industry manufacturing founded toronto ontario canada september 12 1912 ; 104 years ago 1912 09 12 founder alex gray headquarters brampton ontario 1 canada number of locations 2 key people gary nuttall president & ceo products professional hand tools tool storage custom tools number of employees 100 2011 divisions dynamic tools website www.graytools.com gray tools is a canadian professional tool company based in brampton ontario . founded in 1912 by alex gray gray tools is canada s largest professional tool manufacturing company with 4000 industrial products available . 2 history edit gray tools canada was founded in 1912 by alex gray as a machinery equipment supplier . 3 as the automobile industry was starting up gray began making automobile manufacturing tools and tool kits specific to the automobile companies in nearby detroit . citation needed in may 2012 president and owner alex gray iii sold the company to garry nuttall and frank dominguez . alex gray iii remains with the company as chairman . citation needed as of 2013 the company employed 60 people 4 at its head office in brampton ontario where all manufacturing is done . 5 company warehouses are located in brampton and edmonton alberta . 6 gray tools celebrated its 100th birthday by making a large donation of tools and equipment to local schools and by initiating the gray tools canada highest standard achievement award presented to a student with exceptional success in vocational education . 5 7 8 products edit the main focus at gray tools is the professional hand tool line . tool storage and organization is a subsidiary product line . a cheaper line of foreign made tools sold as dynamic are made to compete with the middle range tool marketplace . 3 references edit gray tools canada inc company information . canadian company capabilities gray tools canada inc. . . industry canada web site . a b bitti mary theresa . video gray tools twists what it means to go offshore . financial post 12 december 2003 . grant tavia . canada s labour pain 1.3 million jobless but not enough skills . globe and mail . retrieved 4 february 2016 . a b gray tools brightens school programs . brampton guardian 6 march 2013 . treble patricia . tool geeks only have eyes for grays . mclean s magazine 29 september 2012 . gray tools launches achievement award . woodworking . gray tools celebrates 100 years by giving back . . snap caledon . august 2012 . v t e hand tool manufacturers current dasco pro inc. apex tool group allen armstrong tools crescent diamond gearwrench k d tools lufkin nicholson plumb sata tools wiss xcelite bondhus buck bros. channellock cornwell tools digitool solutions disston saw works ega master eklind emerson ridgid empire level estwing felo few fiskars gerber gardner bender gedore gray tools dynamic tools hazet hans tools heyco ideal industries pratt read sk hand tools western forge klein tools knipex kukko leatherman lie nielsen toolworks lisle corporation lowell corporation matco tools martin tool & forge newell brands irwin lenox otc park tool pb swiss saltus sandvik senco snap on bahco cdi torque products williams stahlwille stanley black & decker blackhawk bostitch dewalt facom mac tools proto sidchrome stanley hand tools textron greenlee klauke paladin tools techtronic industries milwaukee thorsen manufacturing tom f teira toptul vaughan victorinox wenger wera tools wescott westward tools wiha tools witte tools wright tool historic coes wrench company easco hand tools forest city screwdriver and drill company goodell pratt hinsdale holtzapffel indestro mathieson mckaig hatch new britain machine company norris north brothers manufacturing company h. d. smith & co. utica tools bonney forge herbrand vlchek house brands ace hardware ace tools autozone duralast blain s farm and fleet duracraft canadian tire mastercraft the home depot husky lee valley veritas lowe s kobalt menards masterforce montgomery ward powrkraft sears craftsman retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gray tools & oldid 713284666 categories industrial tool manufacturerstool manufacturing companies of canadamanufacturing companies of canada1912 establishments in ontariocanadian brandshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2016 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 3 april 2016 at 02 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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