Founded in 1896, Reed Manufacturing Company makes professional pipe tools and vises from its historic headquarters in Erie, Pennsylvania. Still family-owned, with five generations of Wright family involvement, the company is known for developing tools for large-diameter pipe and refining its designs through end-user feedback. REED sells through distributors in more than 100 countries.
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Reed Tool & Die, IncFounded in 1971 by John Reed Sr., Reed Tool & Die is a family-involved custom tooling manufacturer based near Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania. The company makes cutting tools and has a long-standing specialty in grinding stainless steel medical instruments; the third generation of the Reed family is involved in its leadership.MT PLEASANT, PA
Channellock, IncSince 1886, Channellock, Inc. has forged professional hand tools in Meadville, Pennsylvania, with its identity built around American-made pliers. Still run by the fifth generation of the DeArment family, the company operates 260,000 square feet of manufacturing facilities with more than 350 associates and produces over 75 types and sizes of pliers. Its tongue-and-groove pliers, first developed in 1933, remain the signature of a company that continues to manufacture much of its line on U.S. soil.MEADVILLE, PA
Wheeler-RexSince 1957, Wheeler-Rex has made professional pipe and plumbing tools, including pipe cutters, threading machines and hydrostatic test pumps. The company backs its equipment with hands-on testing, tutorial videos and a network of authorized distributors and service centers, giving working professionals support well beyond the tool itself.ASHTABULA, OH
Elliott Tool TechnologiesElliott Tool Technologies traces its roots to Gustav Wiedeke’s small Dayton manufacturing business, founded in 1892 by an inventor whose work included the first tube expander. Today, the private company draws on more than 125 years of manufacturing, sales, and engineering experience to make specialty tools for industrial tube maintenance and metal finishing, with on-site training tailored to customer applications.DAYTON, OH