The Stanley Works NYSE: SWK, headquartered in New Britain, CT is a household durable goods manufacturer of tools and hardware. The company was created by 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. Both companies originally operated in New Britain, Connecticut, USA, but Stanley Works is now a worldwide business. In May of 2002, the company considered moving its corporate headquarters to Bermuda, but public and governmental outcry forced management to reconsider the move. By August of 2002, the company had decided to maintain its incorporation in the United States. New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world in dollar volume and second largest by number of companies listed. ... Nickname: Beehive City Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: http://www. ... A modern hammer is directly descended from ancient hand tools A tool is a device that (most commonly) provides a mechanical advantage in accomplishing a physical task. ... Hardware is the general term that is used to describe physical artifacts of a technology. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... Frederick Trent Stanley (?-?) was an American industrialist. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname Beehive City Location Location within the state of Connecticut Government County Hartford County Mayor Timothy T. Stewart Geographical characteristics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 34. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Stanley is a well-known brand of tools and has produced millions of hand planes, saws, rulers, try squares, chisels, screwdrivers, and many other types of tools for consumer and for industrial use. Their innovations include the Bailey plane, the Surform shaper, the PowerLock tape measure, and the utility knife or in British English, the Stanley knife. A Japanese plane in use A plane is a tool for shaping wood. ... Portable saw The article is about the cutting tool. ... A ruler is an instrument used in geometry and technical drawing to measure short distances and/or to rule straight lines. ... A try square is a woodworking tool used for marking and measuring a piece of wood. ... Steel woodworking chisel. ... A basic screwdriver (Phillips tip shown) A screwdriver is a device specifically designed to insert and tighten, or to loosen and remove, screws. ... Shaper tool slide, clapper box and cutting tool A shaper is a machine tool used for shaping or surfacing metal and other materials. ... Self-retracting pocket tape measure A tape measure or measuring tape is a ribbon of cloth, plastic, or metal with linear-measure markings, often in both imperial and metric units. ... Disassembled, blade partly retracted Utility knife A utility knife or box cutter is a common tool used in various trades and crafts for a variety of purposes. ... Regional dialects of british english British English (BrE) is a term used to differentiate between the form of the English language used in the British Isles and those used elsewhere. ...

Stanley Works received the Golden Hammer Award for new product innovation in 2000, 2001 and 2002. This article is about the year 2000. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

In October of 2002, Stanley Works acquired Best Locking Systems of Indianapolis, IN 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 plc of Swindon, England, a United Kingdom leading integrator of security solutions, communication, and time management solutions to the commercial and industrial sectors, selling direct to end users. In January of 2004 Stanley announced plans to acquire Frisco Bay Industries Ltd. for $45.3 million. Frisco Bay was a leading Canadian provider of security integration services. In December of 2004, the acquisition of ISR Solutions, Inc., headquartered in the Washington, DC area was announced. ISR Solutions is an electronic security integrator providing the U.S. federal government and commercial customers with access security system services. January of 2005, the acquisition of Security Group, Inc. was announced. Security Group was comprised of two primary operating companies: Sargent & Greenleaf, Inc., a manufacturer of medium and high security locks and Safemasters, a North American provider of physical security installation, maintenance and repair services, with an emphasis on mechanical locking systems. An additional acquisition of Precision Hardware was made in 2005. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Indianapolis skyline Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana. ... Swindon is a large town of Wiltshire, England, located in the South West of the UK (between London and Bristol). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

John F. Lundgren was elected as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer in 2004, replacing John Trani, a former protegé of Jack Welch at General Electric. John Francis Jack Welch Jr. ... GE redirects here; for other uses, see GE (disambiguation). ...

Further reading

• John Walter - Antique & Collectible Stanley Tools: Guide to Identity & Value (The Tool Merchant, Ohio, 1996) ISBN 1878911023

External links

• History of the Stanley Works
• Another history of the Stanley Works