The Bosch Power Tools Division can look back on 2011 as a successful year of business: sales increased by more than seven percent to 3.8 billion euros. The division generated 90 percent of its sales outside of Germany. “We have again ...
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Mainly buoyed by growing exports, Taiwan’s hand tool industry achieved output of NT$61.3 billion in 2011 for an year-on-year (YoY) growth of 5.15%, according to the report by Dr. Arthur Hsu, an industrial analyst at the Industrial ...
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Bosch Power Tools has put a new coated abrasives plant into operation at the Swiss location of Frauenfeld (Canton of Thurgau). In future, a large part of the product range will be manufactured in the new plant at the headquarters of sia ...
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Christine Hand of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Home Hardware Stores Limited, Canada's largest independent hardware, lumber and building materials and furniture retailer. She ...
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A former woodworker, industrial engineer and inventor says he has received a patent on a flesh-sensing table saw safety braking system. David Butler, who is principal of Whirlwind Tool, Cotuit, MA, says he has spent years developing the ...
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Reach for the wrong fork at a dinner party, and the worst that might befall you is a snooty glance. The wrong fork in the garden, on the other hand, makes for less-efficient work. A garden fork might bring to mind the pitchfork held by the ...
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Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately ...
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When you think of cutting-edge technology, power tools don't generally come to mind. Take the table saw: Many woodworkers are using 30-year-old saws in their wood shops and, among the major tool companies, there hasn't been much innovation ...
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Makita are one of the leading power tool manufacturers in the world. With over one hundred years of experience, the company produces tools and equipment of excellent standards in design, quality and longevity. Included in the new product ...
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About 10 years ago, Holly Shimizu, director of the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., decided she was fed up with buying cheap gardening tools that would break. She recalled her early days as a professional horticulturist working in ...
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Stanley Black & Decker announced first quarter 2012 financial results. -- 1Q'12 Revenues Increased 12% To $2.7 Billion; Organic Revenues Up 3% -- 1Q'12 Diluted GAAP EPS, Including M&A Charges, Was $0.72 -- Excluding M&A Charges, 1Q'12 ...
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Tucked into a corner of town is a company where the cutting edge is part of everyday life. SOG Specialty Knives and Tools Inc. grew from a niche business in 1986 in the apartment of owner Spencer Frazer in Santa Monica, Calif., to one that ...
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Rev up your Worm Drive SKILSAWs® because SKIL Tools is celebrating the 75th Anniversary of "The Saw That Built America" by partnering with Paul Teutul Jr., star of Discovery Channel's reality television program American Chopper: Senior ...
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Lakewood-based HomeSphere, Inc. and Stanley Black & Decker Hardware Home Improvement Group announced today they have entered into a joint agreement to offer Stanley Black & Decker brands Kwikset, Baldwin, and Weiser to HomeSphere's network ...
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Despite a down economy and the looming threat of big box competitors, North Baltimore’s independent hardware stores have managed to stay in business. Deborah Falkenhan, owner of Falkenhan’s Hardware, attributed the success of ...
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