DeWALT
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- DeWalt Industrial Tool Company
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- Subsidiary
- Company.parent
- Stanley Black & Decker
- Company.num_employees
- 13,000
- Company.industry
- Manufacturing
- Company.products
- Power tools
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The DeWalt Industrial Tool Company is an American worldwide manufacturer of power tools and hand tools for the construction, manufacturing and woodworking industries, as well as home craftspeople. DeWalt is a registered trademark of Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc., a subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker.
== History == The original company was started in 1924 in Leola, Pennsylvania, by Raymond E. DeWalt, inventor of the radial arm saw. It grew quickly and was reorganized and reincorporated in 1947 as DeWalt Inc. American Machine & Foundry Co., Inc. bought the company in 1949, and sold it to Black & Decker in 1960. Black & Decker divested itself of the radial arm saw manufacturing branch in 1989, selling it to two executives.
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