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Plumb is now part of Apex Tool Group. Standard Axe and Tool Works (1892–1912), Ridgway, PA – Standard completed construction of a new plant in 1892 to produce all types of axes, mining picks, etc. One product was "Black Eagle," marketed as a "chemical process" axe and painted black.
The company was founded in 1897 in New York City by Maxwell Becton and Fairleigh S. Dickinson.It later moved its headquarters to New Jersey. In 2004, BD agreed to pay out US$100 million to settle allegations from competitor Retractable Technologies that it had engaged in anti-competitive behavior to prevent the distribution of Retractable's syringes, which are designed to prevent needlestick ...
The company had not yet gone out of business, but the stockholders the day before approved the change of the name, reasoning that since no abbreviations of firm names were permitted under the new U.S. Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, the full name of the company would be hard to inscribe on small tools. The company's proxy statement explained ...
Definitions of the term "trade catalog" vary, but originally, trade catalogs are printed materials published by manufacturing, wholesaling, or retailing firms. They promote sales by making advertising claims, give instructions in using products, provide testimonials from satisfied customers, and include detailed descriptions of sale products.
In 1919 the son of Ralph North, John Spring North, joined the company. [1] By 1900 the company was a major manufacturer and employer in the city of Philadelphia and produced ice cream freezers, ice shaving and crushing tools, kitchen appliances, various other consumer goods and some hand tools.
Lufkin was Cooper's first hand tool acquisition in 1967. Mayle – Mechanic's hand tools; Nicholson – Produces files, rasps, and saws. Acquired by Cooper in 1972. Plumb – Striking tools, such as hammers, axes, and chisels. Acquired by Cooper in 1980. SATA – Mechanic's hand tools. Spline Gauges – gauges; Weller – Soldering tools ...
The earliest reference to the Milward family in connection with needle making is a James Milward who was a needle maker on Fish Hill in 1676. Symon Milward created the company of Henry Milward & Sons aka Milward's Needles (Milward's) in 1730 at the age of 40, in Redditch, United Kingdom. It was however, his son Henry who takes credit for the ...
[1] [6] Bullard Jr was president of the company for 40 years, through World War I, the interwar period, and World War II, a period during which the Bullard company was the largest machine tool builder in the U.S., [6] and vast volumes of military matériel were produced by countless companies running Bullard machines.