About Cooper Hand Tools

Cooper Hand Tools, a division of Cooper Industries, Inc., manufactures and markets many well-known brands of hand tools, chain, and electronic soldering products, including Campbell chain, Crescent brand wrenches and pliers, Lufkin measuring tools, Nicholson files and saws, Plumb hammers, H. K. Porter bolt cutters, Weller soldering products, and Wiss snips. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, Cooper Hand Tools has manufacturing facilities in 16 international locations, and has approximately 4, 400 employees worldwide.

Brands
Campbell - Chains, clamps, blocks, and fittings.
Caulkmaster - Air Powered Dispensing Guns.
Crescent - Wrenches, pliers, drivers, and multi-purpose tools.
Diamond - Horseshoes and Farrier Tools
Erem - Precision pliers, cutters, and tweezers.
Kahnetics - Automated and manual dispensing systems.
Lufkin - Tapes, rules and layout/marking products.
Nicholson -Files, rasps, saws, and rotary burs.
Plumb - Hammers, axes, and chisels.
H. K. Porter - Bolt, cable and strap cutters.
Weller - Soldering and desoldering tools.
Wire-wrap - Solderless connection equipment.
Wiss - Scissors, snips, and cutters.
Xcelite - Drivers, pliers, cutters, kits, and sets.

Cooper Hand Tools is a division of Cooper Industries, Inc., a worldwide manufacturing company with 2001 revenues of $4. 2 billion. Cooper Industries has two business segments: Electrical Products and Tools & Hardware. Its electrical products distribute and control electricity, provide circuit protection, illuminate facilities, support electronic and telecommunications components, and offer fire and security detection. Cooper Industries' Tools & Hardware divisions also make a wide variety of power tools, hand tools, and accessories.