{"id":8317,"date":"2015-02-27T10:23:13","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T10:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/?p=8317"},"modified":"2015-02-27T10:23:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T10:23:13","slug":"klein-tools-rises-to-the-top-in-tools-of-the-trade-2014-us-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/klein-tools-rises-to-the-top-in-tools-of-the-trade-2014-us-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Klein Tools rises to the top in Tools of the Trade 2014 US survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Klein Tools, sold in the UK through City Electrical Factors Ltd, has been named as a preferred brand in a US <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toolsofthetrade.net\/hand-tools\/tradesmens-favorite-hand-tools_o.aspx?dfpzone=blogs.davidfrane&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_content=jump&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=TOTTU_121614&amp;day=2014-12-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tools of the Trade<\/a> 2014 survey of 731 tradesmen. Out of six common tools, Klein was the preferred brand for two \u2013 screwdrivers and lineman\u2019s pliers.<\/p>\n<p>The survey focused on six tools including two types of measuring tapes, screwdrivers, wrenches, lineman\u2019s pliers and pump pliers.<\/p>\n<p>For screwdrivers, Klein took first place with 32% of the vote while competing against 22 manufacturers. When the survey was divided up by trade, three out of four <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toolsofthetrade.net\/hand-tools\/electrical-hand-tools_o.aspx?dfpzone=blogs.davidfrane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electricians<\/a> preferred Klein screwdrivers.<\/p>\n<p>For lineman\u2019s pliers, Klein took over half of the vote at 51% \u2013 over 2.5 times more than the runner up \u2013 while competing against 19 manufacturers. When the survey reflected only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toolsofthetrade.net\/hand-tools\/electrical-hand-tools_o.aspx?dfpzone=blogs.davidfrane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electricians\u2019<\/a> opinions, almost 76% chose Klein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKlein Tools has been using the highest quality materials and superior workmanship for over 150 years,\u201d said Greg Palese, Vice President of Marketing at Klein Tools. \u201cThis award acknowledges our hard work and dedication to making the best professional tools for tradespeople.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kleintools.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.kleintools.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Klein Tools, sold in the UK through City Electrical Factors Ltd, has been named as a preferred brand in a US Tools of the Trade 2014 survey of 731 tradesmen. Out of six common tools, Klein was the preferred brand for two \u2013 screwdrivers and lineman\u2019s pliers. The survey focused on six tools including two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[719,718,720],"class_list":["post-8317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-greg-palese","tag-klein-tools","tag-tools-of-the-trade-survey","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8318,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317\/revisions\/8318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}