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Here at CHANNELLOCK®, we’re always striving for excellence. In fact, one of the guiding principles laid out 127 years ago by our founder, George B. DeArment, is that “dedication to excellence is the surest way to surmount adversity and to prosper.” By always keeping this idea in mind, we’ve built a successful American company around American-made pliers. It hasn’t been easy, but we do it because we know it’s important. When our customers recognize our hard work and dedication, it makes our work all the more satisfying. 

Here’s a letter one such satisfied customer sent to us recently that made our day and we just had to share:

Dear CHANNELLOCK®,

I received a gift card to Sears for Christmas. Usually I don’t shop at Sears because I’m an ardent supporter of the American worker and jobs, and Sears is now producing “Craftsman” hand tools that are made in China.  However, I needed to use the gift card because it was exclusively for Sears.

I love tools. I do all of my own home repairs, remodeling and general auto maintenance; so, any opportunity to buy a new tool just makes my day. As stated before, I only buy Made in America unless the tool is a non-China product. But again, I was limited to Sears.

Upon searching the aisles, I found and purchased a pair of your 8” needle nose pliers. The American flag on the packaging caught my eye, which lead to this purchase. My tool box contains several of your products: two pairs of Channellock slip pliers (one small and one large) and a pair of your 8” linemen pliers. Your products are well made and reasonably priced, but above all else they are made in America.

I hope your organization realizes that people do look for the Made in America label. The quality of a man’s tools speaks volumes about his work ethic. Hand tools are what built this country. I hope to one day pass my collection of hand tools, including yours, onto my son. I’ve taught him from the first time we worked on something to never skimp on tools. Good quality, fair priced tools don’t cost, they pay.

If you keep making them in America, I will keep buying them and spreading the word about how good your hand tools are. There is not one thing I have purchased from China that has met my satisfaction. Please tell your manufacturing employees that one American appreciates their skill and attention to detail.

J.W.S.

Kenley, NC

Thank you, J.W.S., for your appreciation and recognition.

Lynn Snyder

Marketing Services Manager

Channellock, Inc.

We’ve been forging some of the industry’s fiercest pliers for more than 127 years, so we thought it was time that we gave professionals, tradesmen and DIYers a new design choice: the E Series™.

The E Series™ is a line of combination, long and bent nose, and diagonal cutting pliers with an entirely new, sleeker design than our traditional pliers. But, don’t worry – the E Series™ is manufactured to the same quality standards as all CHANNELLOCK® pliers in Meadville, Pa., from North American high-carbon C1080 steel.

Each E Series™ plier includes the same quality features that generations of CHANNELLOCK® users have come to expect: knife-and-anvil cutting edges to ensure proper cutting edge alignment and clean cuts; cross-hatched jaws for improved grip; laser-heat treated cutting edges for extended durability; and a choice of CHANNELLOCK BLUE® comfort grips or CODE BLUE® grips for secure and comfortable gripping power.

An added benefit to each of the 18 new E Series™ pliers is the Xtreme Leverage Technology (XLT™), which positions the rivet closer to the plier head so that considerably less force is required to make clean, accurate cuts. These pliers were designed with precision and space limitations in mind, and we believe they will be ideal for machinists, aerospace technicians, engineers and auto mechanics, not to mention DIYers who are looking for pliers with a smaller profile for work around the house.

For more information on the new CHANNELLOCK® E Series™ or to order your own, visit www.channellock.com/e-series.aspx.

Lynn Snyder

Marketing Services Manager

Channellock Inc.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve highlighted some of the men and women that help keep this great nation running in our American Tradesmen Spotlight series. In the final installment, we are featuring those who are never truly off duty: first responders.

When people think of first responders, they often think of police officers and firefighters, but there are several other disciplines involved, too: emergency medical services, explosive ordinance disposal, hazardous material removal, and search and rescue, plus our brave men and women in the military. Each first responder puts the lives of others before their own, and it takes a special kind of person to serve with such selflessness. Currently, there are more than 3.3 million military service members and first responders and more than 750,000 volunteer firefighters in America. Every day, they go to work risking their lives to help keep our country safe and make sure we come home to our loved ones.

First responders truly live to serve their friends, families and neighbors. That’s why CHANNELLOCK® is honored to help them get their jobs done easier and when it matters most with our American-made pliers that have been field tested on the front lines. A few of our most popular tools for first responders are the Rescue Tools, including the #87 Rescue Tool, #88 Rescue Tool and the #89 Rescue Tool, as well as the 911 Cutting Plier, and the 368 High-Leverage Linemen’s Plier.

Thanks to all of you who are first responders from all the CHANNELLOCK® associates in Meadville, Pa.

Lynn Snyder

Marketing Services Manager

Channellock Inc.