Company type | Privately owned |
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Industry | Manufacturing |
Founded | 1916 in Chicago, Illinois |
Founder | J. Walter Becker |
Headquarters | Sycamore, Illinois |
Key people | |
Products | Connectors, hand tools, testers, meters |
Number of employees | 1,225[1] |
Website | www.idealindustries.com |
Ideal Industries is an American company that produces connectors, hand tools, testers, and meters for the electrical and telecommunications industries.[2]
The company manufactures many of its products in the United States.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]