Stride Tool to celebrate 30th Anniversary

February 1, 2010 - GLENWILLOW, Ohio (February 1, 2010)—Stride Tool Inc., a worldwide designer and manufacturer of specialty hand tools for the professional and DIY market, will celebrate its 30^th anniversary in March. Stride Tool is also the parent company of Imperial^®, which celebrates its 105^th anniversary this month.

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Stride Tool announces new Imperial® 800 series deep draw vacuum manifolds Best for R-410A evacuations
November 30, 2009 - GLENWILLOW, Ohio (November 30, 2009)—Stride Tool Inc., a worldwide designer and manufacturer of HVAC/R equipment and specialty hand tools, today unveiled a new four valve aluminum body manifold line: the 800 series for deep draw vacuum.

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Stride Tool announces new Imperial® 210-F Deburring Tool
June 01, 2009 - Stride Tool Inc., a worldwide designer and manufacturer of specialty hand tools, today unveiled its latest in a long line of unique tube working tools. Designed to deburr a wide range of materials from soft copper to cast iron, the 210-F Deburr Tool easily prepares newly cut tubing for flaring or connections.

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Ratcheting Mini Tube Cutter Wins Dealer Design Gold Award!
July 7, 2006 - Stride Tool Inc., a worldwide designer and manufacturer of specialty hand tools, was recognized for excellence in product design in the third annual Dealer Design Awards Program sponsored by The Air Conditioning Heating & Refrigeration News Magazine. An independent panel of 45 contractors acted as judges in the contest that had 112 entries from 75 manufacturers. The company’s Imperial TC-1050RH Ratcheting Tube Cutter was the first place Gold Award winner in the Tools category. The ACHR News is a leading trade magazine in the heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration industries.

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New Ratcheting Mini Tube Cutter is a Truly Unique Tool
December 13, 2005 - Stride Tool Inc., a worldwide designer and manufacturer of specialty hand tools, has introduced the Imperial® TC-1050RH Ratcheting Mini Tube Cutter, a unique tool in which the tube cutter can be removed from the ratcheting handle.  The ratcheting tube cutter is designed for 1/8-inch to 5/8-inch outside diameter tubing, and has a minimal clearance radius of 1 ¼-inches.

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Stride Tool Unveils New 464-FH Tubing Bender for Tough Metals
September 27, 2005 - Stride Tool Inc., a worldwide designer and manufacturer of specialty hand tools, today unveiled its new Imperial® 464-FH Heavy Duty 180° Tubing Bender, which is designed to accurately bend tubing up to 180° in stainless steel and other tough metals.

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470-FH Tube Bender Wins Motor Magazine Top 20 Tools Award
September 8, 2005 - The Imperial® 470-FH Triple Head 180° Tube Bender has received a Top 20 Tools Awards from Motor Magazine.  The publication has issued the annual awards since 1992.

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Stride Tool Announces New Triple Head 180-Degree Tube Bender
March 10, 2005 - Stride Tool Inc., a worldwide designer and manufacturer of specialty hand tools, today introduced its new Imperial® 470-FH Triple Head 180° Tube Bender, which features Imperial’s patented Roto-Lok™ action. 

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Imperial® PolarShield® Premium Hi-Performance Charging Hose
March 2005 - Imperial’s PolarShield Premium Hi-Performance Charging Hoses are UL recognized and meet UL, SAE and EPA requirements for strength, pressure and refrigerant permeation. The new 950 Series multi-refrigerant charging and evacuation hoses feature low-loss ball shut-off valves and durable high-pressure barrier construction.

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Imperial® Introduces Innovative Internal and External Ring Pliers
May 12, 2004 - Continuing its tradition of innovative tool design, Imperial® introduces its new IR-92 and IR-94 universal convertible retaining ring pliers that are designed for a wide variety of internal and external automotive and mechanical retaining ring applications.

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Series 700-C Kwik-Charger® Service Manifold Charges 8x Faster!
January 21, 2004 - Imperial® will introduce its latest innovative product for the refrigeration, air-conditioning and automotive markets: the Kwik-Charger® Service Manifold, in booth #4913 at this year’s AHR Expo. The Kwik-Charger features a patented built-in control valve that charges refrigeration systems up to eight times faster than conventional manifolds.

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Stride Tool Recognized by WBENC For Fourth Consecutive Year
September, 2003 - For the fourth consecutive year, Stride Tool has been recognized by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) as a certified Women’s Business Enterprise. The WBENC certification is one of the most widely recognized official recognitions in the nation and is accepted by more than 500 U.S. companies.

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Triple-Head Tube Bender Provides Smaller, More Precise Bends
August, 2003 - A new patented tube bender designed and produced by Imperial, a division of Stride Tool, is the only triple-head 180-degree bender that bends up to 1/2-inch tubing. Its design vastly improves the precision of bends by optimizing bend radii to produce the smallest-diameter bends without buckling or damaging the tubing.

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Product-Category-Defining CamLock™ Retaining Ring Pliers
July 15, 2003 - Imperial’s legacy of innovation continues with the introduction of its category-defining Imperial CamLock Convertible Retaining Ring Pliers for the HVAC, automotive, general industrial and DIY markets. This newest Imperial product now appears for sale as a six-piece kit in a variety of tool catalogs and on the shelves of major North American retailers.

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400-Series Two Valve Manifolds In Forged Brass
May 27, 2003 - Imperial recently redesigned and enhanced their new 400-Series precision engineered, two valve, forged-brass manifolds. The offering has been expanded to over 20 different configurations, which provides service technicians in the HVAC, automotive and general industrial markets with heightened levels of efficiency, durability and reliability in a cost-effective manifold.

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