Northern Tool and Equipment

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Northern Tool and Equipment
Type Private
Founded 1981
Founder Donald Kotula
Headquarters Burnsville, Minnesota
No. of locations 62 Stores
Key people Don L. Kotula CEO and founder Chuck Albrecht President Roger Bunn Vice President Retail
Industry Retail
Products Consumer and commercial tools and equipment
Employees 1,500
Website www.northerntool.com

Northern Tool and Equipment is a tool and power equipment retailer headquartered in Burnsville, Minnesota, with more than 62 retail stores in eleven U.S. states. With more than 15,500 products in their inventory, they offer a wide selection of products from consumer goods to industrial and construction equipment for do-it-yourselfers, contractors and professional shops.

As well as distribution throughout the United States, they also have a European operation, based in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, selling to similar customers, via regular catalogues and the internet

"It’s Not About Having the Right Tools for the Job...It’s about finding the right job for the tools. Northern Tool + Equipment is known to carry everything needed to build and repair stuff. That’s why Northern is the place where warriors prepare for battle, with tools and equipment as strong as they are." -Don Kotula, Founder & CEO[1]

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[edit] Northern Tool & Equipment Stores

Northern Tool & Equipment currently has 62 retail store locations in 11 states; Florida(8), Georgia(5), Iowa(1), Minnesota(9), North Carolina(10), North Dakota(1), South Carolina(5), Tennessee(5), Texas(11), Virginia(5), Wisconsin(2)

[edit] Catalog

Northern Tool & Equipment originated as a mail-order catalog business and today it resides and continues to be the company's largest source of revenue.

[edit] Website: NothernTool.com

[edit] Northern Tool Racing

Northern Tool sponsors Erik Darnell, Driver of the No. 99 Roush Racing Ford F-150.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Don Kotula, www.northerntool.com

[edit] External links