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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded | Evansburg, Pennsylvania (present day Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania), United States (1886) |
| Founder | George B. DeArment |
| Headquarters | , United States |
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| Products | Hand tools |
Number of employees | 400 |
| Website | www.channellock.com |
Channellock is an American company that produces hand tools. It is best known for its pliers—the company manufactures more than 75 types and sizes of pliers[1]—particularly its eponymous style of tongue-and-groove, slip-joint pliers.[2] Its pliers have distinctive sky-blue handle grips; the company has been using the same trademarked shade of blue since 1956.[3]
It also produces cutting pliers, linemen's pliers, long nose pliers, adjustable wrenches, screwdrivers, nutdrivers and special-purpose pliers, as well as multi-function tools for the fire service and other first responders. According to the company, as of 2021[update], all of its pliers were manufactured at one of its two facilities in Meadville, Pennsylvania.[1] However, not all products sold by the company are produced in the United States; products such as screwdrivers and ratchet wrenches are produced in Canada, Taiwan, or China.[4]
- ^ a b Channellock, Inc. "Company history". Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ "Champion DeArment Tool Company". Alloy Artifacts. September 9, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
- ^ Ward, Logan (May 2009). "Top 50 Important Tools". Popular Mechanics. Archived from the original on February 11, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
- ^ "32161 16pc 1/2" SAE Drive Socket Set". Channellock, Inc. Retrieved December 30, 2023.