weigh-Tronix is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of weighing equipment. On the Soho Foundry site the company runs one of the very few Museums of Weighing in the world; admission by appointment only. The Illinois Tool Works or ITW (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 200 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. It was founded in 1912 by Byron L. Smith. The consolidation of the group was finally completed in"
"In 2017, SKILSAW expanded its product offering from circular to linear cutting with its first-ever reciprocating saw. In 1991, the Emerson Electric Company and Robert Bosch GmbH entered into a joint venture by combining their power tool subsidiaries. In 1992, the new venture came to fruition as S-B Power Tool Co. In 1996, after four years of the partnership, Robert Bosch GmbH took over complete ownership of Skil. On August 23, 2016, Chervon (HK) Ltd., a global power tool manufacturer agreed to acquire the SKILSAW brand from Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, which gave them control over the SKIL businesses in"
"continued to be the owner of New Britain Machine Company until the latter's closure in 1990. Its assets (including the Blackhawk and Husky trademarks) were acquired by The Stanley Works which continues to use the Blackhawk name for one of its product lines. On July 8, 2004, New Britain Mayor Timothy Stewart announced that twenty-six acres of New Britain Machine's former property on South Street was being sold to two local businesses, Dattco and Guida's, after reaching an agreement. New Britain Machine Company New Britain Machine Company was a tool company that was headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut. The company"
"Medical Alloys GmbH and Ferd. Wagner GmbH were merged into Stahlwerk Ergste Westig GmbH in 2013. In addition, Stahlwerk Ergste Westig GmbH was renamed Zapp Precision Metals GmbH to better express its core business as a niche supplier of precision products internationally. At the same time, Robert Zapp Werkstofftechnik was renamed Zapp Materials Engineering and Robert Zapp Service-GmbH was renamed Zapp Systems GmbH. In 2018, it became known that the Zapp Group had acquired the Sandvik Stainless Wire business from Sandvik. The core competencies of the company lie in the cold forming of stainless metallic materials in the product forms"
"their sockets in order to 'modernize' them. In 1985, SK became part of the French company Facom Tools. In 2005 it was purchased by its management and again operated independently as the S-K Hand Tools Corporation. On June 29, 2010, the company declared bankruptcy. On August 23, 2010, it was announced that two days later, on August 25, 2010, Ideal Industries would acquire SK. SK Hand Tools S-K Hand Tools is an American tool company located in Sycamore, Illinois. Major products include sockets and drive tools, wrenches, air tools, and other mechanics' tools. The company has a tool line of"
"has produced materials for major industrial workplaces like General Motors and the other major North American manufacturing companies. A lockout and resulting lay-off of non-striking workers shut the plant down completely in 2009, with the plant not reopening until near the end of April 2010. Another lockout occurred on April 28, 2012 that finally ended on September 1 of that year with the steelworkers having a contract until 2018. The current owner of this business venture is Bedrock Industries. U.S. Steel Canada purchased Stelco in 2007 for an exact sum figure of $1,100,000,000 ($ in today's money). The merger between"
"tool group was acquired by Pentair and re-branded Delta Machinery. Pentair's Tools group was acquired by Black & Decker in 2005. In January, 2011, Taiwan-based Chang Type Industrial Co., Ltd. purchased the Delta brand from Stanley Black & Decker. Chang Type formed a wholly owned subsidiary, Delta Power Equipment Corp. to own the acquired assets including trademarks, designs and industrial tooling. Chang Type is moving Delta's production tooling from a Stanley Black & Decker owned facility in Jackson, Tennessee to a facility in Anderson County, South Carolina. Most recently, Delta has purchased an improved facility in Spartanburg, SC and has"