"A NAME THAT MEANS SOMETHING, SINCE 1924"
100 YEARS OF BUILDING THE FUTURE
For 100 years, the DEWALT name has stood for quality, endurance and professionalism, earning respect and loyalty among the people and businesses who work with us. It's been a 100 years of ambition, achievement and sheer hard work, and this is just the beginning.
Today, we're more committed than ever to innovation, performance and safety, empowering pros with superior full trade solutions, backed by a century of hard-won experience, on every project and in every trade around the world.
When we put the DEWALT name on something, it's a commitment to get the job done right. It's the mark we've left over 100 years of helping the world-builders build the modern world.
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES
FOR THE PROS
DEWALT has been on the jobsite from day one, empowering pros to work smarter, safer, faster and better from our earliest innovations to today’s total trade solutions.
INNOVATION
We've been breaking new ground since Raymond DeWalt filed his first patent in 1923. And we're still innovating today, winning the Pro Tool Innovation awards for the last 3 years in a row.
PERFORMANCE
Our pros need products that perform at their best every single day. How do we know? Because we listen – from the first pro testimonials back in 1926, to the DEWALT Powering the Future survey in 2022.
SAFETY
Since DEWALT Wagon Works opened its doors in 1910, we've putsafety at the core of our business and all our products. We're at the forefront of accident prevention, and that will never change.
EDUCATION
Raymond DeWalt believed that life-long learning was the key to personal and commercial success. Today, we continue his mission through programs like DEWALT Grow the Trades.
THE DEWALT STORY:
100 YEARS OF INNOVATION
Our hundred-year story started with one man: Raymond DeWalt, inventor, machine shop educator, innovator and entrepreneur – the original pro. To mark our centenary, we invited historians into our company archives to help us tell his story and ours. Here are some of the highlights.
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FOR THE PROS
DEWALT has been on the jobsite from day one, empowering pros to work smarter, safer, faster and better from our earliest innovations to today’s total trade solutions.
INNOVATION
We've been breaking new ground since Raymond DeWalt filed his first patent in 1923. And we're still innovating today, winning the Pro Tool Innovation awards for the last 3 years in a row.
PERFORMANCE
Our pros need products that perform at their best every single day. How do we know? Because we listen – from the first pro testimonials back in 1926, to the DEWALT Powering the Future survey in 2022.
SAFETY
Since DEWALT Wagon Works opened its doors in 1910, we've put safety at the core of our business and all our products. We're at the forefront of accident prevention, and that will never change.
EDUCATION
Raymond DeWalt believed that life-long learning was the key to personal and commercial success. Today, we continue his mission through programs like DEWALT Grow the Trades.