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.
Goss IncSince 1940, Goss Inc. has manufactured flame tools and accessories for professional cutting, welding, heating, and HVAC work. Based in Glenshaw, Pennsylvania, the company individually tests its equipment for performance and durability and has expanded from its torch heritage into a six-line catalog that includes HVAC service tools. Goss also supports customers through a network of sales representatives and distributors offering training and product assistance.GLENSHAW, PA
Cornwell Quality ToolsFounded 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.WADSWORTH, OH
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
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