Who owns gearwrench

The dual-molded grip on those cutters and screwdriver look very thoughtfully designed. On the older style tools, the design looks a little more utilitarian. I own a number of Gearwrench tools, and have a few test samples of a few others.

Generally, I like the brand a lot. Their tools offer good quality and competitive features at reasonable pricing. I now have probaly or collection of grar5 wrenxh items. Neon colors cheapen products in my opinion.

Gimmicky and eye-catching instead of producing a quality tool. However, it seems to be working for Ryobi. Red makes me think walmart more than anything. People will hate just to hate lol. For many years now, Gearwrench has competed very effectively in the market for mid-price point mechanics tools … competing primarily against store brands that source their tools from Apex. One wonders if GW is preparing for a new, well-financed competitor that will be unveiled next summer … Craftsman … that will source its tools outside of Apex.

Nah, Apex will be supplying Sears with tools until they go out of business. Apex makes all the ratchets, sockets, wrenches, etc. That is, unless the long-term plan is to dump Apex once Stanley ramps up production and then sell the same stuff in Sears that you can get wherever Stanley distributes their Craftsman-branded stuff to. So, the framework for a full lineup was already there. Most of the oddball and specialized mechanics tools once the mainstay of KD — seem to have been dropped.

Others like Lisle seem to have picked up where KD left off. They are the oem for MasterCraft ratcheting wrenches. I own a few sets of the co branded MasterCraft wrenches. Gotta say they work great. I intend to replace them with north American made quality tools at some point. Bothers me when companies make stuff overseas and sell the product as if it is a good product. Your post is both stupid and confusing.

You start by saying its a good product, then insinuate, immediately, that its not. Which is it? Does anyone make an American made ratcheting box end wrench today? I thought proto did, or someone like that. I put it off but I think I need a set.

That tear drop ratchet head in the pic looks a little bit like my Armstrong ratchets. Gearwrench got most of the tooling or the designs. I think they had a common owner. Bostitch or even Triton. Anyway, I think Gearwrench has been great…. I was thinking Bostich also! Unfortunately, most of the color schemes are all taken as we immediately think of another brand when we see a certain color scheme which of course, is the opposite intention for those companies competing for their own colors.

Mmmm…how about purple and black? Hopefully Fred is just enjoying an extended vacation somewhere in the South Pacific and we will see his return soon.

I was actually thinking the same thing. Granted, some companies will contract with Part suppliers to make a specialized part to their specs. But for most, it is just easier to pick a standard part that the company makes. Often the look or design of the part may change, but it is still interchangeable with the machine. Sadly, in some instances, it does mean that part is no longer made as that style of part has been redesigned or upgraded so much it is no longer applicable for that product.

Look at it this way. If you wanted to design and make your own line of Woodworking tools, you would not be making your own parts, for the most part, you would be purchasing them from an existing parts manufacturer.

They have standard parts they make and sell to several different manufacturers. Some are proprietary and can only be sold to that company, but for the most part, to have that, it costs a lot of money so most parts are and can be interchanged. Take a Bandsaw wheel for example. There are only a few different sizes made, i. So you would pick from the sizes that company is already making, most likely for someone else. Take a look at how closely a Jet Bandsaw looks to a Grizzly. I am betting they are getting most of their parts from the same exact manufacturer.

Delta may be as well. They were quality and they stood behind them. My automotive tools are all SK. Very pricey, very good quality. But even then…. Is this list correct from the date of its first being published ? At some point I think this consolidation of ownership is counterproductive such as the GM model where you had Pontiac models eating into Chevrolet sales. Right now APEX is still mfg. That may be coming to an end as Lowes will take on Craftsman tools as soon as the dust is settled.

Thanks for your info. Actually I had heard about a year ago that Lowes may get them. Do you have an updated list of the main companies. Not who they own but which ones to deal with? Second, …it looks like the original publication date on this article is , …yet I see references to acquisitions? Just an idea. When that happens, things can get confusing because comments look to pre-date the article.

Should you decide to republish, maybe you could keep the same title, and simply predate it with a year? Before I went into the Army, I was an appliance service man at sears in and I still have many of my craftsman hand tools over 50 years old and still function as they did 50 years go.

