Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

New Britain, CT United States

  (NYSE: SWK)

Company Description

Stanley Black & Decker, the result of the merger of Stanley Works and rival Black & Decker in 2010, has the tools that neighbors envy. As a top US toolmaker, it markets hand tools, mechanics' tools, power tools, pneumatic tools, and hydraulic tools. Since the merger, the company's tool shed is bulging with additional items, such as garden tools, plumbing products (Price Pfister), and cleaning items (Dustbuster), as well as security hardware (Kwikset) and door products. Besides the Stanley and Black & Decker names, it sells such brands as Bostitch, Mac Tools, and DEWALT. Stanley Black & Decker peddles its products through home centers and mass-merchant distributors, as well as through third-party distributors.