It is important to know that the owner of the brand, is not the same company that produce the tool, but he does determine the quality (and after sale service) . Many production companies produce tools (and parts of tools) for a large number of different brands.

I have been a woodworker for the last 40 years and have my own shop for the last 10 years. Just wanted to to say Nice Job. 👍💪

@stringlarson1247

19 сағат бұрын

I can cut a board 3x and it's still too short.

TTS parent company was missed (Festool, SawStop, Tanos, etc.) Also the parent company for Metabo and Metabo HPT was missed. Another is the company who makes Worx and Catipillar power tools.

@joshuaking34

5 күн бұрын

KKR owns Metabo and Hikoki (rebranded as Metabo HPT in North America).

@pete_lind

4 күн бұрын

Mafell, inventor of first portable carpentry power tool 1926 and "Mirka" is missing , Mirka sander manufacturer also make same sanders to Metabo . Of course there are lot special power tool makers either on Bosch or Metabo battery platform, that make tools to one task, like pipe clamp fittings. Einhell cheap power tools in Europe, its 60 year old company , started 2 June 1964.

@engineer_alv

2 күн бұрын

Correct: Worx, Caterpillar and Rockwell tools are made by Positec

@stringlarson1247

19 сағат бұрын

@@joshuaking34 I thought HPT was Hitachi Power Tools.

@joshuaking34

15 сағат бұрын

@@stringlarson1247 Hitachi sold their power tool division to KKR. HPT stands for Hikoki Power Tools.

Have not heard the name flymo in years! Used a flymo mower with no wheels, worked like a hovercraft , great on wet areas or steep slopes with a rope. Orange deck and I think a 2 stroke brown engine? 1980 ish.

@sktoh4469

Күн бұрын

They are still actively selling in the UK.

Cant help but wonder what would happen to most of these companies with Chinese manufacturing if something were to happen with Taiwan.

Where can I get the graphic as a poster? I teach Engineering students and it would be awesome example of “the tangled web we weave”.

@BillyStanley

2 күн бұрын

Ditto

@DaveJonesAustralia

22 сағат бұрын

Agree, we see glimpses of the graphic but never the full image. Would really appreciate it in a form that can be printed on A3 paper. With a web address and channel branding it would be a nice ad for the channel too.

@torstenbrunke4026

17 сағат бұрын

This graphic changes every year. So maybe as a collectors graphic "2024 edition", "2025 edition" etc.

@patrickrutherford6882

2 сағат бұрын

Yes, how to get a poster of the owners

What about Festool and Metabo?

In England the rhyming slang for Black & Decker is Hack and Wrecker 😂

Skill has really done a great job creating home owner power tools, like their new contractor table saw that competes with Dewalt at about half the price.

@pete_lind

4 күн бұрын

Smaller profit margin ... like Makita PDC01, battery back bag , fit 4 battery , they still sell it for about €600 that list price by Makita , one shop that i use its €250 , they still make profit and it proper Makita . I got from that store the split shaft rotary crass cutter when it came out for 1/2 price, no way i am paying the silly overprice list cost. Now a major Bosch retailer has GCM 12 GDL miter saw for €640 including VAT , thats about 1/2 the price and i bet they are not giving those away.

Smart comment. First buy the tool, only to find out that that brand is junk. That Is something a professional cannot afford. He has to earn his living from that. He buys his tools based on experiences with the brand or reputation among his colleagues. This also applies to to a certain extent to the serious DIY where the price-performance ratio is an important factor. If I e.g. buy Makita, Festool or Hilti, I know that I am buying a very well-performing tool. Conclusion, it is important to know which manufacturer support which brand.

What about metabo and festool? And in Europe, what about Einhell, Dexter and Parkside?

That was an eye opener. Is there a chart available?

Stihl as Husqvarna are old and still strong manufactures specially in green works.

Started with DeWalt, then Milwaukee, then switched to MAKITA due to them being innovative and having tools others do not offer. Yes, some of it can be expensive, but the quality is excellent. Let’s face it, most tool brands are very good if not excellent. A skilled operator can do a lot with ANY brand of tool.

