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Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., formerly known as The Stanley Works, is a Fortune 500 American manufacturer of industrial tools and household hardware, and a provider of security products. Headquartered in the greater Hartford city of New Britain, Connecticut, Stanley Black & Decker is the result of the merger of The Stanley Works and Black & Decker on March 12, 2010. History The Stanley Works came to existence as a direct result of the 1920 merger of Stanley's Bolt Manufactory, founded by Frederick Trent Stanley in 1843, and the Stanley Rule and Level Company, founded by Frederick's cousin, Henry Stanley, in 1857. DeWalt was acquired in 1960, and sold to Black and Decker. In March 12, 2010 Black and Decker merged with Stanley Works to become Stanley Black and Decker. It’s a wholly owned subsidiary of that company. During World War II, Stanley Works received the Army-Navy "E" Award for excellence in war production. In May 2002, the company considered moving its corporate headquarters to Bermuda, but public and governmental outcry forced management to reconsider the move. By August 2002, the company had decided to maintain its incorporation in the United States. John F. Lundgren was elected as chairman and chief executive officer in 2004, replacing John Trani, a former protégé of Jack Welch at General Electric. The Hardware & Home Improvement Group, including the Kwikset, Weiser, Baldwin, National Hardware, Stanley, FANAL, Pfister and EZSET brands, was acquired by Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. on December 17, 2012.In July 2016, CEO John F. Lundgren stepped down, with President and COO James M. Loree taking over as CEO.In July 2022, CEO James M. Loree stepped down, with President and CFO Donald Allan, Jr taking over as CEO. Acquisitions 1937: Stanley Works entered the United Kingdom market with the acquisition of J.A. Chapman of Sheffield, England. 1946: Stanley Works acquired North Brothers Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1963: Stanley started operations in Australia as Stanley-Titan when it bought a 50% share of Titan, a subsidiary of BHP. 1966: Stanley Works acquired Vidmar Cabinets in Allentown, Pennsylvania. 1970: Stanley-Titan acquired Turner Tools, based in Melbourne, Australia. 1980: Stanley Works acquired Mac Tools. 1984: Stanley Works purchased Proto from Ingersoll Rand and it becomes Stanley Proto. 1986: Stanley Works acquired Bostitch from Textron. 1990: Stanley Works acquired Goldblatt and ZAG Industries. 1990: Acquired Sidchrome Tool Co., headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. Closed plant in 1996 and started to move all tool manufacturing to Taiwan, sourcing various items from Proto in the USA (marked as Proto on items) due to supply of left-over Australian-made tools being sold out until all manufacturing was fully established in Taiwan. 1992: Stanley Works purchased the Chatsworth, California-based Monarch Mirror Door Co. Inc., an American manufacturer of sliding and folding mirror-doors. 2000: Stanley Works acquired Blick of Swindon, England, a UK integrator of security solutions, communication, and time-management solutions, and CST Berger. 2002: In October, Stanley Works acquired Best Access Systems of Indianapolis, Indiana, for $310 million. The acquisition also prompted the creation of a new Access Controls Group for Stanley. Further additions to this new working group included Blick. 2004: In January, Stanley announced plans to acquire Frisco Bay Industries Ltd., a Canadian provider of security integration services, for $45.3 million. In December, the acquisition of ISR Solutions, Inc., headquartered in Washington, D.C., was announced. ISR Solutions provides the U.S. federal government and commercial customers with access security system services. 2005: In January, the acquisition of Security Group was announced. Security Group was composed of two primary operating companies: Sargent & Greenleaf, a manufacturer of locks; and Safemasters, a North American provider of security installation, maintenance and repair services. An additional acquisition of Precision Hardware was made in 2005. 2006: Stanley furthered its corporate assets in the security market by acquiring HSM Electronic Protection Systems after it had been spun off from Honeywell in compliance with pre-emptive Securities and Exchange Commission antitrust rulings. In the meantime, the company obtained security contracts as the primary contractor to secure three NASA spaceflight centers. Stanley Works also acquired Facom. 2007: Late in the year, Stanley acquired OSI Security of Chula Vista, California, a provider of battery-operated wireless lock technology and supplies to government, education, and healthcare industries. 2008: Stanley acquired Beach Toolbox Industries, headquartered in Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada, then closed the plant. 2008: In June, Stanley announced the acquisition of Sonitrol, which provides security systems that use audio listening devices as the primary means of intrusion detection. Stanley also acquired Xmark Corporation, which provides radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions in healthcare environments. As of 2008, many of the Stanley Security Services divisions were being integrated under the HSM brand. 2009: On November 2, Stanley announced a merger with Black & Decker and DeWalt tools. The merger was completed on March 12, 2010. 2010: In July, the company announced the acquisition of CRC-Evans Pipeline International. CRC-Evans provides total project support for pipeline construction contractors with automatic welding and other pipeline construction specific equipment and personnel. 2011: On September 9, the acquisition of Niscayah was complete. 2012: On January 1, the acquisition of Lista North America from LISTA, headquartered in Holliston, Massachusetts, was completed. 2012: On June 1, the acquisition of Powers Fasteners, headquartered in Brewster, New York, was completed. 2012: On June 5, the acquisition of AeroScout, headquartered in Redwood City, California, was completed. 2016: Stanley Black & Decker announced in October that it acquired the Irwin, Lenox, and Hilmor tool brands for $1.95 billion from Newell Brands. 2017: On January 5, news reports indicated that it would acquire the Craftsman brand from KCD, LLC (a Sears Holdings subsidiary). Subsequent reports by Bloomberg indicated that the company would pay $525 million initially, an additional $250 million after three years, as well as annual payments on new Craftsman sales for 15 years. 2018: On September 12, Stanley Black & Decker announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 20 percent stake in MTD Products Inc, a privately held global manufacturer of outdoor power equipment, for $234 million in cash. Under the terms of the agreement, Stanley Black & Decker has the option to acquire the remaining 80 percent of MTD beginning on July 1, 2021. 2018: On August 7, Stanley Black & Decker announced it entered.... Discover the Will Decker popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Will Decker books.

