Dewalt Brushless Now Built in USA

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Gatorb888Member since Nov 2013May 21, 2015 2:36 PM CT

Tuesday, the first 1,000 units of DEWALT premium brushless product rolled off the production line at our Charlotte Manufacturing Operations (CMO) facility in North Carolina, USA. First brushless kit to be built in the USA!

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Hugh JassMember since Feb 2015May 21, 2015 2:51 PM CT

Glad I’m not in the market for those first units, lol.

DPSEliasMember since Mar 2014May 21, 2015 3:22 PM CT

Keep bringing back more manufacturing to the US!

PeteWMember since Aug 2014May 21, 2015 5:53 PM CT

very cool! glad they brought it back to the USA!

BigmikezMember since Jun 2013May 21, 2015 6:00 PM CT

Very very cool!!

torontotoolmanMember since May 2015May 21, 2015 7:04 PM CT

Well thats a plus for the dewalt users now if more tool companys would follow suit

Poisonfangs85Member since Feb 2015May 21, 2015 7:09 PM CT

U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!

DR99Member since Nov 2012May 21, 2015 7:25 PM CT

Dammit Dewalt now you winning me over now that the Brushless tools are being made here 🙂 Could I get a free sample to test out 🙂 J/K

ChrisKMember since Dec 2012May 21, 2015 7:42 PM CT

Awesome! Now I can get a brushless hammer!!

chadlanthierMember since Mar 2013May 21, 2015 7:56 PM CT

I don’t neeed any more tools, I don’t need any more tools.

overanalyzeMember since Oct 2011May 21, 2015 8:10 PM CT

How sweet is that! It is a smart move and helps keep jobs at home. My first tool love was Dewalt. I am more diversified in my tool brands today but if they keep moving tool production back here I will start putting more yellow back in my arsenal.

RickyMcGrathMember since Oct 2014May 22, 2015 9:15 AM CT

What exactly does “Built in the USA” mean? Are they just using a play on “Assembled in the USA?” I’m a DeWalt fan through and through, but creative marketing can be deceptive.

Gatorb888Member since Nov 2013May 22, 2015 10:39 AM CT

RickyMcGrath wrote:
What exactly does “Built in the USA” mean? Are they just using a play on “Assembled in the USA?” I’m a DeWalt fan through and through, but creative marketing can be deceptive.

Great question. Legally, we cannot say “Made in the USA” because some of the parts of the drill are made overseas. For example, chucks, triggers, and batteries, circuit boards. Most if not all power tool companies don’t make either of these items, they are purchased from other companies who make them for us.

However, we do make some of the parts here in the US:

Transmission Parts in Hampstead, MD.
Drive Shafts in Jackson, TN.
Tool Housings in Cheraw, SC.
Wind Motors in the Charlotte, NC facility
Final assembly in the Charlotte Facility

The fact is, it would be nearly impossible to make 100% of the tool parts here in the states using 100% USA made materials (see metals, copper, etc). So that is why you don’t see a lot of “Made in the USA” marketing anymore. Because legally if there are parts of the product that come from another country, it could mean a law suit.

For example, Boeing builds airplanes here in the USA. I doubt they can say “made in the USA”. Because parts of their planes come from all over the world. Same goes for car manufactures, and many other companies. They can however say “Built in the USA with global materials”.

Disclaimer: I am saying this stuff not as an employee of the company. Some of this info may be inaccurate but I am answering to the best of my knowledge.

RickyMcGrathMember since Oct 2014May 22, 2015 10:57 AM CT

Great explanation. Thank you

Bottom line is that it has created American Jobs. So that’s a plus in my book.

BigmikezMember since Jun 2013May 22, 2015 12:30 PM CT

Agree Ricky!

roadhog96Member since Jan 2011May 22, 2015 9:55 PM CT

I’m afraid to ask, where were they made before the N.C. Plant came online. Or should I say assembled?

torontotoolmanMember since May 2015May 23, 2015 7:13 AM CT

overanalyze wrote:
How sweet is that! It is a smart move and helps keep jobs at home. My first tool love was Dewalt. I am more diversified in my tool brands today but if they keep moving tool production back here I will start putting more yellow back in my arsenal.

Im with you my first tool love was dewalt when i was about 14/15 years i only wanted dewalt my first tool was the old 18v hammer drill that bad boy is a work horse still going strong thoo its been at a friends house for a few months now but only.had to buy new batterys for it. but.now im more into every brand i like to have a mix match and multiples

DiverDnMember since Jan 2015May 24, 2015 5:42 AM CT

Great to see this.

Gatorb888Member since Nov 2013May 24, 2015 9:44 AM CT

roadhog96 wrote:
I’m afraid to ask, where were they made before the N.C. Plant came online. Or should I say assembled?

This kit was made in China before. A lot of other dewalt tools are made in Mexico.

DR99Member since Nov 2012May 24, 2015 1:11 PM CT

I was going to say the same thing Dewalt did more outsourcing in Mexico than other tool companies.

MikeyBMember since Dec 2014May 24, 2015 5:40 PM CT

That’s some operation, very cool

Mitchell NewhardMember since Apr 2015May 25, 2015 2:57 AM CT

wonder how soon till the brushless 3 speed impact will be made here in the USA!?