Cornwell Tools

Cornwell Quality Tools

Type	Private
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1919 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Headquarters	Wadsworth, Ohio
Products	Professional hand tools
Website	www.cornwelltools.com

Cornwell Tools manufactures tools for the automotive and aviation industries.^[1] The company is based in Wadsworth, Ohio. Cornwell produces most of their own hand tools such as Socket wrenchratchets, sockets, wrenches, pry bars, and chisels at their Albion, Pennsylvania foundry and Mogadore, Ohio machining plants. They also carry allied air, electric, and diagnostic tools, with quality considered to be on par with USA made Craftsman, Mac, Matco, and other professional tool manufacturers. They also carry a lifetime warranty on all hand tools.^[2]

The company was founded in 1919 by Eugene Cornwell, a blacksmith from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Cornwell is the only privately owned mobile tool distribution business in the U.S.^[3]

Cornwell Tools are sold by local tool distributors who own a territory by means of a franchise.^[4] The franchise owner drives to the work locations of potential customers, and typically offers financing to individuals buying their tools. Cornwell trucks are white with large blue and black Cornwell Ironman logos on their sides.

Cornwell was sued for fraud in a class action lawsuit by 8 former Cornwell Dealers in Bacharach v.Cornwell Quality Tool Co.^[5]

The Better Business Bureau of Akron Ohio where Cornwell Quality Tool Co. is headquartered gives the company an A- Grade (as of Jan 2015).^[6]

The US Small Business Administration lists the Franchise operators of Cornwell Tool, Matco, and MAC having SBA loan failures in excess of 30% as of Dec, 2014.

References

↑ Detail: cornwelltools.com
↑ Ciulla, Vincent. "Tools, Part 1". About.com. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
↑ Cornwell Tools. "About Cornwell Tools". Retrieved 2008-10-18.
↑ Franchising Info
↑ http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/docs/pdf/9/2011/2011-ohio-2498.pdf
↑ http://www.bbb.org/akron/business-reviews/wholesalers-and-distributors/cornwell-quality-tools-company-in-wadsworth-oh-32000081

External links

Cornwell Tools website

Hand tool manufacturers

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