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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Pratt-Read_Tools_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Pratt-Read_Tools_logo.svg/220px-Pratt-Read_Tools_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Pratt-Read_Tools_logo.svg/330px-Pratt-Read_Tools_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Pratt-Read_Tools_logo.svg/440px-Pratt-Read_Tools_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="246" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiary</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ideal_Industries" title="Ideal Industries">Ideal Industries</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category">Manufacturing</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1798 in <a href="/wiki/Ivoryton,_Connecticut" title="Ivoryton, Connecticut">Ivoryton, Connecticut</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Sycamore,_Illinois" title="Sycamore, Illinois">Sycamore, Illinois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">Hand tools</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">140<sup id="cite_ref-wsj_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prattread.com">www<wbr />.prattread<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Pratt-Read</b> is an American <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">manufacturing</a> company based in <a href="/wiki/Sycamore,_Illinois" title="Sycamore, Illinois">Sycamore, Illinois</a>, that produces <a href="/wiki/Screwdrivers" class="mw-redirect" title="Screwdrivers">screwdrivers</a>. It is a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Ideal_Industries" title="Ideal Industries">Ideal Industries</a>. Founded in 1798,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies_in_the_United_States" title="List of oldest companies in the United States">oldest companies in the United States</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pratt-Read&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pratt-Read was founded in <a href="/wiki/Ivoryton,_Connecticut" title="Ivoryton, Connecticut">Ivoryton, Connecticut</a>, in 1798 as Pratt, Read & Company, originally producing beads, buttons, and billiard balls from <a href="/wiki/Elephant" title="Elephant">elephant</a> <a href="/wiki/Tusks" class="mw-redirect" title="Tusks">tusks</a> imported from <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company began to specialize in manufacturing <a href="/wiki/Ivory" title="Ivory">ivory</a> <a href="/wiki/Key_(instrument)" title="Key (instrument)">piano keys</a> in 1839<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and eventually piano action mechanisms. </p><p>The company made its first screwdrivers in 1834 but stopped in 1840, instead selling the handles and blades to smaller companies made at the <a href="/wiki/Pratt,_Read_and_Company_Factory_Complex" title="Pratt, Read and Company Factory Complex">Pratt, Read and Company Factory Complex</a>. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the company continued producing screwdriver blades and suspended production of piano parts to manufacture <a href="/wiki/Waco_CG-4" title="Waco CG-4">Waco CG-4</a> <a href="/wiki/Glider_(sailplane)" title="Glider (sailplane)">gliders</a> for the military.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company built 956 of the fabric-covered wood and steel airframes. </p><p>Piano part production continued after the war, but the company gradually shifted its focus to manufacturing screwdrivers, and in the late 1980s, ended its piano parts business, closing a facility in <a href="/wiki/Central,_South_Carolina" title="Central, South Carolina">Central, South Carolina</a>, and began to focus on screwdrivers exclusively. Pratt-Read manufactures its own handles, blades, and—after a 2005 acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>-based American Industrial Manufacturers—bits, all in the U.S., which it sells directly to users under its own name, as well as to manufacturers such as <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanley Works">Stanley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snap-on" title="Snap-on">Snap-on</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danaher_Corporation" title="Danaher Corporation">Danaher</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Klein_Tools" title="Klein Tools">Klein</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, Pratt-Read filed for <a href="/wiki/Chapter_11" class="mw-redirect" title="Chapter 11">Chapter 11</a> <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a> protection.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 22, 2010, <a href="/wiki/Ideal_Industries" title="Ideal Industries">Ideal Industries</a> announced the acquisition of Pratt-Read from bankruptcy.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ideal acquired the Pratt-Read name and equipment and continued production out of existing Ideal facilities, as the Pratt-Read facility in <a href="/wiki/Shelton,_Connecticut" title="Shelton, Connecticut">Shelton, Connecticut</a> had already ended operations.