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Delivering the power of gas/petrol without the noise, fuss and fumes, EGO outdoor power equipment revolutionized the outdoor power equipment industry and continues to deliver innovative solutions for our markets in North America, Europe and Australia. Products including riding mower, lawn mowers and handheld products, such as our hedge trimmers, chainsaws and blowers.

Have you heard of Chervon?  No, not Chevron, the gas company, Chervon the tool company?  My guess is probably not.  I have to admit, while I had heard of them in the past, I really didn’t know much about them.  Yes, Chervon is a power tool manufacturing company, but there is so much more to them.  We had a chance to visit one of their manufacturing facilities in China last year and ended up learning a ton about them, so I just wanted to share this with you so if you see certain brands around, you will have a little more background about them.  As an FYI, while they did pay for our trip, they didn’t pay us to write an article.  In fact, when they offered for us to visit them, they said they really didn’t care if we covered them at all.  The trip was just so we are more familiar with them. So I figured why should I have all the knowledge, so I decided to write up a quick article and share with you also.

Peter took the time to speak with us and tell us his story.  While the point of this article is to inform you of Chervon, I also want to talk a little bit about his background.  He grew up poor in China.  As with our society, you pretty much stay in the social class you are born in. Peter wanted something different, so that’s when he decided to attend a university and do something more.  After college he started the business from two hotel rooms with two other people and today has created a global brand called Chervon.  For him, it wasn’t business as usual.  It wasn’t about just creating a product, it was about creating a quality product.  He did things that were unheard of in China.  In the past, it was just about having machines running and creating products.  Again, he wanted quality products.  He was one of the first to actually create a testing facility to make sure the products were quality. After seeing first hand what they do and how they do it, I can say they have succeeded in creating quality products.  We saw how they test and implement new tools and it’s amazing.

In 2000, they started creating their own brand of tools and in 2014, they introduced a new line of Outdoor Power Equipment called EGO.  EGO has really taken OPE by storm.  They were the first to really produce a battery-powered OPE that performed. While they weren’t the first to market, they were the first that actually gave gas OPE a run for their money.  As I said, quality is very important to them and we saw that first hand.  It was amazing to see all the testing that went into every product.  Not only did they test each individual product after it was assembled, but they would test all the parts that went into making the final product.  It was amazing to see how clean the facilities were and how organized they were. Now I can’t talk about all the brands they work with or design things for, but let me tell you, it’s a ton.

There’s a lot of confusion surrounding any manufacturing in China, and where there’s confusion, there are also misconceptions. To clear up some of this, we wanted to understand a bit more about the history of Chervon. Chervon, based on China with facilities worldwide, manufactures power tools internationally. They have manufacturing plants in Nanjing, China as well as Stuttgart, Germany. They also have sales and marketing offices all over the US, Europe, Australia, Germany, and China.

We also got a much more personal look at a company that’s trying to do it right—both in terms of process and also the environment. That’s a lot to swallow, and so we’ve got more than one article on the company and its processes. This article introduces this China-based international power tool manufacturer and what we’ve come to understand about them.

Asking the question “Why can’t we do it this way?”, describes a lot of the history of Chervon. By doing this repeatedly, the company was able to focus on doing the work of power tool manufacturing better and more efficiently. As China began building itself up from almost nothing, Chervon paralleled this in its own development. They grew little by little as a trading business (buying and selling components and products).

Chervon decided to do its own testing. They made investments into the tools needed to test their products. That led to them being able to learn how to locate problems, but they still had to rely on the factories to solve them. Shortly after this, they began hiring teams of people to focus on R&D and to design specific machines.

By 2000, the company made many of their own products and did it better than many other manufacturers. Chervon now holds a spot as one of the top 10 manufacturers of power tools in the world. Their products are sold by over 30,000 stores in 65 countries. Chervon manufactures products for several well-known manufacturing brands as well as their own house brands: EGO and Devon. Not bad for a company that’s only been around since 1993.

