Delta Machinery
US brand of woodworking tools
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. 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 and re-branded Delta Machinery.
In 2004, Pentair's Tools group was acquired by Black & Decker.
Current ownership
In January, 2011, Taiwan-based Chang Type Industrial Co., Ltd. purchased the Delta brand from Stanley Black & Decker.
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