Milwaukee Drill Made In China

puck11

i just recently purchased a 1/2 "corded milwaukee keyless chuck drill and could not believe it said made in china ,almost all my tools are milwaukee when did milwaukee move to china ?

kenhill3

Along with all the rest. Yeah, it's kind of shocking in a way, but no surprise nonetheless. I have even seen Hilti tools that are made in China. But frankly, anymore, there is a fair amount of decent quality coming out of China, AND a tremendous amount of crap.

Still, glad to have my 'Made in USA' Sawzall, along with the metal case. Last couple years it has been sad to see Milwaukee go for the consumer/the money, whereas it truly was a high quality professional's tool back in the day. RIP Milwaukee.

ChillaWatt

It should say assembled in China. They have cheaper labor there. It's still designed and engineered in the good ole USA.

thom

Milwaukee tools ain't Milwaukee tools anymore, they're Ryobi. Actually the company that owns Ryobi and Rigid (the power tools) bought Milwaukee a couple years ago. That company (I think it's IIT) is headquartered in Hong Kong, China. So yes, Milwaukee is now a Chinese company.

22rifle

They are not Ryobi. That's an ignorant statement by a smart guy.

mickeyco

Chinese products suck, some of them are a little better than they used to be but it is all a bunch of crap. It's hard to explain the mentality they have there, it's very different. If they have a batch of bad steel, instead of scrapping it they'll use it and cross their fingers. You have seen similar with children's toys with lead paint and other hazards. Their bearings suck and the tolerances where it's important are crap as well. A Chinese made Milwaukee drill will never last as long as the American made ones, just look at Levi's jeans, they're crap now. The price this country is paying for cheap Chinese goods is unbelievable, from the loss of American jobs to the high price of gasoline. The Chinese companies will take big losses till they put American companies out of business. I personally will go out of my way and pay twice the price to avoid Chinese products.


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neolitic

Last time I drove past the plant
(Jan. ?) there were still a bunch of
cars in the lot.
Must still make something there?

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puck11

title says it all ,glad i dont have kids ,i loved milwaukee didnt think they were sellouts guess i was wrong .this **** pisses me off , i wear carhartt ,red wing boots and drive a chevy truck ,born and bred in historic massachusetts

stp57

HD has been selling Milwaukee's 71/4 tilt lock for $99 for a month now. I don't care where that is made, it is a heck of a saw for $130 & especially at $99.
Steve

neolitic

From the Milwaukee web site:

Milwaukee is headquartered in Brookfield, Wisconsin, which is also home to research, new product development, manufacturing support, marketing, sales and information systems. It has modern production facilities in Greenwood, Jackson and Kosciusko, Mississippi; Blytheville, Arkansas.

Milwaukee’s power tool and accessories are also manufactured to its exacting standards in modern facilities in Europe and throughout the world. In 2001, the Milwaukee brand was launched in Australia by Milwaukee’s sister company AEG, located in Winnenden, Germany and was re-launched in Europe and the rest of the world in 2002. The company employs over 2,000 people serving customers globally

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mickeyco

I like how they left off China, that must be the throughout the world part.





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neolitic

It does sound like at least some of
their stuff is still made here though.
Like I said, looked like something
was still going on last time I drove
through Milwaukee.

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TheKat_D

Tectronic Industries is a Chinese company with its North American Headquarteres located in Anderson, SC. The own the selling rights to Ryobi, Rigid Power Tools and Milwaukee Power tools. They also own Dirt Devel and Craftsman tools as well. They are all seperate companies, with different headquarters that operate under the same umbrella. And while the other "American" companies are cutting jobs and lying to shareholders, TTI is actually hiring more people than ever and dumping its' profits into research and development of new products The lion share of Milwaukee Tools are still manufactured here in the US including the Milwaukee invented Sawzall. The newer cordless stuff is manufcatured overseas and Canada. Unfortunately, it just impossible to compete with the labor costs from China. Don't think there is some Chinese guy sitting on a pile of US money. TTI is actually owned by a German guy.

jiffy

TTI is owned by share holders since they are a publicly traded company. Share holders want profits and that is why every manufacturer has products made globally. You would be hard up to find anything made entirely from U.S. products. The material, labor, assembly, etc. one will probably be foreign.

22rifle

Easy guys... lay off the truth telling... kinda makes it hard for the knee jerkers you know... LOL

BigLou80

And just keep thinking like that and buying cheap crap all the way to the un employment line

BrianG

Be sure to read the tag on your carhartts and red wings though... They still have many items that are union made in the US, but many are made in mexico or "around the world". Red Wing's "worx" series is made "internationally," i.e. China.

Even starrett has a few tools in the "global" series. But for now those are a tiny few of their whole line.

Joining_heads

If it is a Redwing it is made in Redwing MN. Only the other-redwing owned brands- are made in china ( except for Irish setter IIRC).

toolman22

It sucks but that is the way the market is headed

TimNJ

I know a guy at HD who told me HD was buying Milwaukee.
I thought HD already bought Rigid.