Dewalt Tools Country Of Manufacture

samthedog

I just bought a dewalt recip saw and it does not say made in Mexico. It has a reference to Germany instead. Are all DeWalt tools made in Mexico or do they have factories in Germany??

MR.WRENCH

if it say made in Germany then the answer to your question is yes, they have factories in Germany.

samthedog

It does not say it but I assume it is as it has no 'made in Mexico' markings. A bit of a relief really as I have a thing about stuff being made in the cheapest possible country.

neolitic

Errr, if it's new and it doesn't say made
in Mexico....
it's probably made in China.

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Joining_heads

Mexico is where most dewalts are made. The 745 at work said china IIRC

Chris G

You mean it's arrogant and humourless? What do you mean by reference?

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TempestV

not necessarily- my husky levels were made in Israel.

neolitic

The DeWalt,Delta,PC,B&D merger
takeover....
They packed a lot of their machinery
off to Mexico, lots more to China.

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troubleseeker

What do you mean a "reference" to Germany? With the direction (steadily down) of the quality that most Dewalt stufff seems to be headed, I doubt they are manufacturing stuff in Germany.

neolitic

Wadayano....
DeWalt does own a Kraut tool
company, ELU.
Whodathunk?

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Joining_heads

Yeah, for the routers. I dont think they make those in germany anymore. Gone to mexico.

samthedog

Here is a picture of the label. No place of manufacture, just the reference to Germany.

neolitic

Idstein is where the German
Black & Decker/DeWalt plant is.

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samthedog

So I am guessing it is manufactured in Germany then? Like i said, tools here are more expensive than the US and if they are made in Germany this would explain why.

neolitic

Could be.
Don't doubt that at least those
230V motors come off a separate
line from our 110's.

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troubleseeker

Interesting. Will have to keep an eye out for the German labels. Hopefully it is an improvement over wherever they have been manufacturing the last few years. Their quality has been in a steady decline IMO. Seems like the same thing is eatng them that did in the old quality B & D stuff. Just can't resist cheapening the product to get more consumer market, until eventually the trade abanbons the name.

Joining_heads

Thats just a reference to where the product is sold (mailiing, etc..). All Dewalt tools sold here in the US say "DEWALT USA" on them but on another of the foils it will say "made in mexico" in a smaller font.

I noticed this today at lowes.

samthedog

There is no other foil on the tool. It only has this tag with no reference to Mexico at all. I can't find any other info the net about them. I might actually ring dewalt directly and ask them.

Joining_heads

You guys are lucky then

isaac castlle

Why worry if Dewalt tools are made in mexico? I've been in a lot of tools and more factories in mexico and they do better products than we do, lot of technologies and professional workmanship and enginners, actually u.s. citizen people work there and don't want to go back to work in u.s., thats the true, i am mechanical enginner and i tell us, they do excellent tools. buy "made in mexico"/
Thanx