Milwaukee Tools and Uponor - A Partnership for Professionals

摘要

Partnership means sharing and frankly, big manufacturers usually don't like to share. Their proprietary technologies and processes are their lifeblood, after all. But Milwaukee Tool and Uponor North America managed to find enough common ground-and a strong enough common purpose-to create a real partnership. And the results have benefited not just the companies, but the end-users of their products as well. It helps that both manufacturers share compatible company cultures. Milwuakee Tool was founded in 1924 in Brookfield, WI, and has a long history of innovation, most famously with its Sawzall reciprocating saw (introduced in 1951). Uponor, founded in Finland in 1918, has likewise pushed the envelope when it comes to plumbing and indoor climate solutions. The drive of both companies to innovate and improve on their products led each of them into special relationships with plumbing and heating professionals to acquire more (and more accurate) feedback on how their products were being used. In 2008, Milwaukee decided to refocus its business on the plumbing and mechanical trades, what the company calls their "core users."