Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation has been manufacturing heavy duty portable electric power tools and accessories for well over 75 years now. Today it is known for making Milwaukee Grinders, drills, saws and sanders and was established by A F Siebert in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
However in 2005 the company was acquired by [...]
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Metabo is a company that has been manufacturing all sorts of products for more than 75 years now and was formed by Julius Closs and Albrecht Schnizler in 1924 before they were then joined in 1927 by Walter Rauch. The company was originally called Schnizler GmbH before then be transformed in Metabowerke GmbH [...]
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In 1915 in Anio, Japan the Makita Corporation was begun and since then it has gained a reputation for producing some of the best quality power tools in the world today. Certainly Makita grinders, drills and sanders are often an essential piece of equipment for anyone wanting to carry out DIY tasks around [...]
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Originally when the company that now makes Hitachi Grinders along with other power tools and electronic goods today was founded in 1910 it started out as a shop for repairing equipment. The founder of this company is a gentleman called Namihei Odaira who after graduating from the Tokyo Institute of Science took a [...]
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The company which manufacturers Dewalt Grinders today was originally begun back in 1936 by Raymond E Dewalt, who invented the radial arm saw. It didn’t take long for the company to grow and by 1947 reorganization of the company was needed as along with manufacturing radial arm saws the company was now producing [...]
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The company that today makes Bosch Grinders was originally formed back in 1886 by Robert Bosch as a workshop for precision mechanics and electrical engineering. From the start the company has always striven to come up with the most innovative power tools that one can possibly use and this is why more than [...]
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The company that makes Rockwell Sanders was actually known originally as the Pittsburgh Equitable Meter and Manufacturing Company and was created back in 1927. Then in 1941 the company chose to relocate to Brooklyn when they also purchased Crescent Machine Company. Then in 1945 Rockwell purchased Delta Manufacturing Company and set [...]
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The Rigid Tool Company which manufacturers Rigid Sanders and other power tools was founded in the 1920’s and is located in Elyria, Ohio. Originally the business was set up to manufacture professional plumbing and HVAC tools but then decided to actually get involved in the general purpose hand and power tool market as [...]
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All power tools including Porter-Cable sanders that this company makes have since the company was formed over 100 years ago gained a reputation for being equipment that can be trusted. The company was formed in 1906 by R E Porter, G G Porter and F E Cable. Who decided to open [...]
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Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation was formed in 1924 by A F Siebert who had previously worked along A H Petersen in developing a variety of hand power tools. However, the company only came into being and which now makes Milwaukee Sanders following a devastating fire at the plant that these two gentlemen had [...]
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