Moving from hand and power tools to air tools is a big step for ... with a lug nut or rusted fastener makes it worth it. Ingersoll Rand was mentioned often; they make quality pneumatics that ...

Compressed air replaced steam as the power source and by 1905 the Ingersoll-Sergeant drill company took over the Rand Drill co, formingIngersoll Rand. Over the next century the company expanded, ...

Ingersoll-Rand was founded in 1871. The Ingersoll-Rand name came into use in 1905 through the combination of Ingersoll-Sargeant Drill Company and Rand Drill Company. The company provided the ...

later becoming the Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Co. of New York. But Simon Ingersoll soon ran into stiff competition. In the 1870s the Rand Drill Co., headed by inventor Albert Rand introduced an air ...

Emmerich joins Ingersoll Rand, the $6.5 billion manufacturer and distributor of air compressors, pumps, vacuums and power tools, among other products, after a nearly two-decade run at Polaris.