| 词条 | Irwin Industrial Tools |
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| name = Irwin Industrial Tools | logo = Irwin Tools logo.svg | type = Subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker[1] | foundation = 1885 in Martinsville, Ohio | founder = Charles Irwin | location = Huntersville, NC | key_people = Charles Irwin, William Petersen | num_employees = | industry = Manufacturing | revenue = | products = Hand tools | homepage = www.irwin.com }}Irwin Industrial Tools is an American manufacturer and distributor of hand tools and power tool accessories. It is owned by Stanley Black & Decker. It is best known for producing Vise-Grip locking pliers. Additionally, it produces clamps, drill bits, taps and dies, screw extractors, bolt extractors, saw blades, pipe wrenches, screwdrivers, snips, and other construction tools.[2] HistoryIrwin was founded in 1885 in Martinsville, Ohio as the Irwin Auger Bit Company by Charles Irwin, a pharmacist. Irwin had bought the rights to a solid-center auger bit from a local blacksmith.[3] In 1924, another blacksmith, Danish immigrant William Petersen of DeWitt, Nebraska, invented the first locking pliers[4] and named them Vise-Grips.[5] In 1934, Petersen formed the Petersen Manufacturing Company to produce them.[6] In 1957, Petersen added an easy-release trigger to the design, creating the modern locking pliers design.[7] In 1985, the Petersen family American Tool Companies and bought out Petersen Manufacturing.{{clarify |date=September 2016 |reason=?Petersens sold to American? merged? }} In 1993, American acquired the Irwin Tool Company, and in 2002, Newell Rubbermaid acquired American. In 2003, the company officially changed its name to Irwin Industrial Tool Company.[8] In 2008, Irwin announced the closing of its DeWitt, Nebraska plant, ending 80 years of American production for Vise-Grips, citing a necessity to move production to China "to keep the Vise-Grip name competitive."[9] In 2010, Irwin closed the customer service office in Wilmington, OH and moved the customer service department to Huntersville, NC. In October 2016 Stanley Black & Decker Inc agreed to buy Newell Brands Inc.’s tools business for $1.95 billion. The acquisition was completed in March 2017.[1] GallerySee also
References1. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Fortier|first1=Christopher|title=Stanley completes $1.95 billion Newell acquisition|url=http://www.centralctcommunications.com/newbritainherald/article_8c4996c2-09e8-11e7-92aa-a7f95bd0fbfd.html|website=New Britain Herald|accessdate=23 March 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web|author=Irwin Industrial Tools|title=About Us|url=http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/jhtml/aboutUs.jhtml|accessdate=2008-04-06}} 3. ^{{cite patent|US|361522}} 4. ^{{cite patent|US|1489458}} 5. ^{{cite web|last=Frechette|first=Leon|title=75th anniversary of the Vise-Grip locking pliers|url=http://www.asktooltalk.com/articles/toolhistory/vise-grip.php|accessdate=2010-02-25}} 6. ^{{cite web|author=Nebraska State Historical Society|title=Made in Nebraska Exhibit, Petersen Manufacturing|url=http://www.nebraskahistory.org/sites/mnh/neb-made/visegrip.htm|date=2003-04-02|accessdate=2010-02-25}} 7. ^{{cite patent|US|2838973}} 8. ^{{cite web|author=Irwin Industrial Tools|title=History|url=http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/jhtml/irwinHistory.jhtml|accessdate=2010-02-25}} 9. ^{{cite web|work=The Associated Press|title=Workers sorry Vise-Grip plant moving to China|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26531610/|date=2008-09-03|accessdate=2010-02-25}} External links
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