Their power tools are made by several makers, such as Chervon 24V Max. Stuart, Matco stayed with the Fortive portion of the Danaher breakout. Places like Dallas, North Carolina, Arkansas. I would put them up against anything from Empire, Stabila, or Kapro. Stuart, Amazing list. Great that this list is being mentioned as a primary source from the equivalent Wiki page. I am an MIT student and interested in learning more about this world; the relationships between these manufacturers and sellers, strategic agreements, different channels of distribution — and in general map the supply chain from manufacturing to the sole consumer, including margins, challenges etc.

I believe that there is a good amount of friction and I would like to learn much more about it. Are there any sources you recommend or can refer me to? But making sense of the relationships between brands and retailers is actually a lot more complicated, because the details of any promotional or marketing arrangements are rarely made public.

Most of my insight comes from direct observations over the years, and what can be gleaned from private conversations. Your project sounds like a very interesting one, but I am not envious of the challenges you face. Mapping the supply chain for a more complex multi-component product, such as a cordless power tool for instance, would be quite the endeavor.

But who makes the motors in their woodworking routers? But, I would think that looking at Holiday season tool deals might give you a good idea of what types of specific questions to ask and investigate. Visit your local Home Depot and Lowes stores, and take a stroll down the aisles. Which brands of hammers do they carry? Adjustable wrenches? Which brands are featured in their promo floor displays?

Also, exclusivity arrangements. Home Depot has Klein, Lowes now has Southwire. Analyzing the market requires a lot of data, but luckily if you narrow your scope down to one or more major retail chains, you can gather a lot of that data with just some legwork. Stuart, thank you so much for your detailed reply — I am truly grateful. I have mapped out the players, from sole manufactures over with most selling under the name of 18 brands, as part of acquisition or strategic partnerships.

This list includes private labels that are being offered by the sellers themselves. Do you have any direction to where I could find the margins that this manufactures are doing? How much are they make selling their products on Amazon vs. HomeDepot for example?. I know that this is kinda going out of scope, I am grateful enough for your prior reply.

Unfortunately, you will be hard pressed to find anyone willing or able to talk specifics about margins. A lot of foreign companies have US-based headquarters or offices. But technically, Chervon is headquarters in China. I tried to focus on the main location for all parent companies, for the sake of simplicity.

Is Vaco still around? In addition, they may also be the new OEM for the new 20v Craftsman Cordless drills that Sears sold over the holidays. Informative post. Really happy with my Homelite gas leaf blower. Anyone here remember SeberTech multi tools. RocWizard was introduced in , Home Depot and Ace carried this for a while.

Klein, Channellock, Wilde are the final three independent USA manufacturers for specifically in regards to pliers. Folks let that sink in. Unlike the information technology industry with their so called research and development that other countries have been stealing for decades and will continue to steal until the end of time, while I am not thrilled in order to support any American manufacturing, I must also support other countries that have nothing but hatred for America and the freedoms that we have.

All the big corporations are globalist in nature, thankfully not all the manufacturing is done in China or other 3rd world countries. At the cost of millions of American jobs, including jobs surrounding these manufacturing plants, surrounding cities, we have cheap goods from China, India, Mexico, Indonesia, Haiti and over countries that have no issues with child labor, legitimate worker abuse be it physical or otherwise and the solution from people such as Tim Cook is to put up suicide nets and punish those that speak out against any of this.

Even worse, these same companies want that cheap labor in the United States instead of hiring legal American workers. This could have all been prevented decades ago, had more of the public been motivated enough to push back against monopolization of manufacturing industries. Every single one of us goes to work daily to make a living correct? In order to provide for ourselves and our family? To start a company, you have to borrow large sums of cash to build the infrastructure needed to make the business profitable and repay the loan.

In order to successfully do this and satisfy the investors risk, you need to look at all the possible options at the time of making a financial decision. We do this daily when purchasing products and services. Everyone wants the best quality for the best price, i. The global market more often than not satisfies the goals of the business. Not Main Street. And certainly not by creative industry. Look at KKR as the poster fund for where we are now. And greed. And now look at the ever accelerating educational and financial devide of the coastal v.

