Black & Decker Logo — Black & Decker is a company based in Towson, Maryland, USA, known for its power tools and appliances. It was founded in 1910 by Samuel Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker as a small shop in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1917, Black & Decker invented a drill portable electric. The history of Black & Decker began in 1910, the city of Baltimore in the United States, Samuel Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker joined forces to establish a machinery company.

In 1916, the Black & Decker launched the first portable air compressor called “lectroflator.” Then it launched the first electric drill electric portable ¼ “with universal motor pistol grip and trigger switch, which revolutionized the market. In the year 1917 the two young men opened a factory in the town of Towson, in the state of Maryland. From there, the company’s growth has been staggering. In the year 1923, introduced the first electric drill with full support arm, a popular price.

Two years later, innovating methods existing business, the company outfitted a bus with a small classroom for demonstration of Black & Decker products. And in 1929, prepared a plane — also a classroom — in the air for demonstrations of power tools used in the reconditioning of radial engines for aircraft. With the onset of World War II, from 1941, Black & Decker began to manufacture weapons for the group of allies. Soon after the conflict, when it appeared in the United States the wave of “do it yourself”, the company launched the first line of drills and accessories for this market. Drills and became popular in 1951 the company reached a record one million drills sold. But Black & Decker does not live only in history. Each year new products are marketed.

In the year 1963 were placed on the market the first drilling industry with complete isolation and the following year, the company developed the Gemini Project, a cordless drill to be used in flight conditions outside the action of gravity. In 1965 Black & Decker had its industrial line expanded and began producing tools in air. In 1966 the world knows the first lawn mowers electric. Improving its technology, Black & Decker participated once again in 1968, a space program, building this time a drill moon for the Apollo project. After more than 90 years since its founding, the company, with over 17 factories located in different countries, produces 550 products and more than 2,600 different types of accessories. Today, with a staff of more than 25,000 employees, Black & Decker is a market leader in power tools.

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