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[โ€“] youngalfred@lemm.ee 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[โ€“] Phytobus@lemm.ee 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

TLDR: out of all of these the only real european companies are:

  • Bosch (group)
  • TTS tooltechnic systems (group)
  • Fein (independent)
  • Hilti (independent)

And makita from Japan and one of the only independent manufacturers left, as well as Fein and Hilti.

[โ€“] Thorgrem@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Einhell (also own Ozito) is also on its own, headquartered in Germany. Mostly made in China. But they are moving battery production to Hungary. Also planning to build tools in other Asian countries to be less dependent on China.

Metabo and Hikoki are also a company. Don't know if its based in Japan.

[โ€“] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

For some reason, I always thought Ryobi was Japanese.

Guess Iโ€™m switching to Bosch.

[โ€“] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ryobi tools was japanense that was purchase by a hong kong company in the early 2000's... they also own Milwaukee.

[โ€“] apostrofail@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

in the early 2000s*

[โ€“] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Hikoki (formerly Hitachi) is Japanese.

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks, added to the OP