Throughout the history of Chervon, the company manufactured plenty of OEM products. They also do quite a lot of ODM manufacturing as well. That includes manufacturing for popular brands sold in Lowe’s, The Home Depot, and Menards. Simultaneously, Chervon is keen to make their own brands. They have a particular interest and excitement about selling their own products to Chinese people in their own country. This actually brought about the Devon line of tools.

The level of manufacturing Chervon engages in is commensurate with Bosch, Makita, and Milwaukee. In fact, they’ve made tools for some of those companies at one point or another as an OEM manufacturer. Tool manufacturing in China is a 1.2 billion dollar market. The OPE (outdoor power equipment) sector is currently dominated by the European and American markets.

This is where Chervon has really stepped up its game in the past few years. The company has quickly gained recognition in business-to-business markets. Now, it has turned its sights on name recognition in the consumer market. Three years ago, Chervon acquired Flex, a German power tool company. In 2014 they debuted the EGO 56V cordless OPE line of tools and a strong move into outdoor power equipment.

The EGO name and brand stands for the move into OPE which is driven by engines and connecting those to applications for lawnmowers and handheld OPE power tools. As Chervon looked for growth areas, they recognized OPE had different manufactures. They weren’t making use of some of the strengths and advantages found in the cordless power tool industry. When Chervon, the largest ODM manufacturer in the power tool industry took a look at the OPE market, they saw a great opportunity. More than just the financial and manufacturing opportunities, Chervon saw an opportunity to bring about some of the environmental advantages cordless OPE technology would offer to the world in general.

The EGO brand was really Chervon’s big move into a self-branded suite of power tools. Other companies express an interest in replacing corded tools. Peter Pan, Chervon president, truly believes lithium-ion can, one day, almost entirely replace the gasoline engine. Based on how well the EGO Powerload 15-inch string trimmer and EGO Select Cut lawnmower are doing, it looks like tools once thought to require gas are well on their way to becoming battery-driven mainstream solutions.

A Chinese power tool manufacturer is moving its North American headquarters to Naperville from Michigan, taking over an empty new building developed for a Swedish manufacturer.

The company plans to bring more than 200 jobs over the next three years. It will relocate 75 workers from Grand Rapids and the Chicago suburbs of South Barrington and Geneva. Also moving there will be 37 employees who were added when Chervon completed its acquisition of Mount Prospect-based Robert Bosch Tools’ Skil and Skilsaw brands on January 1. The company also plans to hire 25 new workers this year and another 75 over the next three years.

Chervon makes power tools such as saws and drills, many of which are battery powered, with brand names including Ego and Hammerhead. It also makes outdoor equipment such as lawn mowers, blowers, trimmers and chain saws. Last year, Chervon bought the Skil tool brand from Mount Prospect-based Robert Bosch Tool.

CHERVON started as an international trading company in 1993. Through closely partnering, cooperating and relentless pursuing of distinguished service, CHERVON earned its excellent reputation and built a solid foundation for its future development in the worldwide power tool industry.

In year 1999, CHERVON started to setup our own manufacturing system and became a power tool manufacturer. Afterwards, CHERVON experienced the fastest growth in history and very soon became one of the biggest power tool manufacturers in China.

Starting from 2006, CHERVON has made a very important strategic decision of vertical integration of CHERVON Industry and invested heavily on the core parts manufacture and production system, which further largely improved our product quality level and helped CHERVON not only became the largest power tools manufacturer but also the highest quality manufacturer in China. The R&D Center is established in 2007, further enhanced our capability of research and innovation.

Products produced by CHERVON fall into five categories: corded portable power tools, cordless portable power tools, bench-top power tools, garden power tools and electronic/laser tools. CHERVON now has the resources and abilities to offer excellent complete solutions to the most demanding customers around the world.

CHERVON introduced DEVON brand industrial power tools for the Chinese domestic market in 2007. DEVON earned immediate recognition among the industrial users for its high efficiency and high quality products and excellent customer services and soon became one of the top four power tool brands in China.

