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The current design of pliers was developed and popularized by the Champion–DeArment Tool Company in 1934 under the brand name Channellock (after which the company was later renamed) [6] but are also now produced by a number of other manufacturers.
Channellock is an American company that produces hand tools. It is best known for its pliers —the company manufactures more than 75 types and sizes of pliers [ 1 ] —particularly its eponymous style of tongue-and-groove , slip-joint pliers. [ 2 ]
The Diamond Calk Horseshoe Company of Duluth, Minnesota, USA was founded in 1908 by blacksmith Otto Swanstrom.. Initially manufacturing horseshoes with a special type of calk to improve the animals' foothold on slippery surfaces, the company successfully adapted to the development of motorised transport for the masses and produced a range of adjustable wrenches and pliers from the 1920s.
The company behind Aquasana, Sun Water Systems, has based all its manufacturing in Texas, meaning high-end filtration systems, including its adjustable showerhead filter, are completely American-made.
[7] [8] In 2010, the tool divisions of Cooper Industries and Danaher Corporation formed a joint venture, Apex Tool Group, LLC. The brand is currently owned by Apex Brands, Inc. the intellectual property entity of Apex Tool Group. [9] Crescent brand adjustable wrenches are manufactured in both Sumter, South Carolina and in China.
An adjustable spanner (UK and most other English-speaking countries), also called a shifting spanner (Australia and New Zealand) [1] or adjustable wrench (US and Canada), [a] is any of various styles of spanner (wrench) with a movable jaw, allowing it to be used with different sizes of fastener head (nut, bolt, etc.) rather than just one fastener size, as with a conventional fixed spanner.