It is a little old, but likely coming of age! :-)

Seems that Sears is tired of hunting down companies that
would make a line of tools for them. Every few years the product
line would be changed as the manufacturer would win a new contract.

I suspect they ran out of low end bidders other than overseas. So the
Craftsman brand was sold to "Stanley Black & Decker". Might be
interesting to watch and see the quality level of different tools in
coming years. Will the Craftsman name continue or on a few items.

The broad lines of Stanley Black & Decker should be able to handle the
number of products.

Martin