J.H. Williams Tool Group

Williams

Product type	Subsidiary
Owner	Jaka
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

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. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
↑ "Death of James H. Williams.". The Iron Age. New York, New York: Chilton Company. 74: 57. 1904-12-08. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
↑ "Consolidation of Drop Forging Plants". Pacific Marine Review. San Francisco, California: J.S. Hines. 17: 136. September 1920. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
↑ The Buffalo History Works (2006). "Farrel-Birmingham and the Rapid Reversal Engine". Retrieved 2014-03-12.
↑ "A Tool Industry Timeline". Alloy Artifacts. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
↑ "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

Official website
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.

Hand tool manufacturers

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