Newsroom

Welcome to the Apex Tool Group newsroom. Here you will find our latest corporate news as well as news announcements from our various hand tool and power tool brands.

If you are a member of the media and have questions for a story you are working on or would like to schedule an interview, please contact Robin Sutton, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, Robin.Sutton@apextoolgroup.com | 980-209-8697 or Paul Gangarossa at Paul_gangarossa@dixonschwabl.com | 585-899-3258.

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ATG Wins Ace Hardware 2016 Vendor of the Year

Monday, April 3, 2017

SPARKS, Maryland - 04/03/2017 - Apex Tool Group has been named one of only ten 2016 “Vendors of the Year” by Ace Hardware, winning this honor out of 2,000+ suppliers to Ace, a 4,600-store retailer-owned worldwide hardware cooperative.  Apex Tool Group (ATG) was awarded top performer in Ace’…

ATG Honored for 50 Years as First Torx® Drive System Licensee

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

SPARKS, MD 02/28/17 --- On February 22, Apex Tool Group was honored for a milestone achievement: the 50th anniversary of our Torx® drive tooling licensing relationship with Acument Global Technologies. Executives from Acument visited our Dayton, Ohio plant, location of our Torx manufacturing, to…

ATG Honored for 50 Years as First Torx® Drive System Licensee

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

SPARKS, MD 02/28/17 --- On February 22, Apex Tool Group was honored for a milestone achievement: the 50th anniversary of our Torx® drive tooling licensing relationship with Acument Global Technologies. Executives from Acument visited our Dayton, Ohio plant, location of our Torx manufacturing, to…

ATG Named ORS Nasco 2016 Supplier of the Year; ATG Associate Jeff Tholen Honored

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

SPARKS, Maryland - January 31, 2017 - Apex Tool Group was presented with ORS Nasco’s Strategic Supplier Partnership of the Year 2016 award at its Annual Leadership Summit in Tulsa, Oklahoma on January 25, 2017.  ORS Nasco, North America’s leading wholesale provider of industrial and welding…

GearWrench® and Chip Ganassi Racing Announce Partnership

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – GearWrench®, an innovative hand tool brand known for tools that deliver speed, strength, and access to industrial and automotive technicians, and Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) today announced, at the annual Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas, they have…

James J. Roberts Appointed CEO of Apex Tool Group

Monday, February 8, 2016

SPARKS, Maryland – February 8, 2016 – Apex Tool Group, LLC, a global leader in industrial hand and power tools, today announced the appointment of experienced tool industry executive James J. Roberts as Chief Executive Officer of Apex Tool Group and a member of the Board of Directors. …

Industrial End User Specialist Program

Monday, February 8, 2016

SPARKS, MD -- (Marketwired) -- 06/09/14 -- Apex Tool Group, one of the largest worldwide producers of hand and power tools, tool storage, drill chucks, chain, and electronic soldering products, today announced its new End User Specialist (EUS) program, which was developed to support industrial…

ATG Closes Acquisition of Yecen

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Apex Tool Group Closes Acquisition of Yecen; Chinese Automotive Repair Equipment Manufacturer Joins Apex’s Leading SATA® Tools Portfolio

Sparks, Maryland, March 31, 2015 . . . Apex Tool Group, LLC announced it has closed the acquisition of China-based Shanghai Yecen Auto Technology Ltd. (…

See our History in the ATG Brand Timeline

Monday, February 2, 2015

Apex Tool Group has a rich history that extends over 160 years.  See the visual brand timeline.

Wroe Appointed CEO Of Apex Tool Group

Thursday, October 23, 2014

SPARKS, Md., Oct. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Apex Tool Group, LLC, a global leader in industrial hand and power tools, today announced that Thomas Wroe, Jr., current Chairman of the Board and a highly experienced leader of global industrial companies, will assume the additional role of CEO. …