15 November 18, 2013
Snap-On Tools The most valued productivity solutions in the world. That is the mission statement from Snap-On tools and it says a lot about who they are and what they are trying to accomplish now, and in the future. Snap-On tools is a $2.9 billion, S&P Company. Snap-On tools was started in 1920 by two men named Joseph Johnson and William Seidemann. The first plant was opened in Johnson City Tennessee. The multi-billion dollar business started out as a company that produced and marketed a ten piece socket set that interchanged with five different handles. The interchangeable pieces is where the name, Snap-On, derived from. This was a new concept to the hand tool industry,