@stringlarson1247

18 сағат бұрын

I'm still pretty brand agnostic; however, now with Li-ion being the go to, the battery platform is a big part of the expense.

@davidgold5961

18 сағат бұрын

@@stringlarson1247 yes, and now that Lithium Ion is standard, the differentiator between these brands is the ruggedness and overall quality. switched to MAKITA because I think the whole concept of having multiple brands under one parent company is a bit disingenuous at best, and it uses the marketing of different brands to engender loyalty and repeat purchases when in reality, the tools are more similar than most men think. Being 100% independent, I trust MAKITA to come up with real innovations, not a “me-too” company.

@marty2872

16 сағат бұрын

I went the same route and settled on Makita because they were early in the brushless space. Nothing beats brushless and Li-ion.

@stringlarson1247

14 сағат бұрын

@@marty2872 I've got several of the Milwaukee M12 tools. Not sure if all are brushless. I like the M12 option of having the small or larger battery size. I picked up a corded Makita heatgun recently, and it's impressive. I tried a Li-ion, but they suck batteries down too fast and it's something I only use in the shop. I'm glad to see Makita putting out quality tools.

Chervon is also manufacturing tools for Hilti now, most notably the new oscillating multi tool.

is the picture available somewhere?

Nice review! Also missing: worx and einhell

Thanks for the review.

@Protoolreviews

3 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Years ago I used to buy Rockwell tools. They were good tools. Do they even exist today?

@engineer_alv

2 күн бұрын

they do. They've been owned by Positec (WORX, CAT power tools) and their most popular tool must be their Jaw Horse line of sawhorses

In countries such as Malaysia, South Africa and Panama for example, I am seeing Total and Ingco tools. They all the same but with different brands. They are budget tools, Chinese, but so far, the tools I have bought from them have stood up to the torture. I should add, I have pretty much owned many of the more well known brands, Bosch, Skill, Black and Decker, DeWalt, Makita, Ryobi and few stranger brands like Toro .... Have you encountered these?

Hilti is by far the best quality of all these brands listed here although also the most expensive one. But as so often, especially true with tools, you get what you pay for. No USA or Chinese Made crap can keep up. The bitter truth🤷‍♂️

@BrewPub

Күн бұрын

Hilti makes some tools in China. I had a Hilti TE60 ATC/AVR that was made in Lichenstein but their Nuron line is made in China. The only brands I know of that do not make anything in China are Fein, Mafell, Duss, Lamello and Baier. I have a few Mafell tools and a Baier wall chaser. Mafell makes everyting inhouse at their factory in Fellbach Germany; including their own motors. Mafell is as good as it gets.

@assassinlexx1993

13 сағат бұрын

Yes they are great tools but bring a pile of cash.

What about Hyper Tough from Wall Mart.

Emerson manufactures the orange ridgid vacuums, as well the craftsman vacuums, and filters for both, not only the plumbing red and black tools

Kobalt 40v Gen4 and newer products, batteries and chargers are most definitely made by Chervon and no longer Greenworks. In fact a quick look at the products in store next to the skil 40v line will reveal they share a lot of the same small parts. Seems like they are pretty equivalent quality and price wise just built to Lowe's particular specifications, most of which I tend to prefer over the Skil version. Overall I've been happy with my gen4 Kobalt 40v stuff

Stanley’s divestment is doors/security is wild. They been at that for maybe 15 years now. All the automatic doors and secure heavy doors on any random commercial buildings. A large chunk of them are Stanley. Some interesting diversification when they have money and are able to invest. Panera Bread is heavily divested in veterinary clinics.

Nice job. Head spinner for sure!

As a US consumables manufacturer i have approached, served and continue to serve/supply some of these brands. I'm my segment it is always a race to the bottom. I call it busy work. There is near zero profit while you are required to jump through a maze of regulations, red tape, as their support portals charge you money for the privilege of getting paid in 90 days. We walked away from nearly all of it.

Some woodworking power tools missed include Grizzly, Ricon, Laguna, Harvey ...

