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As much as people seem to be fearful Harbor Freight, is going to take over the tool world (literally), not surprising they are at the bottom of the list of powerful power tool Barons.

Interesting data gathering.
 
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ecotec said:
A better question would be, what companies that are not part of these conglomerates make tools in the USA. Wright and Klein are all that I can think of.
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If we're talking about actual tool makers, there are several I can think of. Most of them aren't as well known brands themselves but I think make most of their money by having their tools relabeled by the better known brands.

Almost all of these companies still try to build their own brand as well, filling out their catalogue by relabeling tools from other suppliers as well. It seems like a lot of tool manufacturers specialize in making a couple types of tools themselves, licensing them out to others, and then also relabeling other tools from other manufacturers. I've tried to start drawing a map of who actually makes what and who sells what, but it was a very tall order, because almost all tool companies are a mix of making things themselves and licensing from others. They usually aren't very clear in their website or catalogue about what's what.

Some of these tool manufacturers in the US include Wilde, Enderes, Alfa Tools, Mayhew, Western Forge (owned by Ideal Industries), Cornwell, and Central Tools, just to name a few I've bought recently.

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ecotec said:
Ideal is a conglomerate.
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Yes they are, but Western Forge is still a manufacturer that makes tools in the US. Ideal owns many companies, such as SK, which sources their US pliers, probably among other tools, from Western Forge.

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That we don't need an 8th, 9th, or 200th thread about this exact same link. Nothing has changed or been updated since that site was created years ago.

If there was new information being provided by this thread, cool, but, alas, its just dumping the same thing that's been dumped many times before.
 
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kythri said:
That we don't need an 8th, 9th, or 200th thread about this exact same link. Nothing has changed or been updated since that site was created years ago.

If there was new information being provided by this thread, cool, but, alas, its just dumping the same thing that's been dumped many times before.
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Really? The most recent link you posted is 07-11-2018. I direct your attention to the following on the page I linked:

Infographics updated: October 24, 2018
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Whatever, I don't read every GJB thread, especially those over a year old - I doubt many do. And I didn't search for a previous thread on the topic - didn't occur to me there might be one and I doubt it would to others.

Bottom line, there may be members like myself who had not seen the link before. If it offends you, the solution is simple - just scroll on by.
 
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kythri said:
You're right, I'm sorry.

Do you have the link for Google?
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Anyway, here ya go :D

https://www.google.com/
 
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Although the info may be old with all those old links. This thread was the first time I saw this info.
 
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