Groggy
18th January 2011, 08:36 PM
Got this in the mail today
Stanley Black & Decker is bidding goodbye to Delta Tools, selling the brand to a Taiwanese company.
Not much more detail than that. Anyone buying may wish to consider warranty and spares.
Mr Brush
18th January 2011, 09:55 PM
B&D have run the Delta brand into the ground....hopefully it can rise again under new ownership.
lesmeyer
18th January 2011, 11:17 PM
Hopefully the new company can restore the brand as said above. We will most likely see the tools back in Aus again as the Chinese companies tend to not ignore us.
Les
r3nov8or
27th January 2011, 03:36 PM
...it does take ahwile to restore faith in brands that have been driven down in quality. Hopefully it comes good - always great to have more choice
A Duke
27th January 2011, 04:03 PM
There was quite a bit on this in yesterday's edition of Woodworker's Journal's eZine. Seemly even though it is Taiwanese company they intend to manufacture a lot in the States an concentrate on their traditional core of fixed (as in bolted down not repaired) machines at an affordable price.