


While all of this sounds like big and exciting news for Matco, it’s too soon to see if or how this partnership will benefit users or Matco customers. The company’s move to incorporate Milwaukee cordless tools will ensure the continuation of a long-lasting tradition of providing customers with only the best tools on the market. Hundreds of Milwaukee products? How many SKUs are they really going to add to their trucks for immediate purchase? What does any of this have to do with Infinium? I suppose this is to reassure customers that Matco’s Infinium cordless power tools will continue to be sold and supported. Matco’s press release mentions their Infinium tool line three separate times. is headquartered gives the company an A− Grade (as of January 2015).The addition of hundreds of Milwaukee products presents a wonderful complement to the performance and flexibility of our Infinium line. The Better Business Bureau of Akron Ohio where Cornwell Quality Tool Co. Cornwell trucks are typically white with large blue and black Cornwell Ironman logos on their sides.Ĭornwell was sued for fraud in a class action lawsuit by 8 former Cornwell Dealers in Bacharach v. The franchise owner drives to the work locations of potential customers, and typically offers financing to individuals buying their tools. Ĭornwell Tools are sold by local tool distributors who own a territory by means of a franchise. The company was founded in 1919 by Eugene Cornwell, a blacksmith from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. This is the same practice as Mac Tools, Snap-on, and Matco Tools, who together make up the four major flags of the mobile tool business. Cornwell also carries various air, cordless electric, diagnostic, and hand tools from other manufacturers. Kennedy produces their own Kennedy branded line of tool storage products. Cornwell recently acquired Kennedy Manufacturing, Van Wert, Ohio. They also carry a lifetime warranty on all hand tools and use Taiwan and China manufacturing to round out its product offerings. USA sourced steel is used at these locations to create a more consistent, better quality product than that of overseas manufacturers. Cornwell remains as one of two remaining mobile tool companies that still produce their own handtools in house at their Albion, Pennsylvania foundry and Mogadore, Ohio machining plants. Cornwell Quality Tools is a privately held company manufacturing tools for the automotive and aviation industries.
