J.H. Williams Tool Group - Snap On Tools Wiki

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.

History

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In 1882, James Harvey Williams and Matthew Diamond founded Williams & Diamond in Flushing, Queens, a drop forging business. 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. A second factory was opened in Buffalo, New York in 1914 (now the site of General Motors' Tonawanda Engine plant).

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

Gallery

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References

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External links

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• 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. 401â€"A tool catalog, believed to be from the late 1950s.

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