thomas briggs headquarters east greenwich rhode island products fastening tools parent stanley black & decker website www.bostitch.com stanley bostitch previously and more commonly known as simply bostitch is an american company that specializes in the design and manufacture of fastening tools such as staplers staple guns nailers riveters and glue guns and fasteners such as nails screws and staples . its product range covers home office construction and industrial use . 1 the company developed a number of improvements to what would become the modern desk stapler . it is a subsidiary of stanley black & decker . in 2013 stanley black & decker began selling tradesman s power tools and mechanic s hand tools and pneumatic tools under the bostitch brand at wal mart stores and online distributors . 2 3 history edit bostitch was founded in arlington massachusetts in 1896 by thomas briggs as the boston wire stitcher company . briggs had invented a machine that stitched books from a coil of wire . the company began manufacturing various other kinds of staplers for industrial use . 4 it largely focused on commercial stitching machines . however in 1914 the company introduced its first portable stapling machine the model ao 5 considered an ancestor of the modern desk stapler . 6 in 1922 the company introduced the first stapler to use modern style cohered strip staples the bostitch no. 1 . 7 this was a revolutionary design because it was inexpensive and reliable . 8 during world war ii the company joined five other firms to form the new england small arms corporation for manufacture of m1918 browning automatic rifles . 9 in 1948 the company officially changed its name to bostitch a portmanteau of boston and stitch . in 1957 the company moved to its current location in east greenwich rhode island . in 1966 textron purchased the company 10 and in 1986 stanley works acquired the company from textron . 11 references edit stanley bostitch . about bostitch . retrieved 2010 01 25 . deutsch stuart 2013 08 22 . coming soon bostitch power tools . toolguyd . retrieved 2014 01 25 . deutsch stuart 2013 08 28 . coming soon bostitch mechanics & automotive air tools . toolguyd . retrieved 2014 01 25 . stanley bostitch . history . retrieved 2010 01 25 . us 1119093 wohleber curt summer 2002 . the stapler . american heritage . retrieved 2010 01 25 . us 1506073 bostitch staplers . the antique stapler collector s web site . retrieved 2010 01 25 . canfield bruce n. american rifleman march 2008 pp. 35 36 brogan jan 1985 08 30 . textron plans to sell bostitch 2 other units in debt cutting move . the providence journal . retrieved 2010 01 25 . textron has agreed to sell its bostitch division . . los angeles times . 1986 01 28 . retrieved 2010 01 25 . external links edit official website bostitch office products 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 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