TTS parent company was missed (Festool, SawStop, Tanos, etc.) Also the parent company for Metabo and Metabo HPT was missed. Another is the company who makes Worx and Catipillar power tools.

Started with DeWalt, then Milwaukee, then switched to MAKITA due to them being innovative and having tools others do not offer. Yes, some of it can be expensive, but the quality is excellent. Let’s face it, most tool brands are very good if not excellent. A skilled operator can do a lot with ANY brand of tool.

What about metabo and festool? And in Europe, what about Einhell, Dexter and Parkside?

I have been a woodworker for the last 40 years and have my own shop for the last 10 years. Just wanted to to say Nice Job. 👍💪

Here is one, "Shop Smith". The only American wood working shop tool maker. All made in the US, minus digital circuit boards. Not battery here, one cord and a mix of tool addon's.

In England the rhyming slang for Black & Decker is Hack and Wrecker 😂

If you use these tools hard, till death do us part, Makita and Milwaukee are the best i have seen. Driving timber lock screws and ripping 2x12s seperates the best from the rest.

It is important to know that the owner of the brand, is not the same company that produce the tool, but he does determine the quality (and after sale service) . Many production companies produce tools (and parts of tools) for a large number of different brands.

I didn't hear you mention Snap on.

Where can I get the graphic as a poster? I teach Engineering students and it would be awesome example of “the tangled web we weave”.

Cant help but wonder what would happen to most of these companies with Chinese manufacturing if something were to happen with Taiwan.

Nice review! Also missing: worx and einhell

That's why I buy Makita. Makita it's just Makita.

Porter Cable was jettisoned by SBD some years ago. Still in business, but only a few products.

Have not heard the name flymo in years! Used a flymo mower with no wheels, worked like a hovercraft , great on wet areas or steep slopes with a rope. Orange deck and I think a 2 stroke brown engine? 1980 ish.

Skill has really done a great job creating home owner power tools, like their new contractor table saw that competes with Dewalt at about half the price.

Where can we find a PDF poster of the brands. I am a visual learner and there is no way for me to remember what you listed and being able to make meaningful purchase decisions based on common platforms and manufacturers would be great.

Chervon is also manufacturing tools for Hilti now, most notably the new oscillating multi tool.

Hilti is by far the best quality of all these brands listed here although also the most expensive one. But as so often, especially true with tools, you get what you pay for. No USA or Chinese Made crap can keep up. The bitter truth🤷‍♂️

is the picture available somewhere?

In countries such as Malaysia, South Africa and Panama for example, I am seeing Total and Ingco tools. They all the same but with different brands. They are budget tools, Chinese, but so far, the tools I have bought from them have stood up to the torture. I should add, I have pretty much owned many of the more well known brands, Bosch, Skill, Black and Decker, DeWalt, Makita, Ryobi and few stranger brands like Toro .... Have you encountered these?

Smart comment. First buy the tool, only to find out that that brand is junk. That Is something a professional cannot afford. He has to earn his living from that. He buys his tools based on experiences with the brand or reputation among his colleagues. This also applies to to a certain extent to the serious DIY where the price-performance ratio is an important factor. If I e.g. buy Makita, Festool or Hilti, I know that I am buying a very well-performing tool. Conclusion, it is important to know which manufacturer support which brand.

Absolutely love what you doing here

As a US consumables manufacturer i have approached, served and continue to serve/supply some of these brands. I'm my segment it is always a race to the bottom. I call it busy work. There is near zero profit while you are required to jump through a maze of regulations, red tape, as their support portals charge you money for the privilege of getting paid in 90 days. We walked away from nearly all of it.

