Founded by blacksmith Eugene Cornwell in 1919, Cornwell Quality Tools manufactures hand tools and tool storage for professional technicians, selling directly through mobile tool dealers across the country. Now headquartered in Wadsworth, Ohio, the family- and employee-owned company still makes hand-forged tools at its Mogadore plant, where production dates to 1923, and operates the former Kennedy Manufacturing facility in Van Wert. Cornwell is the longest-running mobile tool company selling direct to professional technicians in the United States.
Warwood ToolSince 1854, Warwood Tool has hand-forged industrial hand tools in its Wheeling, West Virginia factory, where American steel is shaped into equipment for demanding work. Founded by immigrant Henry Warwood and still family-owned and operated, the company has remained in the same factory since 1907 and is known for tools such as its Pulaski axe, used by generations of forestry and firefighting crews. Warwood says it has never made cast tools, relying instead on skilled workers and time-tested forging methods to produce products made entirely in the USA.WHEELING, WV
Wright Tool CompanyRooted in Barberton since C. Nelson Wright founded it in 1927, Wright Tool Company remains a privately held American manufacturer with one factory and only four presidents in nearly a century. Its employees forge professional-grade hand tools for the demanding work of industrial professionals, using U.S. steel and patented Wright Drive design.BARBERTON, OH
Stride Tool, LLC (Imperial® brand)With roots reaching back to Imperial Brass Manufacturing Company’s founding in Chicago in 1905, Stride Tool makes Imperial® specialty hand tools for professional HVAC/R technicians and other service trades. Headquartered in Glenwillow, Ohio, the company operates a centralized manufacturing facility opened in 2004 and has expanded the Imperial line through acquisitions including northeast Ohio’s Milbar and Thermal Engineering. Imperial’s history is especially visible in its long-running tube-working tools and Milbar safety wire twisters, both made for demanding professional use.GLENWILLOW, OH
Ohio Drill & Tool CompanyOhio Drill & Tool Company has been manufacturing precision-ground drills and cutting tools in the same Homeworth location since 1948. Founded by George and Helen Sanor as a basement maker of ballpoint-pen drill bits, the family-owned business now spans three generations and continues to make its tools in the USA. Its work is built around precise workmanship, personal service, and dependable order fulfillment.HOMEWORTH, OH