TOOLS AND THE SHOP > GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION
Companies that own your favorite tool brands --
goodfellow:
These are most of the major brands available in the US, and categorized by the global/national conglomerates that own them
bonneyman:
Great list! ;)
Stealth13777:
Love that image!
Want to make it even more convoluted?? Then you have brands like Ridgid that are technically owned by Emerson, but the brand name is licensed to Home Depot so TTI can make power tools, among other things now carrying that brand name.
Still trying to figure out who’s factory actually makes the various Kobalt stuff now. Not sure if they compare closer to Harbor Freight or Ryobi/Ridgid, and honestly even that probably depends on whether it’s a power or hand tool.
Anyway, excited to join the site! Hope the rockauto shoutout brings in a lot more like it did me!
bonneyman:
I think the merging and consolidation will continue. As fewer and fewer companies remain independent, fewer and fewer companies will control more and more of the business $. "The only way to make money is to have money" Little companies will be fending off bigger and bigger buy out offers from ever-growing monsters who eat ever more of the consumer pie.
I mean, think of how earth-shattering S&B's acquisition of Craftsman was! And we ain't seen the end of it yet.
strik9:
Giants tumble and fall too. I doubt Loggerhead will be back with more of those fine bubonic wrenches to challenge SBD but now they could go head to head with Sears (which would love to have any suppliers...) and win.
The borgs aquire and sell elements of themselves all the time to other budding borgs. Enough to not get over confident and forget others do what they do.
Even borgs must worry another will get that fat contract now and then.
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