Company:J.H. Williams Tool Group
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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 United States 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
A Williams flex-head ratchet.
A Williams adjustable wrench.
Two Williams "hard handle" screwdrivers.
A Williams ratcheting screwdriver.
References
- ↑ Deutsch, Stuart (2012-03-05). "Watch Out for “Snap-on Industrial” Williams and Bahco Tools". ToolGuyd. http://toolguyd.com/snap-on-industrial-williams-bahco-tools/.
- ↑ "Death of James H. Williams.". The Iron Age (New York, New York: Chilton Company) 74: 57. 1904-12-08. https://books.google.com/books?id=n-gcAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA19-PA57. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ↑ "Consolidation of Drop Forging Plants". Pacific Marine Review (San Francisco, California: J.S. Hines) 17: 136. September 1920. https://books.google.com/books?id=oq0-AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA3-PA48. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ↑ The Buffalo History Works (2006). "Farrel-Birmingham and the Rapid Reversal Engine". http://www.buffalohistoryworks.com/plant5/history/.
- ↑ "A Tool Industry Timeline". Alloy Artifacts. http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/tool-timeline.html.
- ↑ "Snap-on Industrial Brands, Formerly J.H. Williams Tool Group, Debuts Expanded Offering at ISA Show in Chicago" (Press release). Kenosha, Wisconsin: Snap-on Industrial Brands. PR Newswire. 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
External links
- Alloy Artifacts: "J.H. Williams, The SuperCompany"
- "Vanished Tool Makers: J.H. Williams & Company, Brooklyn & Buffalo, New York"
- "James H. Williams, Drop Forging"
- J.H. Williams Tool Catalog No. 401—A tool catalog, believed to be from the late 1950s.
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