Tools of the Trade articles

Recent articles from Tools of the Trade

eBay.(TOOLSworthy: NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE CONSTRUCTION WORLD.)
November 1, 2005... eBay is making it easier to buy and sell heavy equipment on its online auction site with the Freight Resource Center, which allows users to compare rates and book pickups.

Habitat for Humanity.(TOOLSworthy: NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE CONSTRUCTION WORLD.)
November 1, 2005... Habitat for Humanity has launched "Operation Home Delivery," a three-phase response to provide assistance and rebuilding in New Orleans and other areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina. For more information on this and other outreach efforts, see page 19.

The Stanley Works has entered an agreement to purchase hardware manufacturer National Mfg. Co.(TOOLSworthy: NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE CONSTRUCTION WORLD.)
November 1, 2005... The Stanley Works has entered an agreement to purchase hardware manufacturer National Mfg. Co. This follows Stanley's announcement that it has made an offer to purchase Facom Tools, a European maker of hand and mechanics tools.

Werner Ladder Co.(TOOLSworthy: NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE CONSTRUCTION WORLD.)
November 1, 2005... Former Bosch president Steve Richman has been named CEO of Werner Ladder Co.

The long haul.(Editor's Note)
November 1, 2005... Once again, everyone was glued to the television watching with horror something that always happens to other people, somewhere else in the world; everyone, of course, except those actually fleeing from our Gulf Coast states and what was left of their lives there. "Somewhere else" feels a...