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who owns what tool brands
TLDR: out of all of these the only real european companies are:
And makita from Japan and one of the only independent manufacturers left, as well as Fein and Hilti.
For some reason, I always thought Ryobi was Japanese.
Guess I’m switching to Bosch.
Ryobi tools was japanense that was purchase by a hong kong company in the early 2000's... they also own Milwaukee.
in the early 2000s*
Hikoki (formerly Hitachi) is Japanese.
Thanks, added to the OP