Stanley Black & Decker
Stanley Black & Decker designs and manufactures tools, engineered fastening, industrial and outdoor equipment, with roughly 50,000 employees and brands including DEWALT, Stanley, BLACK+DECKER and CRAFTSMAN.
Stanley Black & Decker is the world's largest tool company, designing and manufacturing tools, engineered fastening systems, industrial equipment and outdoor power products. Founded in 1843 in New Britain, Connecticut, the group employs some 50,000 people worldwide and runs more than 100 manufacturing facilities globally, around 50 of them in the United States.
Its portfolio spans four principal brands: Stanley, the original flagship tools line; DEWALT, professional-grade tools; BLACK+DECKER, the consumer tools brand that merged with The Stanley Works in 2010; and CRAFTSMAN. Technical work centres on tool manufacturing and design, engineered fastening, industrial equipment, outdoor power equipment and sustainable manufacturing practices.
The company describes its customers as makers, doers and protectors, and traces its growth to a combination of strategic acquisitions and continued investment in new technologies. Operations are global, with the United States as the largest single base of manufacturing.