Skil tool brand sold to Chinese company

[^woody^]

Skil, previously good quality tools owned by Bosch, have been sold to Chervon, a Chinese company.

So be sure about what you think you might be buying in future.

www.chervongroup.com/en/chervon-acquires-skil-brand

 

[Burnerman]

Aye, another make to avoid for a few years.
John

 

[big-all]

to be fair with the same quality materials same training and same quality control its irrelivant where something is made

 

[^woody^]

to be fair with the same quality materials same training and same quality control its irrelivant where something is made

True. But it seems that that company just rebrands generic tools. So potentially you will get the same Challenge tool from Argos with a Skil logo on it.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Let's face it, Skil have hardly been a quality brand for many years now. The only tools they offer have been in production for a long time and there has been little investment in new product since the 1980s

 

[^woody^]

The quality has been consistently good, at the market point they were sold at.

I have had their random orbit sander for 10 years, and I don't think that it was widely known at the time, but it had the widest orbit than all of the similar and "better" sanders, and thus the best performance for removing stuff. But was less than half the price of the main brands. I know people with the circular saws who swear by them, not at them.

The tools were solid and they worked, and thats all that matters. It might now just be a branding exercise for any crap.

 

[SammyInnit]

Let's face it, Skil have hardly been a quality brand for many years now. The only tools they offer have been in production for a long time and there has been little investment in new product since the 1980s

This might be true in the UK but only because of fierce competition from other brands.

The sentiment doesn't ring true in America, and I'm sure other parts of Europe.