The world would be a far less efficient place without Vise-Grip locking pliers.A Danish immigrant blacksmith named William Petersen patented the concept in 1924 and started a family business that ...

Nail Jack Tools, an Idaho-based company, is moving forward with plans to use the former Irwin Tools Vise-Grip factory in DeWitt, possibly with help from someone to share the plant. Three-hundred and ...

VISE-GRIP GROOVELOCK PLIERS are now available with two new jaw configurations, smooth and straight. The pliers feature a press-and-slide button allowing the lower jaw to be quickly adjusted for a ...

DeWITT — For the 84 years that Vise-Grip tools have been manufactured here, it’s been difficult to tell where the town ends and the business begins. The brick sign welcoming visitors the Saline County ...

Pliers might not always be the right tool for the job, but they’ll save your skin more than any other. Last night, I got into an engine project where some rounded-off nuts and hot parts were a little ...

When a factory that sent its jobs to China a decade ago reopens, that ’ s cause to party. And the village of 500, a place whose obituary was practically written in 2008 when its famous Vise-Grip tools ...