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Apex Tool Group

Logo: Apex Tool Group, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

American supplier of hand tools and power tools

Apex Tool Group is an American supplier of hand tools and power tools founded in 2010. It was formed as a joint venture of Cooper Industries and Danaher by the merger of Cooper Tools and Danaher's Tools and Components segment. In October 2012, Danaher and Cooper sold Apex to Bain Capital for about $1.6 billion.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2010Founded1
  • Industryindustrial manufacturing1
  • HeadquartersSparks1
  • Websitewww.apextoolgroup.com
  • Legal formLimited Liability Company3
  • LEI549300LWC59TPOM4ZR023
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O The Corporation Trust Company, 19801 Wilmington, United States3
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 47644733

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Ca 1990 Weller Elektroniklot electronics solder wire 1 mm DIN EN 29454 1 West Germany
Photo: R. Henrik Nilsson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Apex Tool Group is an American supplier of hand tools and power tools founded in 2010. It was formed as a joint venture of Cooper Industries and Danaher by the merger of Cooper Tools and Danaher's Tools and Components segment. In October 2012, Danaher and Cooper sold Apex to Bain Capital for about $1.6 billion. Apex is headquartered in Sparks, Maryland, and has over 20 factories globally including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Germany, China, and South America.2

Corporate structure

Apex Tool Group sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Apex Tool Group Sparks, Maryland, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Apex Tool Group reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

Hand tool brands

Allen (defunct) – Hex keys and hand tools

Armstrong Tools (defunct) – Industrial hand tools

Atkins – Hacksaws

Belzer – Mechanic's hand tools

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Campbell – Manufactures chains and clamps. Winner of the "Member's Choice" award for Best New Program at the Do It Best Fall Market in Indianapolis for its chain accessories.

Caulkmaster – Pneumatic dispensing guns.

Collins – Machetes, shovels, and axes

Crescent – Produces general hand tools and tool sets. Winner of Popular Mechanics' 2006 Breakthrough Award for its Rapid-Slide variant. Acquired by Cooper in 1968.

Delta – tool boxes

Erem – Precision pliers.

GearWrench – Ratcheting wrenches and hand tools

H.K. Porter – Bolt and cable cutters.

Iseli – Precision matched parts

Jacob's Chuck – drill chucks

JOBOX – truck boxes and site storage

K-D Tools – mechanic's hand and specialty tools

K&F – files and rasps

Kahnetics – Dispensing systems.

Lufkin – Manufactures measuring tools such as calipers, gauges, micrometers, and measuring tapes. Lufkin was Cooper's first hand tool acquisition in 1967.

Mayle – Mechanic's hand tools

Nicholson – Produces files, rasps, and saws. Acquired by Cooper in 1972.

Plumb – Striking tools, such as hammers, axes, and chisels. Acquired by Cooper in 1980.

SATA – Mechanic's hand tools.

Spline Gauges – gauges

Weller – Soldering tools. Acquired by Cooper in 1970.

Wire-wrap – Electrical connection equipment.

Wiss – Scissors and snips. Acquired by Cooper in 1976.

Xcelite – Electronics tools such as general and specialized screwdrivers and pliers. Acquired by Cooper in 1973.

For Hand Tool portfolio, since 2018, Company has decided to focus 3 major brands--Crescent, Gearwrench and SATA globally.

Power tool brands

The Apex Tool Group Power Tool Division is headquartered in Lexington, South Carolina. It is made up of the following brands:

Weller - soldering equipment

Cleco – assembly tools

Apex - Assembly & Fabrication Tools – production impact sockets, bits, and universal joints

Xcelite

Erem

From Wikipedia’s article on Apex Tool Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2010Founded Founded1

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