AKA our America. I dunno. But in general — US manufacturing of electronic instruments, hand and power tools is a very limited thing. I had a defective Ridgid tile saw and the customer service took me to One World. Customer Service was awful so I returned the Ridgid and bought a Ryobi. Both in Anderson, South Carolina. Just went back and read again. Thanks Stuart. Good to know. And easy for me to avoid. Thanks, Stuart, for the great update!

Many of the companies I am not familiar with also. Did not know Hoover was now owned by TTi. Would explain a lot regarding their demise of quality vacuums. Been purchasing Hoover all my life but now they are just another Chinese Owned Company. A lot less routine maintanance ie primary filters and secondary filters and emptying the dust bin is messy and annoying!

This surely helps the manufacturers to sell new vacuums every couple of years instead of every years in days gone by. Hoping a get at least 5 years from my new Panasonic Bagged Vacuum! Buying 3rd party bags in bulk keeps the cost reasonable. The old Hoover was still running strong after 10 years. Stupid me! My new Panasonic Bagged Vacuum has lots of suction and I agree with your comments regarding good quality replacement bags for keeping the cost down.

Bags are quick and no mess. Take the bag out, wide piece of tape over the inlet hole, throw in a new bag and vacuum! No messy banging the container on the side of the trash can in a pile of dust or reaching into the Bagless container pulling out the stuck lint pieces! The when the container is finally clean, having to check the main vacuum filter that ALWAYS looked like it needed cleaning whether the onboard clogged filter light was on or not!

The worst thing I have to worry about is my battery packs fading. All my packs fit a ubiquitous brand, and I will always be able to find them anywhere for cheap. Is Bessey part of JPW? Because the Jet clamps I saw the other day I could of sworn were Besseys. Sounds like what happened to InterMetro wire shelving 20 years.

Both good and bad. The knock off commodity chrome steel shelving all went off shore. But the brand concept became both available and affordable to many many who could barely find it let alone rationalize buying into it before their US design patents expired.

On the German website, they continue to claim that they are an independent German company — although the CEO is German, the other officers appear Japanese.

Funny how the lines blur. Thank you for all the tough work. Does anyone have experience with Tacklife tools? Thank you. They contact us regularly with offers, but so far I have not responded.

Just saw an advert for a Tacklife drill, and my thought was it looked like Harborfreight Hercules with a different skin, but even lower price. I happen to live in the latter and was surprised that I had not heard of this corporation—there being relatively few corporations headquartered in the 66 square miles of the district.

Compressors seem to be a mix of companies under Stanley Black and Decker like Porter-Cable and Emglo an air hose and accessories come from a variety of sources like Sanborn Manufacturing.

Any knowledge of who makes Energer tools? If they are independent so you any contact info? The names have no meaning and are decided at corporate meetings, basically picked out of a hat. Furthermore, one might argue that some of the HF brand names were picked out of that hat with an aim to convey a marketing message that would obfuscate their origins — or even possibly deceive some unwitting buyers.

I do think that some of the more recent HF brand names — like Hercules may represent a departure away from fictitious naming practices — and hopefully represents a change at HF to sell tools that appeal based on their price and performance rather than on US or German sounding brand names. I thing HF came into being to make decent tools affordable to everyone.

Yes, they do make some throwaways for city dwellers that need to fix something once, then give the tools away of trash them. But,,, check it out. HF has started going upscale.

Their Hercules line is just under Milwaukee and DeWalt. Their Doyle line is just under Klein and Channel Lock. Their Fortress compressors are flat out good. So, their brands are more about defining the quality level than to fool people into believing they are American names. Besides, they have to name them something, right? You can add Blue Ridge Tools to the Positec section. Einhell is produced at the same place where Parkside is produced — at Positec.

I just scrolled down to the comment section. The multi purpose bits are amazing. Where is Kobalt? Kobalt tools are made by a variety of manufacturers. These are made by a variety of manufacturers. The same goes for Sears Craftsman. I looked around a little, and here are a few tool companies that seem not to be owned by any larger companies. I did a little bit of research — after comparing your list to mine. A few interesting things noted:. Adding from my old database here are some tool and related companies — or holding companies with some of their brands listed.

