founded 1906 in syracuse new york founder r.e. porter g.g. porter f.e. cable headquarters jackson tennessee key people art emmons products power tools pneumatic tools parent stanley black & decker website portercable.com porter cable is an american company that manufactures power tools . the company is known for introducing a number of noteworthy power tools such as the first portable belt sander helical drive circular saw and portable band saw . it is a subsidiary of stanley black & decker . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit porter cable was founded in 1906 by r.e. porter g.g. porter and f.e. cable who starting with a 2 300 investment opened a jobbing machine and tool shop out of their garage in syracuse new york . in 1914 the company began to focus on power tools starting with a line of power lathes . in 1917 the company bought a plant on north salina street in syracuse . in 1926 chief engineer art emmons invented the portable electric belt sander called the take about sander and the company began to develop a niche in portable electric power tools . in 1929 emmons invented the helical drive circular saw a compact lightweight design that is still the most widely used circular saw design produced today . in 1960 the company was sold to rockwell international . rockwell made numerous changes including phasing out the porter cable name relocating the company s base of operations to jackson tennessee and creating a lower end of power tools to compete with black & decker . these tools had numerous reliability problems and harmed the brand s image . porter cable nail gun in use in 1981 pentair inc. acquired rockwell s power tool group consisting of porter cable and delta machinery and restored the porter cable name . the company repositioned itself as a manufacturer of professional power tools and ended production of consumer level tools . in 1989 the company introduced the first electric random orbital sander . around this time the company expanded into broader retail channels including the home depot and lowe s greatly expanding its production in the process . in 1996 the smithsonian institution established a collection of materials from the company s 90 year history the first such collection for a power tool company . in 2000 porter cable consolidated with sister company delta machinery the latter moving its headquarters and distribution center from pittsburgh pennsylvania to jackson . the same year pentair acquired devilbiss air power company and in 2002 porter cable expanded its line up to include air compressors air tools generators and pressure washers . in october 2004 the pentair tools group comprising porter cable delta machinery devilbiss air power and others was purchased by black & decker now stanley black & decker . porter cable is headquartered in jackson tennessee . manufacturing in the united states has mostly ceased ; tools are now made primarily in mexico and china citation needed . see also edit delta machinery devilbiss air power company references edit history . delta machinery porter cable web site . retrieved december 10 2009 . berger matt . dick jarmon ultimate tool collector . fine woodworking . january 8 2008 . hicks jennifer . tool collector is porter cable s top fan . woodshop news . october 2007 . external links edit delta machinery porter cable web site dewalt servicenet parts and service site vintage power tools to smithsonian popular mechanics article from december 1997 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 porter cable & oldid 671438883 categories companies established in 1906companies based in tennesseewoodworking hand held power toolspower tool manufacturerspneumatic tool manufacturersamerican brandsstanley black & decker brandshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2015 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 sloven ina edit links this page was last modified on 14 july 2015 at 18 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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