FLEX-Elektrowerkzeuge GmbH is a German producer of

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with

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s in Steinheim. After producing flexible shaft grinders since 1922, FLEX invented the "Flex" or angle grinder in 1954. The company created a partnership with American tool producer

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, until Pentair sold its power tool division to Black & Decker in 2004. Black & Decker divested itself of FLEX tools. In 2013 FLEX tools were taken over by Chervon Holdings Ltd. In North America, FLEX sell mainly

metalworking Metalworking is the process of shaping and reshaping metals to create useful objects, parts, assemblies, and large scale structures. As a term it covers a wide and diverse range of processes, skills, and tools for producing objects on every scale ...

(grinders and polishers) and

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power tools, but in Europe it also makes and sells woodworking tools. In 2021, FLEX became the shirt sponsor for

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Inside woodworking web site info on FLEX tools
Companies based in Baden-Württemberg Power tool manufacturers Tool manufacturing companies of Germany Manufacturing companies established in 1922 1922 establishments in Germany German brands {{Germany-company-stub