Delta Power Equipment Corp. designs, manufactures and distributes power woodworking tools under the Delta Machinery brand.
History
Delta traces its roots to the Delta Specialty Company founded by Herbert Tautz in 1919 in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...
. Based at first in Tautz' garage, Delta Specialty Company thrived, first making small tools for home shops and later expanding into light industrial machinery.
In 1945,
Rockwell Manufacturing Company acquired Delta Machinery and renamed it the Delta Power Tool Division of Rockwell Manufacturing Company and continued to manufacture in Milwaukee.
In 1966, Rockwell invented the world's first power miter saw.
In 1981, Rockwell's power tool group was acquired by
Pentair
Pentair plc (PNR) is an American water treatment company incorporated in Ireland with tax residency in UK, with its main U.S. office in Golden Valley, Minnesota. Pentair was founded in the US, with 65% of company's revenue coming from the US a ...
and re-branded Delta Machinery.
In 2004, Pentair's Tools group was acquired by
Black & Decker
Black+Decker Inc. is an American manufacturer of power tools, accessories, hardware, home improvement products, home appliances and fastening systems headquartered in Towson, Maryland, north of Baltimore, Maryland, USA, where the company was o ...
.
Current ownership
In January, 2011, Taiwan-based Chang Type Industrial Co., Ltd. purchased the Delta brand from
Stanley Black & Decker. Chang Type formed a wholly owned subsidiary, Delta Power Equipment Corp. to own the acquired assets including trademarks, designs and industrial tooling. Chang Type is moving Delta's production tooling from a Stanley Black & Decker owned facility in
Jackson, Tennessee
Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Tennessee, United States. Located east of Memphis, it is a regional center of trade for West Tennessee. Its total population was 68,205 as of the 2020 United States census.
Jackson ...
to a facility in
Anderson County, South Carolina. Most recently, Delta has purchased an improved facility in Spartanburg, SC and has moved all operations to this location.
References
*
*
*
*
External links
Delta official websiteDelta history at Vintage MachineryDewalt Random Orbit Sander{{Power tool manufacturers
Power tool manufacturers
Manufacturing companies established in 1919
1945 mergers and acquisitions
1981 mergers and acquisitions
2004 mergers and acquisitions
2011 mergers and acquisitions
Tool manufacturing companies of the United States