I like the Hasqvarna Svartpillen 401

Emerson manufactures the orange ridgid vacuums, as well the craftsman vacuums, and filters for both, not only the plumbing red and black tools

Kobalt 40v Gen4 and newer products, batteries and chargers are most definitely made by Chervon and no longer Greenworks. In fact a quick look at the products in store next to the skil 40v line will reveal they share a lot of the same small parts. Seems like they are pretty equivalent quality and price wise just built to Lowe's particular specifications, most of which I tend to prefer over the Skil version. Overall I've been happy with my gen4 Kobalt 40v stuff

Now what would really be valuable (but I accept it is an almost impossible job) is to know what the spare part interchangeability would be. I use lots of power tools and frequently find that a spare part I need is No longer Available. This usually results in the tool being scrapped (unless I use some real ingenuity) but the part may be available under another brand name.

What about Festool and Metabo?

Stanley’s investment is doors/security is wild. They been at that for maybe 15 years now. All the automatic doors and secure heavy doors on any random commercial buildings. A large chunk of them are Stanley. Some interesting diversification when they have money and are able to invest. Panera Bread is heavily divested in veterinary clinics.

Hello congradulations on the reserch and info given about the maine tool manufacturers very informative... But i was wondering who makes METABO and WALTER STHIL, DELTA, KING and GENERAL tools ? unless i missed the info ! Thank you

Years ago I used to buy Rockwell tools. They were good tools. Do they even exist today?

Thanks for the review.

5:38 erm that's 'Wusster' or 'wooster' Bosch.. Worcester were/are a central heating boiler company based historically and unsurprisingly in the town of Worcester here in England.

Stihl as Husqvarna are old and still strong manufactures specially in green works.

Metabo and Hikoki

In Portugal we have power tools like Einhel, Parkside (supermarket tool), Dexter, hitachi, worx, sterwins, metabo. Also we have some power tools talked on video.

Some woodworking power tools missed include Grizzly, Ricon, Laguna, Harvey ...

Snap On Tools 🛠️

Thanks great job

great info and video, thanks

That was an eye opener. Is there a chart available?

Menard's Tool Shop air and electric tools used to be much the same as Harbor Freight's Central Pneumatic and Chicago Electric, some were just the brand sticker changed. I have an oscillating tool and roofing nail gun you can't tell which store they came from as the labels are now worn off. I know the gun came from Menards, at time of purchase I was fighting a wind and wasn't driving the 50+ miles to get to a HF just to dry in a roof before the rain came. I'm not positive where the oscillating tool came from, I may have gotten it while getting other items in Green Bay. Anyway, of late HF has changed most of their lines either moving to other factories or countries so not all the items have an equivalent in the other place.

Nice job. Head spinner for sure!

Fascinating . . . how about providing a link to a jpg of the final diagram . . . I want to print it out, just for fun.

Good info and educational.

Where is stihl at? Great video though. Thanks for your work.

Also, some reputable brands sell more and more of rebranded generic Chinese made tools. You can find such models e.g. in Bahco and Stanley lineup.

I believe Hitachi owns Metabo or maybe it was the other way around. Who owns Fein?

This is a great roadmap for whose bottom line the profit hits, but we still need to know about quality. Do they share internal components? The different divisions can have completely different quality standards and thus, price points. Who is really a bargain?

Who makes ozito tools please

Great rundown. Very helpful, thank you! What about Hart and Hyper Tough over at Walmart?

I didn't see Porter Cable, did you cover them? I mostly own Makita, but have a few Porter Cable Routers and bench sander.

Fyi, Bosch, Makita, Hitachi Koki are electric motor manufacturers. Some of the many others are as well, but many brands use generic Chinese motors. Sometimes a premium brand gives you a not too premium tool.

Einhell owned by Einhell Germany AG for their Einhell and Ozito tool lines and KWB for drill bits.

Doesn't TTI also do Hart for Walmart? They look like rebranded Ryobi tools. EDIT: I see you have them in your graphic, just not in the video. Could add Amazon's Denali brand is just repackaged Skil products too. And I personally like some Vessel hand tools... which seems independent like Knipex and Klein?

Excellent job finding all this ownershop info. My question is who makes quality power tools? When a company is slurped up, does it suffer? Is the previous management and manufacturering left intact? I started with the Ryobi battery system. So, I have to stay with them. For home products, they are fine.