Chervon is one of the world’s largest power tool and lawn and garden equipment manufacturers with a rich history of innovation. Chervon’s commitment to build a better world by building better tools is evident in the products we manufacture and our green approach to manufacturing. We focus on hand-held portable power tools, stationary bench tools, laser and electronic equipment and outdoor power equipment. With world-class R&D, manufacturing, design, marketing, sales and service teams throughout the world, we do it all.

Most people have heard of Stanley tools or Black & Decker. While each of these is their own company, they’re under the umbrella company of Stanley Black & Decker. But that’s not all that’s under the Stanley Black & Decker label. Some of the biggest names in tools are owned by this mega-corporation that’s headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut, USA.

DeWalt is one of the tool brands most trusted by professionals across a wide range of industries, and they’re actually a subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker. Porter-Cable, which is often considered to be some of DeWalt’s most direct competition, is also owned by Stanley Black & Decker. And don’t forget Craftsman; another massive name in tools that’s trusted by professionals in industries like automotive and construction.

Bostitch and MAC Tools are also under the Stanley Black & Decker banner, as well as several other smaller companies, including Vidmar, Lenox, Sidchrome, Powers, Proto, Lista, and Facom.

You’re almost guaranteed to know some of the biggest names under the Techtronic Industries banner, such as Milwaukee Power Tools, which has its headquarters in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Milwaukee is known for producing high-end tools, but Techtronic Industries also makes tools under several other well-known names that aren’t quite as renowned for their high quality.

Ryobi is one of the names that Techtronic Industries produces tools under, though they don’t own the entire Ryobi company. Rather, they have a licensing deal that allows them to produce and distribute Ryobi tools in Australia, North America, New Zealand, the UK, and Europe. Ryobi tools sold elsewhere are produced by an independent Ryobi tool company.

Similarly, Techtronic Industries has a licensing agreement with Emerson that allows them to produce Ridgid power tools, which are essentially a Home Depot exclusive brand.

If you’ve been around tools for a long time, then you almost certainly know of Bosch. But you might not realize that Bosch is a big conglomerate with multiple manufacturers under its name. Bosch Tools is one of the biggest names under the Bosch banner, producing tools for a variety of industries.

Bosch also owns some more specialized companies, such as Dremel, which is known for their small rotary tools. RotoZip is also a Bosch subsidiary, and they’re known for rotary tools as well, though on a larger scale. Freud and Diablo are the same company, and they’re known for making excellent saw blades.

There are also several companies in the Bosch stable that produce automotive tools and equipment, such as Accu-turn, Beissbarth, Robinair, OTC, and Sunpro. Bosch used to own gardening tool brands Gilmour and Nelson but sold them to Fiskars in 2014.

No, not Chevron, this is Chervon. They own some pretty well-known tool companies, including Skil and Skilsaw, which were purchased from Bosch back in 2017. Those are two of the biggest names in the Chervon family, but Chervon is more than just a parent company. They also produce cordless power tools for other popular companies that you definitely know, like the Kobalt 24V MAX Brushless line of power tools at Lowes.

Other companies that are owned by Chervon include EGO, which makes a potent line of cordless outdoor power equipment, and Devon that makes professional power tools for metalworking, woodworking, and stoneworking, plus high-end DIY tools.

JPW Industries, based in La Vergne, Tennessee, sells products in 20 countries across the world. They offer U.S. based technical support and service for all the brands under their name, which includes such brands as JET Tools. Though JPW Industries is the main parent company, they’re actually owned by a private equity firm named Gamut Capital Management, which is based in New York and manages over $1 billion in assets.

JET is a respected and trusted industrial tool brand, but it’s not the only good name on the roster. JPW Industries subsidiaries include other trusted brands like Wilton that has been producing workholding equipment and striking tools since 1941. Powermatic has been making woodworking tools for hobbyists and master professionals alike for 100 years now. And Edwards Manufacturing, an American company, has been producing tools for ironworking since 1875.

