Sidchrome

Sidchrome
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1931 in Collingwood, Victoria
Founder	Royston Siddons
Headquarters	Heidelberg West, Victoria
Products	Hand tools
Parent	Stanley Black & Decker
Website	www.sidchrome.com.au

Sidchrome is an Australian brand of mechanics' tools. It is a subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker.

History

The brand emerged when Royston Siddons' Siddons Drop Forgings Pty Ltd turned to tool making to fill post-war shortages after World War II. Original production of Sidchrome tools in Australia was in the Brunswick area in the city of Melbourne, Victoria.

The Sidchrome brand built its reputation with high quality products. Sidchrome until 1996 were manufactured in Australia, but since being acquired by The Stanley Works (named Stanley Black & Decker since 2010) production is now undertaken in Taiwan.

Racing

Sidchrome sponsored several Australian and New Zealand racing drivers in the 1970s, notably New Zealand and Australian saloon champion Jim Richards.

Present

Sidchrome is still a top-selling automotive tool brand in Australia and New Zealand and currently (2007) sponsors the Most Improved Award in Australia's V8 Supercar Championship series.

External links

Stanley Black & Decker

Subsidiaries	Best Lock Corporation Black & Decker Blackhawk Bostitch Craftsman (tools) DeWalt Husky Kwikset Mac Tools Niscayah Porter-Cable Proto Sidchrome Stanley Hand Tools

People	Nolan D. Archibald Leonard Bailey Alonzo G. Decker, Jr. Frederick Trent Stanley

Products	Stanley Odd Jobs

Hand tool manufacturers

Current	DASCO PRO, INC. Apex Tool Group Allen Armstrong Tools Crescent Diamond GearWrench K-D Tools Lufkin Nicholson Plumb SATA Tools Wiss Xcelite Bondhus Buck Bros. Channellock Cornwell Tools Digitool Solutions Disston Saw Works EGA Master Eklind Emerson Ridgid Empire Level Estwing Felo FEW Fiskars Gerber Gardner Bender Gedore Gray Tools Dynamic Tools Hazet Hans tools Heyco Ideal Industries Pratt-Read SK Hand Tools Western Forge Klein Tools Knipex KUKKO Leatherman Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Lisle Corporation Lowell Corporation Matco Tools Martin Tool & Forge Newell Brands Irwin Lenox OTC Park Tool PB Swiss Tools Saltus Sandvik Senco Snap-on Bahco CDI Torque Products Williams Stahlwille Stanley Black & Decker Blackhawk Bostitch DeWalt Facom Mac Tools Proto Sidchrome Stanley Hand Tools Textron Greenlee Klauke Paladin Tools Techtronic Industries Milwaukee Thorsen Manufacturing Tomé Fèteira Toptul Vaughan Victorinox Wenger Wera Tools Wescott Westward Tools Wiha Tools Witte Tools Wright Tool

Historic	Coes Wrench Company Easco Hand Tools Forest City Screwdriver and Drill Company Goodell-Pratt Hinsdale Holtzapffel Indestro Mathieson McKaig-Hatch New Britain Machine Company Norris North Brothers Manufacturing Company Preston H. D. Smith & Co. Utica Tools Bonney Forge Herbrand Vlchek

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