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Harbor Freight Tools, commonly referred to as Harbor Freight, is an American privately held tool and equipment retailer, headquartered in Calabasas, California. It operates a chain of retail stores, as well as an e-commerce business. The company employs over 28,000 people in the United States, [5] and has over 1,500 locations in 48 states. [6] [7]
Stanley ceased production of the Odd Jobs in 1935, 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. [7] It was also available from Harbor Freight and Rockler. Woodpeckers has produced it as a one time tool twice now. [8]
The Ridge Tool Company is an American manufacturing company that makes and distributes tools under the Ridgid brand name. The company was founded in 1923 in North Ridgeville, Ohio . [ 1 ] In 1943, it relocated to its current location in Elyria, Ohio , and in 1966, it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Emerson Electric .
Apex Tool Group is an American supplier of hand tools and power tools. It was formed as a joint venture of Cooper Industries and Danaher by the merger of Cooper Tools and Danaher's Tools and Components segment.
OTC Tools (originally Owatonna Tool Company) is a tool and equipment manufacturer. It was founded in Owatonna, Minnesota, by Godfrey Kaplan, who operated a small machine shop there. Kaplan's son Rueben, invented the "Grip-O-Matic" universal gear puller and received his first patent. [1] The tool remains virtually unchanged to this day. [2]
This is the same practice as Mac Tools, Snap-on, and Matco Tools, who together make up the four major flags of the mobile tool business. [2] The company was founded in 1919 by Eugene Cornwell, a blacksmith from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. [3] Cornwell Tools are sold by local tool distributors who own a territory by means of a franchise. [4]
Snap-on Industrial Brands, historically J.H. Williams Tool Group, is a division of American hand tool manufacturer Snap-on that makes and distributes tools to industrial markets. In addition to the Williams brand from which it originated, the group includes Bahco and CDI Torque Products .
In 1990, the hand tool company was acquired by the brothers' Danaher Corporation. [4] This acquisition made the tools division the largest part of Danaher. [5] In 1991, Sears selected Danaher to be the exclusive supplier of Craftsman mechanic's tools. [6] In 2010, Danaher merged its tools division with Cooper Tools to form Apex Tool Group.