Great - another good tool manufacturer down the toilet.

Brian


"BigDog" wrote in message
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I received this in my email.



To all Milwaukee Heavy Duty Club Members:

We have great news to share!

Milwaukee Electric Tool is being acquired by Techtronic Industries Co.
Ltd.
(TTI), the world's fastest growing power tool manufacturer. Although
you
may not have heard about TTI, you're probably familiar with some of the
brand name products owned by TTI, like Ryobi power tools, Homelite
outdoor
power equipment and Royal and Dirt Devil vacuum cleaners and floor care
appliances.

Joining forces with TTI will allow us to share TTI's research and
development facilities. That means we'll have even more engineering and
manufacturing expertise to draw on in order to produce the innovative
products that you've come to expect from Milwaukee.

We currently employ more than 2,000 people and have four manufacturing
plants in Wisconsin, Mississippi and Arkansas, making Milwaukee the only
power tool manufacturer with the majority of its tool production in the
U.S. Our team will now join forces with TTI North America, which employs
1,
800 people in Ohio and South Carolina.

Our products will continue to carry the familiar Milwaukee brand and
you'll
be able to buy the tools and accessories you need from your favorite
retailer or distributor.

At Milwaukee, we're proud of our 80 years of dedicated service to
professional power tool users. The product and service levels that you've
come to expect from Milwaukee will be the same - if not better - in the
years ahead. As we begin this next chapter, we thank you for your
continued
support and invite you to keep sending us ideas on how to make Milwaukee
power tools and accessories even better.

We fully expect to become a stronger company as a result of this
acquisition. This should translate into even more high-quality,
innovative
power tool and accessory systems from Milwaukee.

Thank you for owning and using Milwaukee Electric power tools.

Sincerely,

Dan Perry, President
Milwaukee Electric Tool




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