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Snap-on, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI; Kenosha, WI, U.S.A.
Company Website: https://www.snapon.com/
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

History

Last Modified: Feb 27 2022 3:33PM by Jeff_Joslin
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Founded in 1920 in Milwaukee, WI as Snap-On Wrench Co. with Motor Tool Specialty Co. as distributor, this automotive tool manufacturer has also sold a line of bench grinders and electric drills. Sold under its Blue-Point brand name, the bench grinders/valve refacers were introduced in the 1934 catalog, electric drills and a drill stand were added in 1937, and disc sanders in 1939.

Information Sources

Images of scanned Snap-on catalogs at Collecting Snap-on
A 1957 catalog of Blue-Point electrical tools shows several tools that are virtually identical to those from Mall Tool Co. Present-day Blue-Point tools are manufactured by Snap-On but in these earlier years many of the Blue-Point products were manufactured by others.
Wikipedia article on Snap-on
A detailed company history is at Alloy Artifacts