Lowe’s produces Kobalt Tools, and From 2003 to 2011, they were manufactured by the Danaher Corporation, the same company that manufactures tools for Craftsman, Lufkin, and Belzer. However ...

(Interestingly, in 2016, the German company Stihl purchased a minority stake in Globe Tools.) Kobalt hand tools are harder to pin down. It appears that Kobalt mechanic’s tools were at one point ...