The Stanley Works · New Britain, CT United States ·(NYSE: SWK)

The Stanley Works wants you to have tools that neighbors envy. As a leading toolmaker in the US, the company markets hand tools (carpentry, garden, and masonry tools), mechanics' tools (industrial hand tools, electronic diagnostic tools, toolboxes, wrenches), pneumatic tools, and hydraulic tools, as well as security hardware and a variety of door products. In addition to the Stanley brand, the firm's well-known trademarks include Bostitch and Mac Tools. Stanley sells its products through home centers and mass merchant distribution channels, as well as through third-party distributors. It bought National Manufacturing for $170 million and European tool maker Facom for more than $485 million. To read the full description, subscribe now.