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Stanley Black & Decker is a top US toolmaker, it markets hand tools, mechanics' tools, power tools, pneumatic tools, and hydraulic tools. Since the merger, the company's tool shed is bulging with additional items, such as garden tools, plumbing products (Price Pfister), and cleaning items (Dustbuster), as well as security hardware (Kwikset) and door products. Besides the Stanley and Black & Decker names, it boasts such brands as Bostitch, Mac Tools, and DEWALT. Stanley Black & Decker peddles its products through home centers and mass-merchant distributors, as well as through third-party distributors.

Techtronic Industries (aka TTI) makes not only the tools for a home-improvement project but also the vacuum cleaners to tidy up afterward. The firm manufacturers and markets Ryobi cordless power tools and Ryobi and Homelite outdoor power equipment. Its US subsidiary, OWT Industries in South Carolina, maked Rigid brand tools that are sold exclusively at Home Depot. Through its Royal Appliance Mfg. unit it makes such floor-care appliances as Regina, Royal, Dirt Devil, and Vax. It added Hoover to its portfolio of brands in 2007. Atlas Copco sold its electric tool business, including Milwaukee Electric Tool and Atlas Copco Electric Tools, to TTI in 2005.

Timken Company tries to keep its bearings straight. Timken makes bearings that find their way into products from consumer appliances to railroad cars. It also makes power transmission components, from automotive gear shafts and connecting rods to aircraft engine components. In addition, Timken makes more than 450 grades of alloy and carbon steels, producing bars, billets, tubing, and custom components for automotive and industrial applications. It also offer power transmission components, lubricants, seals, and motion control systems. About 60% of sales come from the US. Five generations of the Timken family have served the company since its founding by one-time carriage maker Henry Timken in 1899.

Thermadyne makes gas (oxy-fuel) and electric arc cutting and welding products for customers in the aerospace, automotive, construction, metal fabrication, mining, petroleum, and shipbuilding industries. Thermadyne's products include automatic welding equipment, cutting and welding torches, plasma power supplies, engine-driven welders, welding wires, and plasma cutting systems. Its brands include Cigweld, Firepower, Thermal Dynamics, Tweco, Victor, and Weldskill. Although Thermadyne has operations around the globe, the US accounts for over 50% of sales.

Tomboy Tools company markets hand tools, power tools, and garden tools in the US, Canada, and the UK that are designed to appeal to women. Tomboy Tools uses a direct-sales approach, similar to Tupperware's and Avon's methods, with independent representatives hosting parties where women learn how to use the company's tools. They are designed to fit a woman's smaller hand and to be lightweight "but effective" (the company claims). Operated by an all-female staff, Tomboy Tools was founded in 2000 by executives Janet Rickstrew and Mary Tatum. It boasts a 13,000 sq. ft. distribution facility near Denver and publishes the Tomboy Tribune newsletter.

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