The block planes and the shoulder plane will list for $99. The planes will be available through woodworking specialty stores, not home centers. Company officials said the tools A2 irons will be made in England and the plane bodies will be made in Mexico.

Is Black and Decker owned by China?

Last weeks closure of the American companys wholly-owned China unit, Stanley Black & Decker Precision Manufacturing (Shenzhen), marked the latest retreat by a manufacturing business from Shenzhen amid rising labour and land costs in the booming town just across the mainland border from Hong Kong.

Is Stanley tools still in business?

Today, the company continues to be an industry leader in hand tool innovation thanks to a continued focus on the excellence that is inherent in every product, employee and business.