Menard's Tool Shop air and electric tools used to be much the same as Harbor Freight's Central Pneumatic and Chicago Electric, some were just the brand sticker changed. I have an oscillating tool and roofing nail gun you can't tell which store they came from as the labels are now worn off. I know the gun came from Menards, at time of purchase I was fighting a wind and wasn't driving the 50+ miles to get to a HF just to dry in a roof before the rain came. I'm not positive where the oscillating tool came from, I may have gotten it while getting other items in Green Bay. Anyway, of late HF has changed most of their lines either moving to other factories or countries so not all the items have an equivalent in the other place.

Metabo and Hikoki

Fyi Harbor freight doesn't own its manufacturers. They are rebrander, something like sears craftsman, CF being just a name. We do know who is making tools for them for the most part. The other are different as they own the most of the factories and sell the tools to retailers under their names brands.

Would love to know the HPT/Metabo evolution?

Hello congradulations on the reserch and info given about the maine tool manufacturers very informative... But i was wondering who makes METABO and WALTER STHIL, DELTA, KING and GENERAL tools ? unless i missed the info ! Thank you

Where can we find a PDF poster of the brands. I am a visual learner and there is no way for me to remember what you listed and being able to make meaningful purchase decisions based on common platforms and manufacturers would be great.

Is the Ottawa Tool Company OTC still it's own company or has it been bought up by others?!? 🤔

I didn't see Porter Cable, did you cover them? I mostly own Makita, but have a few Porter Cable Routers and bench sander.

@9HighFlyer9

3 күн бұрын

Owned by Stanley-Black&Decker shown @ 1:34

Stanley also installs security systems

@vcookster3915

3 күн бұрын

They just recently sold that business

I didn't hear you mention Snap on.

Festool, Tanos etc…

Who makes ozito tools please

I believe Hitachi owns Metabo or maybe it was the other way around. Who owns Fein?

Doesn't TTI also do Hart for Walmart? They look like rebranded Ryobi tools. EDIT: I see you have them in your graphic, just not in the video. Could add Amazon's Denali brand is just repackaged Skil products too. And I personally like some Vessel hand tools... which seems independent like Knipex and Klein?

@markkempton4579

3 күн бұрын

Yes. He mentions Hart in the TTI section.

@timryder4036

17 сағат бұрын

2:30 seconds he says "Hart Tools"

Excellent job finding all this ownershop info. My question is who makes quality power tools? When a company is slurped up, does it suffer? Is the previous management and manufacturering left intact? I started with the Ryobi battery system. So, I have to stay with them. For home products, they are fine.

@timryder4036

17 сағат бұрын

DeWalt has the best batteries hands down. The mechanics of the tools all have their pro's and cons, but the battery tech is where the real game is.

I was wondering about Lisle tools

Much like VCR war and the DVD battles and the latest apple vers USB .. the battery alliance is going to dominate the future of cordless tools. It is beyond frustrating to have throw out a 350.00 impact wrench because of this propriety battery format like ryobi and older BOSCH post system version when all others have switch to a sliding battery system of the battery alliance.

What about Klein?

Would this list only include tools distributed in America? As from what I can gather the South African version of Ryobi differs quite a lot from our American cousins across the pond, The South African Ryobi flavor of tools is currently distributed by a company known as Stevens & Co, which, correct me if I am wrong, was Ryobi Japan licensing sold off to Kyocera.

What did Stanley B&D do with Delti and Porter Cable?

@gagejernigan5277

5 күн бұрын

You can get PC at tractor supply

@joshuaking34

5 күн бұрын

Delta was sold to Chang Type Industrial in Taiwan.

@sloanNYC

3 күн бұрын

@@gagejernigan5277 I believe it is now Tractor Supply house brand... no longer sold broadly.

@gagejernigan5277

3 күн бұрын

@@sloanNYC yea cause I haven’t seen it in Lowe’s anymore at all

I know i will never buy a so called lifetime warranty tool from Black and Decker or their parents companies. When an expensive Challenger ratchet broke i was asked to mail it to their HQ and after 6 months and multiple calls they sent me back a very cheap one telling me it was equivalent...equivalemt to Dollar Tree quality

Matco & Snap-On

Makita also owns Maktec

What about Hikoki (formally Hitachi)?