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pratt-Read&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pratt-Read_keyboard_assembly.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A Pratt-Read keyboard assembly removed from an organ."><img alt="A Pratt-Read keyboard assembly removed from an organ." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Pratt-Read_keyboard_assembly.jpg/120px-Pratt-Read_keyboard_assembly.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Pratt-Read_keyboard_assembly.jpg/180px-Pratt-Read_keyboard_assembly.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Pratt-Read_keyboard_assembly.jpg/240px-Pratt-Read_keyboard_assembly.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A Pratt-Read <a href="/wiki/Musical_keyboard" title="Musical keyboard">keyboard</a> assembly removed from an organ.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pratt-Read_LBE-1_Glomb.png" class="mw-file-description" title="A Pratt-Read LBE-1 "Glomb" (Glider-Bomb) prototype."><img alt="A Pratt-Read LBE-1 "Glomb" (Glider-Bomb) prototype." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Pratt-Read_LBE-1_Glomb.png/120px-Pratt-Read_LBE-1_Glomb.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Pratt-Read_LBE-1_Glomb.png/180px-Pratt-Read_LBE-1_Glomb.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Pratt-Read_LBE-1_Glomb.png/240px-Pratt-Read_LBE-1_Glomb.png 2x" data-file-width="599" data-file-height="287" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <a href="/wiki/Pratt-Read_LBE" title="Pratt-Read LBE">Pratt-Read LBE-1</a> "Glomb" (Glider-Bomb) prototype.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pratt-Read_LNE-1_(2834535755).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A Pratt-Read LNE-1 glider, made for the U.S. Navy during World War II, on display at the New England Air Museum."><img alt="A Pratt-Read LNE-1 glider, made for the U.S. Navy during World War II, on display at the New England Air Museum." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Pratt-Read_LNE-1_%282834535755%29.jpg/120px-Pratt-Read_LNE-1_%282834535755%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Pratt-Read_LNE-1_%282834535755%29.jpg/180px-Pratt-Read_LNE-1_%282834535755%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Pratt-Read_LNE-1_%282834535755%29.jpg/240px-Pratt-Read_LNE-1_%282834535755%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="853" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <a href="/wiki/Pratt-Read_LNE-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Pratt-Read LNE-1">Pratt-Read LNE-1</a> <a href="/wiki/Glider_(sailplane)" title="Glider (sailplane)">glider</a>, made for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, on display at the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Air_Museum" title="New England Air Museum">New England Air Museum</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pratt-Read_super_stubby_screwdrivers.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A set of Pratt-Read "super stubby" screwdrivers. These have shortened blades but regular-sized handles."><img alt="A set of Pratt-Read "super stubby" screwdrivers. These have shortened blades but regular-sized handles." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Pratt-Read_super_stubby_screwdrivers.jpg/120px-Pratt-Read_super_stubby_screwdrivers.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Pratt-Read_super_stubby_screwdrivers.jpg/180px-Pratt-Read_super_stubby_screwdrivers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Pratt-Read_super_stubby_screwdrivers.jpg/240px-Pratt-Read_super_stubby_screwdrivers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A set of Pratt-Read "super stubby" screwdrivers. These have shortened blades but regular-sized handles.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pratt-Read_Craftsman_cushion_grip_screwdrivers.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Two Pratt-Read cushion grip screwdrivers, manufactured for the Craftsman brand."><img alt="Two Pratt-Read cushion grip screwdrivers, manufactured for the Craftsman brand." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Pratt-Read_Craftsman_cushion_grip_screwdrivers.jpg/120px-Pratt-Read_Craftsman_cushion_grip_screwdrivers.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Pratt-Read_Craftsman_cushion_grip_screwdrivers.jpg/180px-Pratt-Read_Craftsman_cushion_grip_screwdrivers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Pratt-Read_Craftsman_cushion_grip_screwdrivers.jpg/240px-Pratt-Read_Craftsman_cushion_grip_screwdrivers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Two Pratt-Read cushion grip screwdrivers, manufactured for the <a href="/wiki/Craftsman_(tools)" title="Craftsman (tools)">Craftsman</a> brand.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pratt-Read&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pratt,_Read_and_Company_Factory_Complex" title="Pratt, Read and Company Factory Complex">Pratt, Read and Company Factory Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratt-Read_LBE" title="Pratt-Read LBE">Pratt-Read LBE</a></li> <li><a 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