In 1843, an enterprising businessman named Frederick Trent Stanley established a shop in New Britain, Connecticut to manufacture door bolts and other hardware from wrought iron. Stanley's Bolt Manufactory was only one of dozens of small foundries and other backyard industries in town struggling to make a go of it by turning out metal products. But Stanley possessed a special innovative spirit and an uncommon passion for doing things right, and his modest enterprise prospered and grew into what is today Stanley Black & Decker. 

A division of Stanley Black & Decker, STANLEY Infrastructure is the world’s largest handheld hydraulic tool manufacturer and a worldwide market leader, offering over 150 handheld hydraulic tools and over 30 mounted impact tools.