America's Last Power Tool Company is going out of business

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Apparently a distributor is looking to buy what’s left.

Similarly, Camaster is said to be out of business:

and keeping track of which company owns what brand is a full-time job:

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Huh. So everything is pretty much Chinese-owned, except for DeWalt (American) and Makita (Japanese).

Arguably:

should get updated.

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I worked for Stanley in their automatic door division as a service technician repairing automatic door systems and high end security door systems in Silicon Valley. All things full circle, I was brought up with a Dewalt 770 radial arm saw in our garage. My dad and I built a grandfather clock that sits in my living room today, chiming off the fifteen minute mark….

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Chinese tool makers export globally. America tool makers less so.

i can’t get hold of most American brands overseas.

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