Skil
Skil is a brand of power tools, which are developed and produced by Robert Bosch GmbH. The brand is sold worldwide. Skil covered with its range of products from all major segments of power tools.
- 2.1 Skil
- 2.2 Skil Masters
- 2.3 Skil Urban Series
History
The company was created in 1924 under the name " Michel Electric Hand Saw Company". The founders were the inventor Edmond Michel and the entrepreneur Joseph Sullivan. The business objective was to facilitate the manual work and to develop suitable machines. The first serial product, the world's first electric circular saw, got the name " Skilsaw " and in 1925 was named to the joint company, the Skilsaw Inc.
The name Skilsaw remains to this day and has become independent in the U.S. over time into a generic name for hand-held circular saws. In the U.S., the country of origin of Skil, which is now known colloquially circular saws often than Skilsaw, even if it is not a circular saw the Skil brand.
In the 1950s the company expanded beyond the borders of the United States and changed the company name to the " Skil Corporation ". International sales in Canada took its beginning, several years later, Europe. The product range has grown considerably since its launch and has been constantly expanding to include new products for the tool area.
In 1961, the first European Skil factory in Breda was built in the Netherlands. The construction of the electric motor factory in Eindhoven, The Netherlands followed a little later.
From 1970 Skil began with the global structure of a network of factories, service centers and sales offices.
In 1979 the company was bought by Emerson Electric.
Skil 1996 was acquired by the Robert Bosch GmbH.
Product Development
Since the invention of the circular saw followed by numerous other inventions and patent applications. At present, over 50 patents have been filed by Skil, which built the company in his power tools. The most important product developments are listed Skil:
Brand
The Skil brand is divided into three sub-brands in Europe, of which different target groups are addressed.
Skil
The Skil brand aimed primarily at DIYers who are less experienced in dealing with power tools. To meet the requirements of this target group, many devices are characterized by product features that explain the user the operation of the particular tool. This includes, for example, the ( "Pressure Control" ) developed and patented by Skil Anpressdruckkontrolle in grinding equipment, which signals to the user through a color-coded LED scale, whether to exercise too much or too little pressure on the workpiece. Additional product features of this type are, for example the automatic belt centering on belt sanders or the rotation indicator in cordless drills.
In addition to specific product features Skil wants to guarantee a high quality and an attractive price-performance ratio in its power tools. Both criteria were published in numerous independent tests confirmed (as of 2011 are there in Europe over 90 product tests where Skil power tools were test winners or have received the highest score ). In addition, Skil meets the quality standards of ISO 9001.
The Skil brand is in all relevant for power tools sales channels driven ( DIY stores for Power Tools, Internet).
Skil Masters
The Skil Masters brand was developed specifically for commercial use and therefore is aimed at the professional user of power tools. Accordingly, a long life here is one of the main criteria. By components such as helical gear, dust-protected ball bearings or switch-off the requirement is met. Due to the target group, the Skil Masters brand differs together with higher product quality by the product of the DIY brand. For example. are available from Skil Masters 2-speed agitators, belt sander with 100 mm width and circular saws with 85 mm depth of cut. Devices of this power class are used primarily in the commercial sector.
The Skil Masters brand is sold exclusively through the specialist trade for power tools.
Skil Urban Series
The Urban Series Skil brand consists of a program of garden equipment, which was developed specifically for urban gardens. The product line is distinguished in particular by the cross-brand equipment feature "Easy Storage" of which is to allow a particularly space-saving storage of the equipment. The Urban Series Skil brand is in all relevant for power tools sales channels driven ( DIY stores for Power Tools, Internet).
Sponsoring
Skil was next to the bike component manufacturer Shimano main sponsor of the team Skil- Shimano. In 2009, the Skil -Shimano team for the first time participated in the Tour de France. 28 September 2011 announced Ivan Spekenbrink, Manager of the team operating company SMS Cycling BV that Skil will end his involvement with the team at the end of 2011, and the team in 2012 to be launched under a new name. The sponsorship of the women's team Skil 1t4i continues until the end of the 2012 season.