Your Power Tools Got Worse on Purpose
15th May 2026
In 2005, a Hong Kong conglomerate bought Milwaukee for $626 million and poured money into it. In 2017, an American conglomerate bought Craftsman for $900 million and built a factory that couldn’t stamp its own name on a socket.
Same playbook. Opposite results. This is the story of what happened to every tool brand on the shelf.