Very cool

No, I think you pretty much covered it all 👍

Festool, Tanos etc…

Fyi Harbor freight doesn't own its manufacturers. They are rebrander, something like sears craftsman, CF being just a name. We do know who is making tools for them for the most part. The other are different as they own the most of the factories and sell the tools to retailers under their names brands.

Much like VCR war and the DVD battles and the latest apple vers USB .. the battery alliance is going to dominate the future of cordless tools. It is beyond frustrating to have throw out a 350.00 impact wrench because of this propriety battery format like ryobi and older BOSCH post system version when all others have switch to a sliding battery system of the battery alliance.

Would love to know the HPT/Metabo evolution?

Before Stanley bought out Black and Decker,Black and Decker did make Snap On's power tools at one time

Matco & Snap-On

Which company owns the German brand Einhell, is it an independent company?

Stanley also installs security systems

worcester bosh saws is good on cheese on toast

good job

Besides the many brands there are OEM products one company is manufacturing for another and outsourcing of parts of products. Just thinks of the blades or drills or other hardened steel parts many tools are using. How many manufacturers do have a foundry? Some are just assembly lines.

Very interesting and informative. In the audio, why is there a bass pulse whenever a logo was flashed on the screen? Very annoying.

What about Hyper Tough from Wall Mart.

Would this list only include tools distributed in America? As from what I can gather the South African version of Ryobi differs quite a lot from our American cousins across the pond, The South African Ryobi flavor of tools is currently distributed by a company known as Stevens & Co, which, correct me if I am wrong, was Ryobi Japan licensing sold off to Kyocera.

Very nice, what about WORX, I’m suspecting Black&Decker.

What did Stanley B&D do with Delti and Porter Cable?

I was wondering about Lisle tools

Can we get a link to download that chart of all the tool manufactures you use ?

Now I want to know the next layer up, actually all the layer between these companies and Black Rock/Vanguard.

I think that A C Delco battery powered tools are made in the Milwaukee tool factory.

Quite interesting to learn about all these tool manufacturers. I have a question I haven't been able to know in a long time; I bought a double bevel/slide 10" compound miter saw about 20 years ago from a company called RONA (they took over Lowe's here in Canada). It was made in the People's Republic of China. That's all I know about it. Who was the manufacturer of this brand of saw? I'd love to know! Anyone? Anyone? :)

The fan sold at HF sure looks a lot like the Riobi one.

It's VERY overwhelming the amount of power tool companies out there.

Makita also owns Maktec

Will second what I imagine many have already said: Festool & SawStop. Also, what's inspiring about this video?

Snap on. What does snap on own?

What is interesting where things are manufactured.

Masterforce from Menards In The Midwest is owned by chevron tools too!

Japanese Group Yamabiko owned Echo tools and Shindaiwa tools. You also forgot hitachi which became hikoki.

I would really like to know who makes INGCO.

Is the Owatonna Tool Company OTC still it's own company or has it been bought up by others?!? 🤔

Kinda wondering whatever happened to Delta and Rockwell.

Emerson will likely sell all their tool brands in the next few years. They are transitioning away from a conglomerate structure to a pure play industrial automation company.

What about Hikoki (formally Hitachi)?

I miss Hitach/Hikoki, fein, paslode, wurth, Ingersoll

Who made GENERAC? I have a GENERAC 6hp pressure washer. I need carburetor parts and have found it difficult to locate on a local level or online.

Who makes Delta table saws

Igual a indústria de alimentos e bebidas e a indústria de carros. Ou seja, estamos nas mãos deles...

There is another brand that i don't think you mentioned. Who owns "EINHELL" ? its a large brand available in Europe and South Africa, Their head office is in Germany. They are sponsors of the F1 Mercedes team. That's all i know.

No mention of where Chervon is headquartered. I wonder why.

Next time, use a chart. A bit lime a family tree.