Can we get a link to download that chart of all the tool manufactures you use ?

@Protoolreviews

3 күн бұрын

Check out our full written article, it's the featured image! www.protoolreviews.com/power-tool-manufacturers-who-owns-them/

@michaelthibault7930

3 күн бұрын

@Protoolsreview Are you missing a trick by not offering merch(andise) -- T-shirts, for example -- displaying a date-stamped version of the graphic summarizing the information conveyed in this video?

@JointerMark

2 күн бұрын

​@@Protoolreviews it's interesting to see, if you follow the links in the article, that there is a Stanley Black and Decker listed as having offices in the Russian Federation...it try us a twisted web of connections.

You missed festo (festools) in your list

Masterforce from Menards In The Midwest is owned by chevron tools too!

@engineer_alv

2 күн бұрын

Masterforce trademark is owned by Menard's but built under contract by Chervon. That's pretty much the same as Kobalt tools where the branding is owned by Lowe's but Chervon is in charge of Manufacturing

@stringlarson1247

18 сағат бұрын

I tried to look into their stuff, and just got to Menards. I don't buy the brand, but it is Menards 'house brand'.

What about Parkside Powertools??

Who makes Delta table saws

Quite interesting to learn about all these tool manufacturers. I have a question I haven't been able to know in a long time; I bought a double bevel/slide 10" compound miter saw about 20 years ago from a company called RONA (they took over Lowe's here in Canada). It was made in the People's Republic of China. That's all I know about it. Who was the manufacturer of this brand of saw? I'd love to know! Anyone? Anyone? :)

@capitalinventor4823

3 күн бұрын

Lowe's came up to Canada and bought Rona. For a long time they ran the two brands, sometimes with a store from one brand just blocks away from the other. Then in the past year or two the company announced that they were rebranding everything under Rona and closing some stores to cut costs. It was like when Best Buy came to Canada, bought Future Shop, and kept both brands going until they eventually settled on Best Buy.

@stringlarson1247

19 сағат бұрын

Buehler? Buehler? Anyone?

How about Snap-On tools?

who makes the delta unisaw now?

@zippydogthemisanthrope483

Күн бұрын

Delta is the one I think is missing. They are part of Stanley

You mentioned greenworks, but who owns them?

@CitizenSlide

2 күн бұрын

Likewise. I saw Greenworks on the picture chart and he mentioned Greenworks in the final few minutes, but there was no mention of who owns the company.

Who makes Ozito tools?

Festool and lamelo sawstop

Most are made in China. Just check the box the tools came in.

And all these companies get the parts and pieces made in the from the same manufactures as well.

@sloanNYC

3 күн бұрын

The costs to set up manufacturing are so high. Even worse in processors which is why all the top stuff is made by TSMC. Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Apple... just one of the new machines is $350 million.

@capitalinventor4823

3 күн бұрын

@@sloanNYC AMD, Nvidia, and Apple don't make hardware. They design it and outsource it to manufacturers.

@stringlarson1247

18 сағат бұрын

Yeah, that's where things get 'interesting'. This is true aross all industries - automotive, appliances, etc.

@stringlarson1247

18 сағат бұрын

@@sloanNYC Yep. $350M is on the low end.

What about Stihl?

We know who makes what....Real info would be exactly where these tools are manufactured...what city,what facility..

What's missing from this is what all this really _means._ Okay, so Craftsman and DeWalt are both owned by Stanley Black & Decker. So what? I take it that each of those brands are still operating separately, at least for the most part. Does having the same owner change those brands' products in any way? Or in any way that matters? If so, how?

@mitchelpinion1852

2 күн бұрын

Well. Porter Cable has gone down market and down on quality since being acquired by Stanley Black & Decker. Guess they didn't want the brand competing with DeWalt.

