Channellock

Channellock Inc.
Company type	Private
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	Evansburg, Pennsylvania (Present Day Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania), United States (1886)
Founder	George B. DeArment
Headquarters	Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States
Key people	William S. DeArment; (CEO & Chairman of the Board); Jon S. DeArment; (President & COO); Ryan DeArment; (Vice President of Sales and Marketing); Howard Manning; (Former Chief Engineer, Inventor);
Products	Hand tools
Number of employees	400
Website	www.channellock.com

Channellock is an American company that produces hand tools. It is best known for its pliers—the company manufactures more than 75 types and sizes of pliers—particularly its eponymous style of tongue-and-groove, slip-joint pliers. Its pliers have distinctive sky-blue handle grips; the company has been using the same trademarked shade of blue since 1956.

It also produces cutting pliers, linemen's pliers, long nose pliers, adjustable wrenches, screwdrivers, nutdrivers and special-purpose pliers, as well as multi-function tools for the fire service and other first responders. According to the company, as of 2021, all of its pliers were manufactured at one of its two facilities in Meadville, Pennsylvania. However, not all products sold by the company are produced in the United States; products such as screwdrivers and ratchet wrenches are produced in Canada, Taiwan, or China.

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