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I'm lost I didn't know Stanley owned Delta I thought Delta / Porter Cable was sold to Dewalt which was owned by Black and Decker. Now I find out Stanley owns Black and Decker is that right?

My in-laws live in Andeson, what was there was a Ryobi plant. I'm guessing the congolermate that owns Ryobi is buying the Delta name to upscale their products. Stanley if they own B&D already had Dewalt and there was always this uncomfortable overlap there. Now it is solved.

Dusty there are two models of the Unisaw and most other Delta products. One that was made overseas and one made in here in the US. This was the case back in the days of Porter Cable / Delta owned by Pentair. The machine were different in model number and the US made ones had a sticker saying US made. And Delta or PC without the US sticker is probably made over seas.

I just found out the Swedish Car company Volvo is owned by a Chinese company Ghee. So you can buy a Swedish named car built in various world locations sold here in the US and line the pockets of commrade chairman of China.

I wonder with the sale of Delta what products goes with it. In just the last year or so some Delta tools were retagged Porter Cable. (Lke bandsaw and bench grinders at Lowe's) Maybe just the name Delta is being sold. The reason for the PC name change.

FYI- Milwaukee tools is now owned by the same company.

cincinnati wrote:I wonder with the sale of Delta what products goes with it. In just the last year or so some Delta tools were retagged Porter Cable. (Lke bandsaw and bench grinders at Lowe's) Maybe just the name Delta is being sold. The reason for the PC name change.

FYI- Milwaukee tools is now owned by the same company.

Cincinnati
The story I got was B&D and evidently Stanley were trying to set up a number of lines. Delta was going to be aimed at commercial users production shops. Dewalt was going to the construction trade, Porter Cable was going to the Big Box DYI types and B&D was aimed at casual weekend warrior types.

Interestingly Lowes now has a Porter Cable tablesaw PCB270TS that looks exactly like the C10FL Hitachi Saw that was brought out about 10 years ago and Lowes was selling. I was trying to get a confirmation on that connection and now this.

My guess they are all owned by commrade Chairman.

Woodworkers Journal did a Ezine on this.
Their claim is Delta is to beome an indepentent company once again.

The corportate office is being move to Anderson SC but not to the TTI headquarters (makers of Ryobi, Ridgid, Milwaukee and Craftsman) but to it's own corporate office.

Many of the people involved did work for TTI but they have all left and are now forming this company. Delta's manufacturing plant in Jackson will move to Anderson.

They plan of keeping what was made in the US here in the US and to import from Taiwan (not from CHINA) what was imported before.
They are also planing new tools.

Read the story at http://woodworkersjournal.com/Ezine/Art ... 8244.aspx#

Ed in Tampa wrote:to import from Taiwan (not from CHINA) what was imported before.

I thought it was part of china now or same difference.

beeg wrote:I thought it was part of china now or same difference.

That would depend upon whether you lived on an island or not!;)

Why did they change the name from Formosa anyway?

beeg wrote:I thought it was part of china now or same difference.

Actually Taiwan is an ally of the US and China is a sworn enemy, albeit it owns a huge part of our national debt and we pay them interest and buy most anything they ship to us. Go figure!