J.H. Williams Tool Group

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Williams
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Product type Subsidiary
Owner Snap-on
Country USA
Introduced 1882
Website www.snaponindustrialbrands.com

Snap-on Industrial Brands, historically the J.H. Williams Tool Group, is a division of American hand tool manufacturer Snap-on that makes and distributes tools to industrial markets. In addition to the Williams brand from which it originated, the group includes Bahco and CDI Torque Products.[1]

History

In 1882, James Harvey Williams and Matthew Diamond founded Williams & Diamond in Flushing, Queens, a drop forging business.[2] The business was relocated to Brooklyn in 1884 and took the name J.H. Williams & Co in 1887. The company was one of the first to offer mass-produced drop-forged hand tools. [3] A second factory was opened in Buffalo, New York in 1914 (now the site of General Motors' Tonawanda Engine plant[4]).

The company was acquired by Snap-on in 1993,[5] and it was officially renamed Snap-on Industrial Brands in 2011.[6]

Gallery

  • Williams flex-head ratchet.jpg

    A Williams flex-head ratchet.

  • Williams adjustable wrench.jpg

    A Williams adjustable wrench.

  • Williams hard handle screwdrivers.jpg

    Two Williams "hard handle" screwdrivers.

  • Williams ratcheting screwdriver.jpg

    A Williams ratcheting screwdriver.

References

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External links

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