DeWalt

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DeWalt

Type	Subsidiary of Black & Decker
Founded	1924
Headquarters	Baltimore, Maryland
Industry	Manufacturing
Products	Power Tools
Website	www.dewalt.com

DeWalt is a world-wide brand of power tools for the construction and woodworking industries. The original company was started in 1924 by Raymond E. DeWalt, the inventor of the radial arm saw. The company grew quickly and was reorganized in 1947, manufacturing radial arm saws and other stationary woodworking machines. After buying the company in 1949, American Machine & Foundry Co. Inc. sold it to Black & Decker in 1960. Black & Decker divested itself of the radial arm saw manufacturing branch in 1989, selling it to two executives. Radial arm saws that use the original DeWalt design can still be obtained from the Original Saw Co..

In 1992, Black & Decker started a major effort to rebrand its professional quality and high-end power tools to DeWalt. Currently, DeWalt manufactures and sells more than 200 different power hand-tools and 800 accessories.

In 1994, DeWalt took over the German high end wood working power tool producer ELU. DeWalt enlarged their assortment of cordless tools and other tools using ELU's technology. DeWalt has maintained this focus on high-end branding, and is consistently identified as the most preferred brand of commercial tools in recent surveys of commercial contractors.^{[citation needed]}