Here’s Why Stanley Black & Decker Is Building a New U.S. Plant.(Bringing Craftsman tools back)

Fortune ^ | January 5, 2017 | Phil Wahba

[2ndDivisionVet]

More winning.

[Salamander]

Not tired of it, yet.

[Lurkinanloomin]

I have lots of Craftsman tools.
I used to have lots of Black and Decker, but they became crap when they changed to imports.
I hope this means good things for both brands.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[BitWielder1]

Just make it top quality and they don't even have to advertise.

[WMarshal]

Gee, it is so counter-intuitive to expect that the practice of economic nationalism of the sale that transformed an agricultural backwater on the edge of the known world to an industrial and economic superpower and transformed China recently would still work. Who knew?

/sarcasm

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

Will they still honor the lifetime warranty? I wonder if they will still offer it.

[DaxtonBrown]

“Just make it top quality and they don’t even have to advertise.”

Yup. Craftsman was the only reason to go to Sears.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Some of my best tools are Craftsman. Oldest too for that matter.

DJT is going to leave the USA a better place.

[2ndDivisionVet]

And he’s not even sworn-in yet.

[central_va]

The reverse of economic nationalism is what happened to Great Britain.

[Dr. Sivana]

I don’t expect the Stanley Works in now depressed Judd Square in Wallingford, Connecticut (a town with few depressed areas) to return, nor the Stanley stuff in New Britain. Connecticut is now business hostile. However, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Kansas are all open for business.

[2ndDivisionVet]

[Dick Bachert]

True Craftsman story.
My dad did service work with GE for decades. I went with him on one local job to swap out a large generator for service. Rebolting the unit to the floor with 1 1/2” high strength bolts, he couldn’t get sufficient torque on the nuts. Putting a 4 foot long “cheater bar” over the handle of the standard length socket driver, he put so much force on it, the socket cracked. I can still see — and hear — the event!
Took the socket back to Sears. Got a replacement, no questions asked!
If the new stuff is sold with the same lifetime guarantee, why buy anything else?

[CodeToad]

Maybe they’ll even manage to get back the quality Craftsman once had. This nation could use better and affordable tools.

[RayChuang88]

In fact, all the new plants will be going to Texas and the southeastern USA. Revenge of the Confederacy in a way?

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

At least he didn’t crack the nut. That sucks big time.

[CodeToad]

“The reverse of economic nationalism is what happened to Great Britain.

We are there, too.

[Oatka]

Will they still honor the lifetime warranty? I wonder if they will still offer it.

I heard of guys who looked for broken Craftsman tools at flea markets, then took them to Sears and exchanged them for new ones.

[Dick Bachert]

LOL. The owner had some spares. My dad, not so much!