Klein Tools
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If you had to make a list of some of the most popular hand tools manufacturers and brands located anywhere in the world today, Klein Tools would undoubtedly be right at the top. Anyone who has ever used one of their products can tell you that it's readily apparent that the Klein family, and by extension the brand itself, is a different type of company.
They clearly believe in what they do and only put the best their company is capable into the market. On top of that, Klein tools are proudly made in the United States - meaning the Klein family has been employing Americans and providing excellent quality tools for most of U.S. history.
Speaking of that history, many people often fail to realize that the Kleins have actually been in business for a lot longer than most realize.
The story of Klein Tools actually begins over a century ago, dating all the way back to 1857 in beautiful Chicago, Illinois. Originally founded by German immigrant Mathias Klein, the first tool made under the banner was actually a pair of side-cutting pliers designed specifically with telegraph lineman in mind.
The company was always known for its quality from those early days, but the brand exploded in popularity after the Civil War. By the 1960s, the company was aggressively expanding to move beyond those original pliers and into things like leather and canvas products, occupational safety equipment, electrical terminals and connectors and more.
Flash forward to today and the current Klein product lineup has clearly grown far larger than any one of its original founders could have imagined. Not only do they offer more than 3,800 different types of tools, but their attention to detail and true care for their marketplace has allowed them to develop more than 165 unique types of pliers alone.
In fact, Klein has become so popular and so synonymous with quality that lineman tools like lineman's pliers are often simply referred to as ""Kleins"" around the world - in an example of a genericized trademark similar to the way that people call all tissues ""Kleenex.""
Regardless of what it is that you're looking for, what you're trying to accomplish or what problem you need to solve, one thing is clear: both the spirit of the Klein family and its products will dutifully stand by your side every step of the way.
Though the company itself may have changed in a variety of ways since 1857, the qualities that the organization was founded on, along with the host of unique tools and other products that it offers, have not. There's a reason why Klein is currently the number one preferred hand tool manufacturer in the electronics industry today. People truly appreciate the variety, the versatility and the exceptional craftsmanship offered in categories like the following:
But in the end, the true benefit that Klein Tools brings to the table with all of its offerings can be summed up in a single word: family. With a lot of large companies, you can often feel an IPO lurking just over the horizon. They're trying to build a name and insure quality, yes - but only to the point where they can go public, at which point the original founders head for the hills and the brand itself is left in the hands of people who only care about the bottom line.
But with Klein, this clearly has never been - nor will it ever be - a priority. For over 159 years, the company itself has remained in the original family's hands - five generations of that family, in fact. They're not businessmen or stock obsessives. They're handymen. They're electricians. They're journeymen, above all else.
The Kleins have truly grown their company organically, and over more than a century and a half have established a reputation for both that organization and their products, all of which goes an incredibly long way towards making them highly-respected by insiders in the industries they serve.