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Ideal Industries is an American company that produces connectors, hand tools, testers, and meters for the electrical and telecommunications industries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Us )〕 The company manufactures many of its products in the United States. It also owns Western Forge and Pratt-Read, the largest– and second-largest American-made producers of screwdrivers respectively at the time of their acquisitions. It is a competitor to Klein Tools, and its tools are sold at Lowe's and Ace Hardware stores as well as many independent distributors. == History == Ideal was founded in 1916 by J. Walter Becker as the Ideal Commutator Dresser Company in Chicago, Illinois, manufacturing commutator dresser stones.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Company History )〕 In 1924, Becker relocated the company to its current location in Sycamore, Illinois.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Recruiting brochure )〕 By 1949, it had become the United States' leading producer of wire nuts. In 2010, Ideal acquired three American hand tool manufacturers: Western Forge in January, Pratt-Read in March, and SK Hand Tools in August. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ideal Industries」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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