Alltrade, Ifix, Powerbuilt. Chesterton, Mound Tool, C. Bully Tools, Queensbury R. Jandy, Polaris, Zodiac. Great information! The recipients opened them and they had a distinct pink tint to them. I have been searching all afternoon I cannot find Radley anywhere. Has anyone found anything about them. I see Walmart carries that brand online in Canada and I found some stuff on eBay but no other real information.

I have my parts catalog and know the part I need but the website is no longer active nor is the phone number? I believe I bought this about 15 years ago or more and have never had a problem with it. Any help would be great! Lee Valley, Inc. Every time you watch your Medical Dramas, and you see a scalpel being passed from one person to the next, with a retractable blade?

Canica invented that. Abdominal closure tape that pulls a wound closed without stitches? Lee Valley manufactures Woodworking, Gardening, and general Hardware, as well as designs and imports innovative products from around the world.

The Veritas and Lee Valley branded products are produced and manufactured in factories and workshops located across Canada, the primary factory is located at their HQ in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Utilitas brand products are designed and engineered to quality control levels that exceed that of the Veritas brand, and are manufactured in Japan. Anyone who would take their time to ferret out all these brand associations is certainly worthy of our praise. Thank you Tool Guyd for this work and your efforts to inform us. Klein Tools is independently owned. They have a couple of subsidiaries, such as Ergodyne.

Some Klein tools are made in the USA, others are imported from various countries. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. A Guide to Corporate Affiliations. If you buy something through our links, ToolGuyd might earn an affiliate commission.

Subscribe to our newsletter. Follow ToolGuyd on Instagram. Isnt Hitachi owned by GE? I believe Hitachi power tools got changed to HiKoKi power tools now.

Is Matco still under Danaher? I think Werner is based of PA. No snap on owns Williams it is part of their indiustrial department it equal to blue point. New tool deliveries are always an acceptable reason to be distracted. Sorry, but you are wrong. Danaher is not owned by Bain Capital. Danaher makes almost nothing in the states. Came for the Koch Brothers, mindless drone sound-byte, left satisfied.

Do me a favor and outline the US Government policies that hold corporations hostile? If you do not think the government is hostile just ask any one in the generation industry. Sounds to me like Happy Monday is really bitchy Thursday! Gear wrench is owned by someone else. Forgot who. I think I read it above. Gearwrench is owned by Apex Tool Group, as indicated in the post.

Just a useless factoid: Milwaukee used to be owned by Domino Sugar. I thought that TTI also has Ridgid not sure. I mentioned this in the post, but added emphasis for greater visibility. TTI also makes craftsman power tools but who makes their hand tools? Thus, it would be an enormous burden to compile, add to, and update such information.

I created a broad beans and COO list a while back and will republish it at one point. Wrenches and torque wrenches are what Proto Industrial Tools are best known for. Armstrong is the maker behind the brand names Crescent, Gearwrench, and Campbell.

Martin Tools. Wright Tools. Products Made in the USA. Each of our 7 US manufacturing facilities produces some of our most popular tools, including grinders, drills, impact drivers, and reciprocating saws. Most hand tools are still made in their facilities in Milwaukee and other U.

Both their high end craftsman pros, also the wrenches are very good as well in their pro line. Especially the made in the USA ones. But their base wrenches the raise panel are good quality, made in the USA and dependable. Their mid level and high end ratchets are good , but their base ratchet is not that great. Snap-on hand tools don't break very often, the sockets and wrenches they make are the best that I have ever used.

They do cost more but you are paying for better quality. When you buy tools you want them to last and Snap-on tools last a long time. Husky is a line of hand tools , pneumatic tools , and tool storage products. Husky hand tools were formerly manufactured exclusively in the United States but are now largely made in China and Taiwan. All Husky hand tools have a lifetime warranty. They're made in the USA with domestic and foreign components.

DeWalt is a global manufacturer of power tools , hand tools , and accessories and are currently manufacturing their tools in the following countries: United States, Mexico, Brazil, China , Italy, United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic. Where are Gearwrench hand tools made? Category: home and garden home appliances. Currently, Craftsman hand tools wrenches, ratchets, sockets, etc are manufactured in Apex Tool Group's factories in Taiwan and China.

Ironically, a lot of Gearwrench products come from the same Apex factory as Craftsman.