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  • Toxic Rain synopsis, comments

    Toxic Rain

    Will Decker

    Book 2 in the George 'Mac' McClain Action/Adventure series. Mac is manipulated by a beautiful woman named Eddy in need of his help to stop a greedy pharmaceutical company from infe...

  • Regenerations synopsis, comments

    Regenerations

    Will Decker

    Book 4 in the HEALF Saga. Way back in book 1, Rod and Lote were seperated from her aging parents Hig and Leeta when the behemoth they were strapped to became spooked and charged wi...

  • Betrayal synopsis, comments

    Betrayal

    Will Decker

    Book 3 in the George 'Mac' McClain Action/Adventure series. When Mac is tricked into taking on a case by an exlover that is trying to break into his line of work, he has no idea th...

  • Fire Baby synopsis, comments

    Fire Baby

    Will Decker

    Mike Hennessy has worked the streets of Portland for more than 20 years; first as a beat cop and more recently as a Lieutenant Detective. He has been honored many times for his bra...

  • Death in the Dunes synopsis, comments

    Death in the Dunes

    Will Decker

    Number 5 in the Mac series. Not only is Mac betrayed and set up by the government that he normally defends, but he is also being hunted by a drug lord that blames him for the death...

  • Mortality Revisited synopsis, comments

    Mortality Revisited

    Will Decker

    Book 1 in the Healf Saga. When Capt. 'Rod' Rodick crashes in the Eastern Fringe, he has no idea that his aircraft was the last viable craft left on the planet and that his crash si...

  • Clone Wars synopsis, comments

    Clone Wars

    Will Decker

    Book 2 in the Healf Saga. Capt. 'Rod' Rodick discovers there is an evil in the catacombs of Healf that transcends even his worst nighmares; Clones. Beings grown in the image of the...

  • The Witness synopsis, comments

    The Witness

    Will Decker

    Book One in the George 'Mac' McClain series. ExSpecial Forces, ExHomicide Detective. Mac is broad of shoulder and narrow of hip. He is ruggedly handsome, a trait that naturally att...

  • The Book of Secrets synopsis, comments

    The Book of Secrets

    Tom Harper

    From the pen of prizewinning author Tom Harper, this is a highoctane adventure thriller in the bestselling tradition of The Da Vinci Code. Jampacked with murder, mystery and mindbl...

  • The Record Keeper synopsis, comments

    The Record Keeper

    Will Decker

    Book 4 in the George 'Mac' McClain Action/Adventure series. With Eddy now working as his official partner, Mac takes on the job of protecting a Federal witness in a racketeering ca...

  • Horspaw synopsis, comments

    Horspaw

    Will Decker

    Book 5 in the HEALF Saga. When Capt. 'Rod' Rodick defeated Lord Balzar in the deadly tundra of the Northern Fringe, he took every precaution possible to make sure there wasn't anyt...

  • The Excalibur Codex synopsis, comments

    The Excalibur Codex

    James Douglas

    Jamie Saintclair embarks on another actionpacked historical adventure, guaranteed to have you gripped from page one! A must read for fans of Dan Brown, Chris Kuzneski and Scott Mar...

  • Unrequited Love synopsis, comments

    Unrequited Love

    Will Decker

    A young man spending a last night on the town before leaving for basic training meets and falls in love with a young woman. Upon returning from military duty, he begins a lifelong ...

  • Love Thy Enemy synopsis, comments

    Love Thy Enemy

    Will Decker

    While doing covert operations in the South American jungles with the Army Rangers, Joe meets Maria, each staring down the barrel of their weapons and into each other's eyes. Someth...

  • The Samurai Inheritance synopsis, comments

    The Samurai Inheritance

    James Douglas

    Jamie Saintclair embarks on another fullthrottle historical adventure an absolute pageturner! If you love Dan Brown, Chris Kuzneski and Scott Mariani you will love this! READERS ...

  • Hybrid Killers synopsis, comments

    Hybrid Killers

    Will Decker

    When John, a well renowned novelist, loses his only daughter, a young woman in the prime of her life to a freaky accident while attending a rock concert, it's more than he can emot...

  • Wit-Sec Fail synopsis, comments

    Wit-Sec Fail

    Will Decker

    In the first 5 episodes of Mac, as a writer I’ve kept him on a short moral leash. He was always pulling savagely against the restraints, but he stayed in bounds. In this episode, M...

  • Day of Night synopsis, comments

    Day of Night

    Will Decker

    Book 3 in the HEALF Saga. Capt. 'Rod' Rodick's evil nemisis, Lord Balzar, is back! And he's building an army of sadistic soldiers to take back what he has lost. When Rod learns of ...

  • Redemption synopsis, comments

    Redemption

    Will Jordan

    Introducing Ryan Drake think Jason Bourne meets Jack Reacher...If you like Lee Child, Vince Flynn and David Baldacci, you will love this riveting and unputdownable thriller from b...

  • Driven synopsis, comments

    Driven

    Will Decker

    Dennis Duane Drivens, otherwise known as Driver has been spending too many long and lonely hours behind the wheel of his big rig and beginning to question the direction of his life...