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notbob wrote:
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.... Their tape measures are relabeled Lufkins, which I
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Just FYI, Lufkin ceased making precision tools in 1966. In 1967 they
were acquired by Cooper Industries. About a year later, after a
labor strike, they ceased making tools under the Lufkin name. The big
full-line tool companies still making hand tools in the US are Stanley,
Snap-on, and Danaher. Interestingly, Cooper and Danaher recently announced
some kind of joint venture for manufacturing tools using the name Apex.




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