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Indestro tools, still in business?

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I have a set of Indestro sockets that I was going to put on ebag. I started looking for others to get a price indication but everything that came up was older stuff. The ones I have are NOS and look like a modern style. Are they still in business?
 
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It is definitely Indestro, but after taking the pics I can see that it also says "Duro Indestro". I looked and can't find them either. Thanks for the reply.
 

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^ He could be right.
But if you are referring to Indestro USA they've been gone for years. Around 1990 according to AA.

Edit, you beat me: that is the real deal USA and someone would be happy to have it I'm sure as it's metric too.
 
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Duro and Indestro continued to prosper during the 1940s and '50s, but by the 1960s appeared to be losing ground to other competitors. Sometime during the '60s the Indestro operations were formally merged into Duro Metal Products, and the tools began appearing with dual brands "Duro-Indestro".

The tool lines were "harmonized", which unfortunately meant that some of the special higher-end features of the Duro-Chrome tools were dropped.

The company continued operating through the 1970s and 1980s, and was finally closed in 1990.


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http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/duro-indestro.html
 
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