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Power Equipment Direct (PED) is an online retail company based in Bolingbrook, Illinois, USA.The company began in 2002 [1] selling pressure washers, and now operates many niche websites selling different types of outdoor power equipment, including air compressors, chainsaws, electric generators, log splitters, lawn mowers, snow blowers, sump pumps, water pumps and accessories.
This is a list of Illinois companies which includes notable companies that are headquartered in Illinois, or were previously headquartered in Illinois. In general, this list does not include companies headquartered in one of the municipalities of the Chicago metropolitan area .
The company now focuses more on the do-it-yourself consumer, but at one time made professional construction-grade power tools, which are now being sold under their subsidiary, SKILSAW. SKIL can trace its heritage to the invention of the circular saw by Edmond Michel in 1924, which led to the development of the SKILSAW circular saw Model 77 in 1937.
Hand-held power tools and Stationary Machines Husqvarna Group: Sweden: Husqvarna, Weed Eater, Poulan, McCulloch, others [17] Outdoor power equipment Ideal Industries: Sycamore, Illinois, US: Western Forge, [18] Pratt-Read, [19] SK Hand Tools. [20] [21] Hand Tools Illinois Tool Works: Paslode, Ramset, Redhead, others [22] Fastening Tools [23 ...
Illinois Tool Works Inc. or ITW is an American Fortune 200 [3] company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. It was founded in 1912 by Byron L. Smith and has built its growth on a "small-wins strategy" based on decentralization, simplicity, customer-focused innovation, and ...
Originally a maker of climate control equipment, the company changed its name to Siegler Corporation after merging with Siegler Enamel Range Company Inc. in 1954. In that year, John G. Brooks, a flamboyant entrepreneur, and nine other associates bought the Siegler Corporation of Centralia, Illinois, for $3.3 million; $3.2 million of this was ...
By 1959, Thor Power Tool Company's annual volume had surpassed $30 million. [2] By the early sixties, Thor Power Tool Company was acquired by the Stewart-Warner Corporation. A short time later, Neil C. Hurley, Jr. died from a third heart attack, February 9, 1965, at the age of 54 and the Thor brand name almost died.
In 1982, Wolseley UK acquired the company for $30.7 million. [6] In 1989, Ferguson merged with Familian. [7] The company laid off thousands of workers during the Great Recession due to a slowdown in business. [8] In 2012, the company acquired Power Equipment Direct. [8] In 2016, Ferguson acquired Signature Hardware for $210 million. [9]