Also included on the JPW Industries roster are companies that make air compressors, fans, pumps, and dehumidifiers like Tool Aire, or companies that produce welding equipment, such as GYS. ProMac creates powerful tools like arbor presses, bandsaws, lathes, and hoists for commercial and household use. And Baileigh Industrial, a newer company founded in 1999, has over 500 woodworking and metalworking products for sale across Europe and America.

Emerson is an international corporation that produces professional tools for anyone in the mechanical, electrical, utility, or plumbing trades. They own several companies, including Greenlee, which has been making top quality products for storage, material handling, testing, fabrication, hole making, bending, and more for over 150 years.

There’s one name on the Emerson lineup you’ll almost certainly know — Ridgid. But if you recall, we already mentioned that most Ridgid tools are produced by Techtronic Industries under a licensing agreement. It’s a bit tricky, but essentially, the Ridgid power tools that are exclusive to Home Depot are entirely made, sold, and distributed by Techtronic Industries. But all the other Ridgid tools, including hand tools, plumbing tools, and other professional industry tools are not licensed to Techtronic Industries; they’re still produced by Ridgid, under the Emerson banner.

Also under the ITW name is a big name in welding, Hobart. If you’ve welded before, or even if you’ve only read about welding, you’ll likely have heard of Hobart or seen their tools. As if that’s not enough of the welding market, ITW owns not just one big name in welding, but two, with Miller Welding as another of their subsidiaries. And you might also know of Paslode, a company that focuses primarily on creating nail guns.

There’s one more tool company under Fortive. They’re a well-known company that produces quality hand, power, and automotive tools, such as socket wrenches, impact wrenches, ball joint presses, fuel pressure test kits, and more.

Delta Power Tools used to be owned by Stanley Black & Decker, but in 2011, it was sold to a Taiwan-based company and a new company was created — Delta Power Equipment Corp. Delta is now operating as its own company, with Chang Type, the Taiwan-based company that purchased Delta Power Tools, manufacturing the tools. Chang Type also produces tools for some of the biggest tool brands in the world, including companies owned by both Stanley Black & Decker and Techtronic Industries.

Snap-on tools is one of the most trusted and loved brands of automotive tools around. You might have even seen the big Snap-on tool trucks driving around, delivering their tools to different shops. But you probably didn’t realize that Snap-on is an umbrella company with quite a few businesses under their belt. These fall under several different Snap-on companies, including Snap-on, Snap-on Industrial, Snap-on Specialty Tools, and SNA Europe.

Some of the biggest names under the Snap-on brand include Sioux, which makes some of the best pneumatic power tools in the world. Snap-on also owns SUN; the brand that many automotive dealers and repair shops trust for their automotive service equipment.

While some tool brands have managed to remain independent and see tremendous growth worldwide, most of the well-known and trusted tool brands are subsidiaries of larger corporations that own many other tool brands as well. In some cases, two brands that are in direct competition are owned by the same parent company! At the end of the day, this information won’t have any effect on the tools you’re using, so stick with your favorite brands, even if you were surprised to find out they’re in the same family as other brands you don’t prefer.

Chervon is one of the world’s largest power tool and lawn and garden equipment manufacturers with a rich history of innovation. Chervon’s commitment to build a better world by building better tools is evident in the products we manufacture and our green approach to manufacturing. We focus on hand-held portable power tools, stationary bench tools, laser and electronic equipment and outdoor power equipment. With world-class R&D, manufacturing, design, marketing, sales and service teams throughout the world, we do it all.

“SKIL did a great job with [the 10" Dual Bevel Sliding Miter Saw]. I love how smooth it operates, the power of the motor, and the capacity it offers.”

You may have read Rob Johnstone’s eZine editorial a couple of issues ago announcing that SKIL® Power Tools will soon be owned by Chervon. Maybe then you wondered, who’s Chervon?

