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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]

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Irwin 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.^{[clarification needed]} 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]

Gallery[edit]

• A pair of Vise-Grip locking pliers.

• A masonry drill bit.

• A spade bit.

See also[edit]

• Irwin Tools Night Race—A NASCAR race sponsored by the company.

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abFortier, Christopher. 'Stanley completes $1.95 billion Newell acquisition'. New Britain Herald. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
2. ^Irwin Industrial Tools. 'About Us'. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
3. ^US 361522
4. ^US 1489458
5. ^Frechette, Leon. '75th anniversary of the Vise-Grip locking pliers'. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
6. ^Nebraska State Historical Society (2003-04-02). 'Made in Nebraska Exhibit, Petersen Manufacturing'. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
7. ^US 2838973
8. ^Irwin Industrial Tools. 'History'. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
9. ^'Workers sorry Vise-Grip plant moving to China'. The Associated Press. 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2010-02-25.

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