| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Owner | The Home Depot |
| Country | USA |
| Introduced | 1924 |
| Previous owners | The Stanley Works, National Hand Tool, Litton Industries, New Britain Machine Company, Olsen Manufacturing Company, Husky Wrench Company |
| Website | www.huskytools.com |
Husky is a line of hand tools, pneumatic tools, and tool storage products. It is the house brand of The Home Depot, where it is exclusively sold. Its hand tools are manufactured for Home Depot by the Stanley Works.[1] Its slogan is "The toughest name in tools." Home Depot also carries a higher-end line of tools marked Husky Pro.
Husky hand tools were formerly manufactured exclusively in the United States[2] but are now largely made in China, Taiwan and USA. All Husky hand tools have a lifetime warranty; and offers a hassle free replacement of any Husky hand tool equal in value as published in an internal Home Depot Memo in March 2010. Currently packaging is being reformatted to reinforce this policy and avoid confusion of requiring a receipt.[3]
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Husky Wrench was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on January 29, 1924 by Sigmund Mandl, who had immigrated to the United States from Czechoslovakia. By 1928, Husky had established a significant collaboration with the J.H. Williams Tool Group, with Williams distributing Husky wrenches in its mechanic's tool sets.[4]
In January 1929, the Husky name was sold to the Olsen Manufacturing Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin. The company relocated to Kenosha and changed its name to the Husky Corporation. Mandl went on to work for Blackhawk Manufacturing of Milwaukee.[4]
Sometime before 1932, the Husky name was again sold, this time to the New Britain Machine Company of New Britain, Connecticut, which was purchased by Litton Industries in the 1970s. When Litton dissolved its hand tools division in the 1980s, it sold the Husky brand (and other assets, including the Blackhawk brand[5]) to National Hand Tool. The Stanley Works acquired the Husky brand with its 1986 acquisition of National Hand Tool.[6][7] In 1992, Stanley began supplying the Husky brand exclusively to The Home Depot,[8] and sometime later transferred the rights to the name to Home Depot.[9]