Danaher Corp. and Cooper Industries said Wednesday that they will sell a tool making business they created two years ago as a joint venture for about $1.6 billion to private equity firm Bain Capital.

Bucking softness in some of its end markets, Houston-based manufacturer Cooper Industries Inc. is enjoying stronger sales of power tools. Weakness in North American industrial, automotive ...

Weller is one of the brands of the American company Cooper Hand Tools with headquarters in the Swabian city of Besigheim, near Stuttgart. Cooper Hand Tools is a division of Cooper Industries, ...

Stanley Works, the largest U.S. hand-tools maker, reportedly has made a bid to acquire Houston-based Cooper Industries' tool business. Cooper's tools and hardware business raked in $800.7 million ...

Name of Product: Soldering Irons Units: About 69,000 Importer: Cooper Tools LLC of Apex, N.C. Hazard: The power cord can break at the flex point where the cord attaches to the handle, posing a ...

Stanley Works, the largest U.S. hand-tools maker, said it offered to acquire Cooper Industries Inc.’s tool business, which includes Crescent wrenches. Stanley Works wouldn’t comment on the ...