Mac Tools
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Great to work with. | |
Formerly called | Mechanical Tool and Forge Company |
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded | July 11, 1938 |
| Headquarters | Westerville, Ohio, United States |
| Products | Professional hand tools |
| Parent | Stanley Black & Decker |
| Website | www.mactools.com |
Mac Tools is an American company that manufactures and markets professional tools and related equipment. It is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA. The Mac Tools line consists of over 8000 professional tools including screwdrivers, ratchets, wrenches, and assorted air tools. Mac Tools also makes its own tool boxes located in its manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Ohio. Mac Tools manufactured tools are made in various Stanley bd facilities mac USA hardline tools are made in proto Dallas plant and of the last 3 years quality as come back to about par with matco snap-on and cornwell tools
History
In 1938, the Mechanics Tool and Forge Company began in Sabina, Ohio. The company's goal was to manufacture high quality mechanic's tools. On July 11, 1938, the firm was incorporated in Ohio, and common stock was issued.[1] Mac Tools continued to grow in the 1940s with a large government contract received in 1942. The company's name was changed in 1961 to the now familiar Mac Tools from its earlier name, Mechanics Tool and Forge Company. In 1980, Mac Tools was bought by the Stanley Works, and is now part of a group of brands including Stanley Tools, Proto, Facom, and Blackhawk a subsidiary of Proto Tools.
1990 saw Mac Tools set up in the UK and in 2009 changed its UK presence from being a distribution to a franchise system.[2]
References
- ↑ MacTools > Mac Tools: Mac Tool History
- ↑ "Mac Tools: The franchise opportunity". Startups.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-05-06.