Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE: SWK) is a publicly listed American industrial corporation engaged in the design, manufacture, and marketing of hand tools, power tools, outdoor power equipment, engineered fastening systems, and related accessories and services. The company operates through two reportable business segments: Tools & Outdoor, which encompasses power tools, hand tools, accessories, storage products, and outdoor power equipment offered under the DeWalt, Craftsman, Stanley, Black+Decker, Hustler, and related brand names; and Engineered Fastening, which supplies threaded fasteners, blind rivets, drawn arc weld studs, self-piercing riveting systems, and precision engineered fasteners to the automotive, aerospace, construction, electronics, and manufacturing industries. The company's products are distributed through home improvement retailers, industrial distributors, hardware dealers, and direct sales channels across the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific, with the United States representing its largest revenue-generating market. Stanley Black & Decker was formed in March 2010 through the merger of The Stanley Works — a hardware manufacturing company established in 1843 by Frederick T. Stanley in New Britain, Connecticut — and The Black & Decker Corporation, founded in 1910 by S. Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker in Baltimore, Maryland. The combined company reported trailing twelve-month revenue of approximately $15.1 billion and employs approximately 43,500 people worldwide. Founded in 1843, the company is headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut, United States.