@Bcc0rg

Күн бұрын

Yes it makes a difference, you only need to look a the mess Electrolux made of Husqvarna!

What about Stihl? Did I miss it. Does Stihl make any other brands? And what about Delta?

@stringlarson1247

18 сағат бұрын

I'm only familiar with Sthil for gas-powered stuff. I have both Sthil and Husqvarna chainsaws. Not sure about Delta these days. I have some old industrial-grade Delta 120/240v stuff. I know they made/make retail-grade tools that often get badged by other companies. Porter Cable maybe (drill press, bench grinders, ?).

Igual a indústria de alimentos e bebidas e a indústria de carros. Ou seja, estamos nas mãos deles...

@engineer_alv

2 күн бұрын

also in tech industry and consumer electronics.

Metabo?

@TranTek

5 күн бұрын

They bought out Hitachi

@hungrystu5837

5 күн бұрын

@@TranTek Close, Hitachi bought out Metabo in 2016, before Hitachi spun off their entire power tool division (now named Koki Holdings) and sold it to private equity in 2017

@joshuaking34

5 күн бұрын

KKR owns Metabo and Hikoki (rebranded as Metabo HPT in North America).

You could have left the graphic up.

Snap-on where do they come into the picture?

@floydblandston108

3 күн бұрын

'Artisanal', and mostly priced according to the service level offered rather than the tool itself.

Who owns Ramset ?

worcester bosh saws is good on cheese on toast

Stihl? Knipex?

Is it possible to get a copy of the chart you show listing all of the brands?

@Protoolreviews

3 күн бұрын

Check out our full written article, it's the featured image! www.protoolreviews.com/power-tool-manufacturers-who-owns-them/

@CompleteMisc

3 күн бұрын

@@Protoolreviews Thank you

Millwalkee, Ryobi anf AEG .. from the same company... Too funny... oh and Hoover.

@stringlarson1247

18 сағат бұрын

AEG is a big industrial tools outfit. I'm not sure when they picked up Milwaukee. Solid company.

Who owns green works?

Thank you for this video! I was kind of curious about who owns what!

@stringlarson1247

19 сағат бұрын

With M&A's (leveraged buyouts) on the rise again, the landscape is likely to change more.

So many great historical quality brands whom are mostly garbage and the only thing of quality is their history.

Most of my tools are Metabo, missing here

@steveh8724

3 күн бұрын

Which used to be Hitachi/Koki. That's what I have mostly, Metabo/Hitachi. From Lowes over the years.

WORKPRO?

Now answer the question ; What country owns the companies you mentioned.. Also the Appliances we have in the kitchen and the laundry appliances, and the hand tools in your garage. China owns us now.

Who owns Greenworks?

@PaulStregevsky

5 күн бұрын

Globe Tools own and manufacture Greenworks, Greenworks Commercial, Powerworks, Cramer, and Masterworks. It also makes the Snapper 82V line, or used to.

It should be said that Chervon is a Chinese company. So just remember that ego brand that gives you problems is Chinese.

Who owns Greenworks Tools?

I’ll stick with Makita.

no metabo

Put on headphones and listen to the noise when you are show different brands. I have on the airpod pro 2 and its headache inducing and totally unnecessary.

Can you say oligopoly?

Would have given thumbs up but pity about the annoying background music. Many more European brands are missing.

If the tool works well, who cares who makes it?

is MTD trash?

Western Forge is no more. They closed in 2020.

Chinese can make the best or worst tools, it depends ...

That cut sound he plays before saying each brand were sooo annoying that I couldn't watch past the 1st minute.. Kill the messenger..lol

Almost everything made by Stanley Black and Decker brands is disposable garbage with only a few notable exceptions.

Worcester is pronounced.....wooster......not whorchester 😀😀😀

@alsavage1

3 күн бұрын

Well, then, it should be spelled that way. Sheesh.

@owenoneill5955

3 күн бұрын

@@alsavage1 😀😀😀😀And which alphabet would you prefer?

@ebenwaterman5858

2 күн бұрын

Woosta in Boston.

Stop pounding on the desk. 🤧