Tool company distributes world wide

Irwin Industrial Tool Company manufactures and distributes throughout the world professional-grade hand tools and power tool accessories for trade professionals. As part of Newell Rubbermaid, the company has the financial backing and systems support of a US$8 billion consumer products company.

This global business has a strong stable of brands, including Irwin, Vise-Grip locking pliers, Marathon saw blades, Quick-Grip bar clamps, Speedbor flat bits, Strait-Line marking tools, Unibit step drill bits and Hanson taps, dies and extractors.

The company traces its history back to 1885, when Charles Irwin patented a solid centre auger bit. In 1993 Irwin partnered with American Tool Company, a tool manufacturer founded by the inventor of Vise-Grip locking pliers. Newell Rubbermaid acquired American Tool in 2002, and a year later changed the name to Irwin Industrial Tool Company.

For more information, visit www.irwin.com or call 704-987-4339 and refer to this article.

Irwin Industrial Tools

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