On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 11:14:14 -0000, "VL" wrote:

I would jump to the conclusion that just because B&D owns PC, that PC
qulaity will go down. It might even go up if they get more R&D
funding....

B&D bought Elu and renamed it deWalt. Don't remember the quality there going
anywhere other than DOWN....


Dewalt has been around since 1922. Started in Leola, Pennsylvania and
later moved to Lancaster Pennsylvania.
Originally call Dewalt Products they changed there name to Dewalt Inc
in 1947
The original radial arm saw was named the Wonder worker.

ELU was a Swiss company purchased in 1980 by B&D.