type subsidiary traded as bdk industry power tools home improvement products hardware fastening technology founded 1910 founder s. duncan black alonzo g. decker headquarters towson maryland u.s. key people nolan d. archibald ceo products power tools revenue 6.09 billion fy2008 1 net income 293.6 million fy2008 1 number of employees 27 000 parent stanley black & decker website consumer website a black and decker drilling machine black & decker corporation is an american manufacturer of power tools accessories hardware home improvement products and technology based fastening systems headquartered in towson maryland . on march 12 2010 black & decker merged with stanley works to become stanley black & decker . 2 it remains as a wholly owned subsidiary of that company . contents 1 history 2 brands 3 references 4 further reading 5 external links history edit black & decker corporation was founded in 1910 by s. duncan black and alonzo g. decker as a small machine shop in baltimore . decker who had a seventh grade education had met black in 1906 when they were both 23 year old workers at rowland telegraph co. 3 in 1917 black & decker invented the familiar portable electric drill obtaining a patent for a hand held drill combining a pistol grip and trigger switch . 4 its logo a hexagon was used in one form or another from 1912 to 2014 ; it represents a hexagonal nut a universal fastener . 5 for many decades the director of design was glenn calvin wilhide a friend of walter gropius and other leading industrial designers of the day . wilhide filed many us patents for black & decker including granted in august 1941 the patent for a portable power driven tool unit usd129046 s which is the famous drill known today . 1917 received a patent for the pistol grip and trigger switch on its drill . the first factory was opened in towson ; the company is still headquartered there today . 1928 acquired van dorn electric tool company of cleveland ohio . 1936 common stock begins trading on the new york stock exchange . 1943 received the army navy e award for production one of four world war ii citations awarded to the company . 1949 first black & decker u.s. trademark awarded four years after filing in 1945 . 1960 acquired dewalt from american machine and foundry . 1975 francis p. lucier succeeded alonzo g. decker jr. as chairman of the board the first time a family member did not hold the post . 1984 acquired small appliance business from general electric company . 1986 nolan d. archibald is named chief executive officer . 1989 acquired emhart corporation which includes the brand names kwikset price pfister faucets molly wall anchors pop rivets true temper golf club shafts and other consumer and commercial products . inducted into the space foundation s space technology hall of fame for its cordless power tool achievements and contributions to nasa s gemini and apollo programs . 2000 alonzo g. decker jr. resigns from the board . 6 2010 black & decker merges with stanley works to become stanley black & decker . 7 brands edit black & decker the corporation is distinct from the black & decker brand ; more than one corporation uses the brand . in particular black & decker branded household products in the americas but outside of brazil are marketed by a division of spectrum brands a consumer products corporation based in madison wisconsin . in december 2012 spectrum brands also purchased black & decker s hardware and home improvement division . 8 dewalt porter cable delta machinery sold to chang type industrial devilbiss air power sold mat holdings kwikset sold to spectrum brands baldwin sold to spectrum brands weiser lock sold to spectrum brands price pfister sold to spectrum brands emhart teknologies oldham blades black and decker firestorm vector dustbuster references edit a b black & decker annual income sheet via wikinvest stanley and black & decker complete merger press release . stanley black & decker . 2010 03 12 . retrieved 2010 03 19 . somerville sean 1997 01 05 . alonzo g. decker he s still a company man founder s son alonzo g. decker jr. son of one of the founders of black & decker helped spark the do it yourself movement . as he approaches his 89th birthday he maintains his connection to the family business . the baltimore sun . retrieved 2014 01 22 . us patent 1 245 860 s. d. black & a. g. decker electrically driven tool issued 1917 11 06 black & decker 100 year anniversary site kelly jaques ; frederick n rasmussen 2002 03 23 . alonzo g. decker jr. 94 ; engineer power tool innovator . los angeles times . retrieved 2014 01 22 . stanley and black & decker complete merger . the street . http phx.corporate ir.net phoenix.zhtml c 75225 & p irol newsarticle & id 1767908 further reading edit black & decker 1989 competition commission report external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to black & decker . companies portal official website v t e stanley black & decker subsidiaries best lock corporation black & decker blackhawk bostitch craftsman tools dewalt husky kwikset mac tools niscayah porter cable proto sidchrome stanley hand tools people nolan d. archibald leonard bailey alonzo g. decker jr. frederick trent stanley products stanley odd jobs v t e power tool manufacturers altendorf apex tool group gardner denver bosch dremel hawera rotozip skil chang type industrial co. ltd. delta machinery emerson ridgid fein festool flex elektrowerkzeuge hilti hitachi metabo husqvarna mcculloch poulan ingersoll rand mafell makita dolmar mat holdings mat industries llc panasonic illinois tool works miller paslode sawstop stanley black & decker bostitch dewalt porter cable virax stihl viking techtronic industries aeg homelite milwaukee ryobi retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title black % 26 decker & oldid 733135132 categories stanley black & decker brandspower tool manufacturersamerican brandsmanufacturing companies based in marylandcompanies based in marylandhome improvement companiesmanufacturing companies established in 1910american companies established in 1910hidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages catal eestiespa ol fran ais italiano norsk bokm lpolskiportugu ssloven inasuomisvenskat rk e edit links this page was last modified on 5 august 2016 at 16 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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