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Snap-on Industrial Brands, historically J.H. Williams Tool Group, is a division of American hand tool manufacturer Snap-on that makes and distributes tools to industrial markets. In addition to the Williams brand from which it originated, the group includes Bahco and CDI Torque Products .
Snap-on was founded as the Snap-on Wrench Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1920 by Joseph Johnson and William Seidemann. [8] The business manufactured and marketed ten sockets that would "snap on" to five interchangeable handles. The company's slogan was "5 do the work of 50". [9] In 1930, the company's headquarters moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Socket set with ratchet (above), four hex sockets and a universal joint. A socket wrench (or socket spanner) is a type of spanner (or wrench [1] in North American English) that uses a closed socket format, rather than a typical open wrench/spanner to turn a fastener, typically in the form of a nut or bolt.
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.
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Bahco is a Swedish brand within the hand tool industry, which is now part of SNA Europe, part of Snap-on.Its roots go back to the industrial revolution in Sweden in the late eighteen hundreds, starting with innovations such as the pipe wrench and the modern adjustable wrench.