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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 , and an unusual multitool known as ...
Eventually the success of the Yankee line of tools led the Stanley Works tool company to acquire the North Bros. in 1946, chiefly to improve their own product lines. Stanley was primarily interested in their bit and brace designs, which continued to be produced unchanged at Stanley for decades, and the spiral ratchet "Yankee" screwdrivers. The ...
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., formerly known as The Stanley Works, is a Fortune 500 American manufacturer of industrial tools and household hardware, and a provider of security products. Headquartered in the Greater Hartford city of New Britain, Connecticut , [ 3 ] Stanley Black & Decker is the result of the merger of The Stanley Works and ...
Chang Type Industrial Co. Ltd., a Taiwan-based manufacturing company, has agreed to purchase the Delta brand of woodworking equipment and machinery from Stanley Black & Decker. McKenna, Tom (2011-01-17). "Updated: Stanley Sells Delta Tools to Taiwanese Company". finewoodworking.com. The Taunton Press, Inc. Archived from the original on 2011-01-19
DeWalt Ford Fusion in 2008, driven by Matt Kenseth. DeWalt Tools sponsored NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth from 1999 through to the season of 2009. In this time period, Kenseth won 18 races, the 2000 Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year Award, 2003 Winston Cup Series Championship, 2004 NEXTEL Cup All Star Race and the 2009 Daytona 500.
A single titled "Full Metal Jacket (I Wanna Be Your Drill Instructor)," credited to Mead and Nigel Goulding, was released to promote the film and incorporates Ermey's drill cadences from the film. The single reached #1 in Ireland, #2 in the UK, [ 57 ] #4 in both the Netherlands and the Flanders region of Belgium, #8 in West Germany, #11 in ...
The VP185 was launched in May 1993 as a successor to the Paxman Valenta.It differed from the Valenta with a 90-degree cylinder bank angle, rather than a 60-degree vee to reduce its height, unit pump injectors eliminating two camshafts, side by side connecting rods to reduce manufacturing costs, higher firing pressures; increased power output, improved fuel consumption and emissions performance.
According to The New York Times, the Army has started to "wikify" certain field manuals, allowing any authorized user to update the manuals. [4] This process, specifically using the MediaWiki arm of the military's professional networking application, milSuite, was recognized by the White House as an Open Government Initiative in 2010.