Stanley Black & Decker, currently the world’s largest tool company, announced today that its marquee brands — DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, BLACK+DECKER, Cub Cadet, LENOX, and IRWIN — were honored with several 2022 Pro Tool Innovation Awards (PTIA) for best-in-class products across the construction, landscaping, and the trades categories. The winning products were selected based on innovative…

Stanley Black & Decker, is partnering with TerraCycle, an international recycling provider, to encourage customers to recycle tools and home appliances that contain integral lithium-ion batteries. “Stanley Black & Decker strives to further our ESG mission and is committed to creating a more sustainable world, with a focus on reducing waste,” said Debi Geyer, corporate responsibility…

NASCAR and Stanley Black & Decker — currently the world’s largest tool company — announced that American tool icon CRAFTSMAN will return as the title sponsor of the NASCAR Truck Series beginning in 2023. After serving as the series’ title sponsor from its inception in 1995 to 2008, the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series will make its…

  STANLEY X, the innovation division of Stanley Black & Decker, has announced that Michelle Bockman has been appointed president. STANLEY X pioneers solutions that address modern challenges across three verticals: construction, manufacturing, and workforce technology. Stanley Black & Decker engineers award-winning power and hand tools, engineered fasteners, digital solutions, and other industrial equipment to support…

Stanley Black & Decker announced that its iconic CRAFTSMAN brand will be the official tools sponsor of half-a-dozen baseball (MBL) teams, including the Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Miami Marlins, Cleveland Guardians, Cincinnati Reds, and Oakland Athletics for the 2022 MLB season. This marks Stanley Black & Decker’s 14th year partnering with MLB teams, showcasing one…

Stanley Black & Decker has released the results of its inaugural Makers Index, an in-depth research study examining sentiment about skilled trade careers in the U.S., with the goal of better understanding some of the underlying causes of the skilled trade labor shortage. The study surveyed three core audiences: high schoolers aged 14-19, parents of high…

Stanley Black & Decker, the world’s largest tool company, has announced the recipients of its inaugural Empower Makers Global Impact Challenge grant program. The program, launched in 2021, awards up to $25 million in grant funding over five years to non-profits that are supporting trade workforce development initiatives — with the goal of skilling and…

  CRAFTSMAN, a Stanley Black & Decker brand, announced that is has been awarded three Popular Mechanics 2022 Tool Awards, which represent the year’s best-in-class products in various tool categories. CRAFTSMAN, recognized for hand-tool innovations, has won the best: Allen wrenches: CRAFTSMAN V-Series 8-Piece X-Tract Technology Metric T-Handle Set Wrench set: CRAFTSMAN V-Series SAE Reversible Ratcheting…

Stanley Black & Decker, currently world’s largest tool company, has announced the companies selected to participate in this year’s STANLEY+Techstars Accelerator. The class of 2022 cohort will focus on technologies that enable the electrification of consumer and industrial tools and products through the implementation of battery technology, advanced and recyclable materials, robotics, consumer appliances, and…

Another year, an ongoing pandemic. 2021, much like the year before it, included its share of challenges. Supply-chain delays, product (and employee) shortages, and varying state restrictions continued to affect most in the industry. In-person events and trade shows were scheduled and then rescheduled. Local and global business and economic disruptions forced many companies to…