I think they're more USAG clones than FACOM because, everything I've seen is made in Taiwan. However, since SBD owns both FACOM & USAG, it's a wash. I picked up the Craftsman compact 1/4 drive metric socket set which is a twin to the USAG Nano socket set aside from the ratchet and different branding. I'm disappointed in some of the V series ratcheting wrench sets, as they omit 15 & 18 mm.
Yeah, you are probably correct. Honestly, I had never even heard of USAG until you just mentioned it. Quick look at their website, seems they manufacture a TON of different stuff. Will certainly look more into the brand. That said, where at Facom wrenches made? I would assume that Facom is associated with USAG? How does SBD fall in with USAG?
All these tool companies rebranding stuff gets ridicuously confusing. I imagine they want it that way.
Edit - From their website. So, sounds like Facom bought USAG, then Facom was bought by SBD.
History of the Brand
The USAG brand was established in 1926, when entrepreneur Hermann Amos built the first manufacturing plant in Gemonio, Italy under the name Utensileria Società
Anonima Gemonio.
USAG began to manufacture and operate in the professional tools sector alongside other small firms in Italy. In 1991 USAG became part of the French Group Facom Tools S.A., then of the American Group The Stanley Works and, by March 2010, of the Multi-National Group Stanley Black & Decker Inc.
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