Feb 2 2007
In direct response to customer requests, Greenlee, a Textron Inc. company, today announced a professional line of hand tools consisting of more than 100 different custom-designed products for electrical contractors, utility workers and general contractors. This new line significantly expands Greenlee's breadth of products, and offers customers many options for making their work faster, safer and easier.
"For more than 145 years, Greenlee has been recognized as a market leader and we've always worked hard to extend our product lines in ways customers will benefit," said J. Scott Hall, Greenlee president. "We developed this comprehensive line as a natural extension to Greenlee's existing offering of hand tools and related products. This launch was a direct response to what our customers, both end-users and distributors, have been requesting from Greenlee. In addition, the product design of the line makes it appealing to all generations who have been looking for ergonomically updated tools."
"The extension to Greenlee's product line is yet another example of Textron's focus on the customer," said Textron Senior Vice President, International and Marketing, R. Siisi Adu-Gyamfi. "By actively engaging our customers in the product definition and design process, we are able to use their feedback to improve the total customer experience, and in improving the way the Greenlee customer works everyday."
The comprehensive assortment of professional hand tools features custom-designed high-quality pliers, saws, screwdrivers, wrenches, insulated drivers, tool bags, accessories, tool kits and more, all bearing the Greenlee name. All Greenlee hand tools are ergonomically designed for comfort and manufactured to stand up to the rigorous, heavy-duty requirements of those customers who use them on jobsites on a daily basis.
The new product line is available today through authorized Greenlee distributors. Products in the hand tool line also are supported with Greenlee's Lifetime Limited Warranty policy.