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Originally Posted by TX76513
Ahh yes there is a reason. From the Tool Forum
Lowes' Kobalt tools were made by Williams, who is a subsidary of Snap On, somewhere in Georgia (Snap On is made in Kenosha Wisconsin).
That relationship has come to an end. I don't know why, but I'll speculate that the use of "Snap On" in Lowe's advertising has been part of the problem (Snap On has a new corporate policy that if it says Snap On it has to come through a truck-dealer, none of the other divisions can state they are Snap On unless they are directly distributed on dealer trucks like mine).
The new Kobalt tools will be made by somebody else and be much cheaper. Much lower quality too.
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I hope the new Kobalt tools will not be made by the Harbor Freight guys