Armstrong Tools - Company History & Lore
In this video we'll go over the history of the Armstrong Brothers Tool Company.
From their start in a bicycle shop in 1890, to their award winning lathe tool
holder, drop forged wrenches and other industrial tools, Armstrong remained
independent until the company was sold to Danaher in 1994. After the Apex and
Bain Capital mergers, Armstrong was killed off sometime after 2017.
Moar History:
https://wikimili.com/en/Armstrong_Tools
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=10756
http://alloy-artifacts.org/armstrong-bros.html
Armstrong Family PDF:
https://armstrong-tools.com/
Old Armstrong Bros Catalogs:
https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Armstrong+Brothers+Tool+Co.%22
2012 Armstrong Catalog:
http://www.billavista.com/tech/pdf_index/files/Tools/Armstrong%20Industrial%20Handtools%20-%202012%20Catalog.pdf
Armstrong-Bray Catalogs:
https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Armstrong-Bray+%26+Co.%22
Tool Holder Patent:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US492381A
1903 Cut-off Machine Article:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Railway_and_Locomotive_Engineering/w1FBAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=armstrong+brothers+tool+co&pg=PA290&printsec=frontcover
1905 Factory Announcement:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Iron_and_Machinery_World/uE8-AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=armstrong+brothers+tool+co&pg=RA23-PA17&printsec=frontcover
1916 Panama-Pacific Exposition Award:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Machinery/xdVMAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=armstrong+brothers+tool+co&pg=RA1-PA94&printsec=frontcover
John Armstrong Obituary 1923:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Machinist/Jw1n149vdLQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=armstrong+brothers+tool+co&pg=PA241&printsec=frontcover
1926 Industrial Marketing Article (refusing WWI war contracts)
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Class_Industrial_Marketing/uQQXAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=armstrong+brothers+tool+co&pg=RA2-PA56&printsec=frontcover
1927 Vanadium Line Announcement:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sanitary_Heating_Engineering/r9ZCvrGCSNUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=armstrong+brothers+tool+co&pg=PA572&printsec=frontcover
1928 Armstrong-Bray Announcement:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Manufacturers_News/7zep_uFKWGsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=armstrong
1928 Blackhawk Joint Venture Announcement:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Motor_Record/SYPtbDj8BFUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=armstrong+brothers+tool+co&pg=RA5-PA49&printsec=frontcover
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Good_Hardware/U5PQku3uEfEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=blackhawk-armstrong&pg=RA5-PA95&printsec=frontcover
Paul Amstrong Obituary 1928:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hardware_Age/LZgTAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=armstrong+brothers+tool+co&pg=RA4-PA55&printsec=frontcover
2014 Springdale Plant Closure:
https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2014/aug/08/springdale-to-lose-250-jobs-at-apex-too/
https://talkbusiness.net/2014/08/apex-moving-springdale-operations-to-south-carolina-250-jobs-lost/
2014 Garland Plant Closure:
https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2015/02/09/apex-tool-group-will-cut-261-jobs-close-garland.html
2017 Sumpter Factory Layoffs:
https://www.thestate.com/news/business/article126068444.html
https://wach.com/news/local/apex-tool-in-sumter-to-layoff-170-employees-by-the-spring
Old Chicago Maps:
https://chicagoinmaps.com/historicmaps.html
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:15 Early Days
01:30 Innovations
02:23 Joint Ventures
03:24 Trademarks
03:48 Mid Century Rise & Expansion
04:58 Danaher Buyout
05:44 Bain Capital & Downfall
06:48 Outro
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