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Crescent is a brand of hand tools. It originated with the Crescent Tool Company, founded in 1907. The Crescent brand has changed ownership multiple times. It is currently owned by Apex Tool Group, LLC of Sparks, Maryland as part of its Hand Tools division. It is best known for its style of adjustable wrench. [1] [2]
Xcelite – Electronics tools such as general and specialized screwdrivers and pliers. Acquired by Cooper in 1973. Acquired by Cooper in 1973. For Hand Tool portfolio, since 2018, Company has decided to focus 3 major brands such as Crescent, Gearwrench and SATA globally.
Snap-on, Bahco, Blue-Point, Williams, CDI Torque Products, [27] Sun diagnostic tools in Europe and Brazil: Hand tools, air tools, power tools, diagnostic tools, assorted automotive tools Sortimo: Zusmarshausen, Germany: Sortimo: in-vehicle equipment, storage system for parts and tools Stanley Black & Decker: Connecticut, US
Originally named Allen Manufacturing Company, the business produced hexagonal set screws and wrenches to fasten them. The terms "Allen wrench" (American English, though "Allen key" is also common in the US) and "Allen key" (British English) [ 3 ] are derived from the Allen brand name and refer to the generic product category " hex keys ".
The company has a tool line of over 3,500 items including wrenches, ratchets, screwdrivers, tool boxes and air tools. In 2021, SK was acquired by Hangzhou GreatStar Industrial. Jay Leno described the company as "an iconic American brand for decades," [2] and the company is known for inventing the round-head ratchet wrench.
Xcelite was founded in 1921 by F. Birney Farrington (1886-1962), as the Park Metalware Company, Inc., a small metalworking shop in Orchard Park, New York. [2] John Zilliox’s (1874-1971) U.S. patent 1,386,217 for an adjustable wrench, launched the company into manufacturing hand tools for worldwide distribution.
In 1923, the company moved again to a 33,000-square-foot (3,100 m 2) facility at its current location in Meadville. Four years later, the name of the company was changed to the Champion–DeArment Tool Company. [1] In 1933, Chief Engineer Howard Manning developed the tongue-and-groove, slip-joint pliers for which the company is known.
Early Lufkin logo. The company was founded by Edward Taylor Lufkin, an American Civil War veteran of the Sixtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry [1] in Cleveland, Ohio, 1869 [2] and was originally named E.T. Lufkin Board and Log Rule Manufacturing Company.