It’s a good question. All of us avid power tools users know the big brand names and their colors — yellow, orange, green, blue, teal, red, gray, black and green. We toss their names around with our shop buddies, on the jobsite and in online forums as we discuss who makes “the best this or that” for all manner of tools these days. And that can be lively debate almost all the time, because power tools are constantly changing and improving, especially on the cordless tool front.

Chervon designs and manufactures a wide range of tools, including handheld portable power tools, stationary benchtop tools, laser and electronic tools, cordless lawn and garden equipment and accessories. In fact, it’s one of the top 10 largest tool companies in the world, with offices in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. And yet, I’ll bet most of us don’t know Chervon by name.

Aside from cordless tools, Chervon builds professional grade miter saws, band saws and tile saws for many of the largest professional and private label brands in the marketplace, Turoff says.

“OEMs take plans from another brand and build to order, and it’s how our business started,” Turoff explains. As one example, Chervon has been servicing Bosch Power Tools for 14 years as one of its OEMs. The two companies also work collaboratively: in 2007, Bosch and Chervon formed a joint venture called Bovon Power Tools that develops power tools for the Asian market.

Over the years, Chervon has acquired other power tool labels as well, including the Flex and Calmdura brands in Europe. Soon, SKIL Power Tools will be added to this portfolio.

SKIL Power Tools is a brand of electric power tools and accessories located in Naperville, Illinois, United States.Chervon, a company based in Nanjing, China.

The company now focuses more on the do-it-yourself consumer, but at one time made professional construction-grade power tools, which are now being sold under their subsidiary, SKILSAW.

Skil products include circular saws, cordless drill/drivers, cordless screw drivers, cordless tackers, cordless sealant guns, belt sanders, random orbit sanders, multi-sanders, angle grinders, hammers, drills, mixers, jig saws, lasers and measuring tools, reciprocating saws, routers, and planers.

In the early 1920s, Edmond Michel, a French immigrant in New Orleans with a penchant for tinkering and inventing, watched a group of farmers hack away at sugar cane with large machetes. After observing the painstaking labor the workers went through, Michel began experimenting with how to mechanize the Machete. In 1923, Michel created a motorized machete, which had a 6-inch (150 mm) saw-blade mounted on carved wooden frame and powered with a motor taken from a malted milk mixer – the first electric handsaw.

After forming the company, six production models were made at $1000 each. Michel went to the new Atlantic City"s Million Dollar Boardwalk to demonstrate the new tools, where the first portable electric saw was purchased for $160 by the Piers’ developer.

In the 1950s, the company changed its name to the Skil Corporation. Skilsaw remained the brand name used for the company"s products. European sales followed a few years later, by which time Skil had entered the consumer market. By 1959 it had a full and successful range of DIY tools.

Skil broke into the Australian market in the early 1960s, when they acquired the Australian company Sher Powertools, which was a good quality tool, and sold at a premium price intended to compete with the European brands of Wolf and Desoutter which were well established fine quality brands of tools at the time.

In the 1970s onwards, Skil constructed a network of factories, service centers and sales offices all around the world, its name becoming synonymous with power tools. Skil still has its European head office in Breda. All manufacturing of power tools for the European market is outsourced, mainly in China. Pre-development, Logisitics, Sales, Marketing and Finance are among the activities of the Dutch head office.

Emerson Electric acquired Skil Corporation on March 23, 1979. Under new ownership, Skil continued to grow. In late 1979, Skil redesigned many of its tools to have heavy-duty plastic, double-insulated housings. In 1982, the company embarked on a program to become the most successful power tool company in America by investing heavily in new manufacturing and quality-control systems.

On August 23, 2016, Chervon (HK) Ltd., a power tool manufacturer based in Nanjing, China, agreed to acquire the SKIL brand from the Bosch Power Tools division, which gave them control over the SKIL businesses in both North America and the European market.

“Skil, the power tool company.” Chilton’s Hardware Age. May 1988: page 58 (Accessed online through GaleGroup.com on August 2, 2012 (Subscription required))