DeWalt News

Casper · 2015-08-19T19:10:19+00:00

DeWALT Focuses on ?Made in the USA? DeWALT?s 1.2-million square foot facility that straddles the North/South Carolina border is now not only a distribution center, but also DeWALT?s fully functional Charlotte Manufacturing Operation, creating more than 350 new jobs. Craig Zielinski, director of manufacturing, says DeWALT has determined that it now can make cordless power tools affordably and well here in America. Plus, end users want American-made tools. Certain components of the tools are ?globally sourced,? because, Zielinski says, there simply aren?t stateside suppliers with the expertise for everything these days. DeWALT currently maintains manufacturing facilities in six states, with components and accessories coming from three states. Since opening the Charlotte assembly plant, aka ?Project Eagle,? the company has launched Project Eagle II, to add cordless tool manufacturing in Greenfield, Indiana. All told, DeWALT employs approximately 1,800 people stateside. ? Chris Marsha *Tools produced at the Charlotte facility include variations of 18-volt tools and 20V MAX* hammer drills, drill/drivers, impact drivers and recip saws. **DeWALT?s Charlotte facility has assembled 4 million cordless tools, built 2 million electric motors and driven around 45 million screws since kicking off in 2013.

Aug 19, 2015 63 Replies

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J. Clarke 10 years ago

Aww, and you were doing _such_ a good job of trolling.

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Markem 10 years ago

Assembled

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krw 10 years ago

I was about to say the same about you. But that's your MO, recently.

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krw 10 years ago

Then something is wrong with the GFCI. They are not circuit breakers (well, unless they are GFCI breakers ;-). Some are sensitive to harmonics (crappy waveforms) on the line, though. It's possible the charger was putting crap on the line, too.

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