12.14.2011 - Ken-Tool selects Action Marketing LLC to Represent Company
Rock Tyson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Ken-Tool has announced the company has selected Salem, Oregon-based Action Marketing, LLC to represent the company in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
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8.12.2011 - Ken-Tool® announces EZ Tire Rotator™ Inflation Cage Roller Insert
Ken-Tool®, the world's leading manufacturer of professional tire service tools and related products, announces the introduction of the EZ Tire Rotator™ – a roller insert for popular tire inflation cages.
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7.13.2011 - Ken-Tool® announces its new Impact Separator tool
Ken-Tool has released its new T39B Impact Separator tool for use in suspension service situations.
The T39B Impact Separator uses a proven slide-ram design to remove ball joints, tie rod ends and shock links during replacement service – replacing the traditional hammer and fork. It provides the technician with a quick, safe and efficient means to remove worn suspension components from the vehicle.
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5.26.2011 - Ken-Tool® Offers New Replacement Handle For T11E®
Ken-Tool®, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional tire service tools and related products, has announced a new replacement handle and other significant improvements to Ken-Tool’s T11E® Duck-Billed Bead Breaking Wedge tool. The T11E is a popular and widely used tire changing service tool for agricultural, heavy truck and off-the-highway tire service applications.
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5.20.2011 - Ken-Tool® Adds New Bead Holder for Steel and Alloy Wheels
The new bead holder features the unique C-Lok™ shape, which allows it to be used on nearly all steel or alloy passenger car, light truck, agricultural and over-the-road truck wheels. The design resists slipping off the rim, and is less likely to mar alloy wheels. The new bead holder is ideal for use with super single and super wide truck wheels, as well as low profile passenger car tires.
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12.14.2010 - Ken-Tool TorqueMaster™ Line Expansion
When a service technician reaches the point of reinstalling a wheel and tire to a vehicle, his first inclination is to reach for an impact wrench to install the lug nuts. He knows he should torque the nuts to a specific value as the final step, but using the torque wrench takes too much valuable time. The solution to the problem is the TorqueMaster™ torque limiting sockets and extensions from Ken-Tool.
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11.30.2010 - Ken-Tool offers 13-piece Wheel Cover & Wheel Lock Removal Tool Kit
A service technician faced with attempting to find a customer’s factory key to unlock the wheel or wheel cover locks found on many vehicles today has a time consuming job. Oftentimes the customer doesn’t even know their vehicle is equipped with locks, and they have no idea where the key might be.
Now, Ken-Tool a leading innovator in tire-service tools, addresses this time-consuming and aggravating problem with the Ken-Tool Wheel Cover and Wheel-Lock removal kits for Ford, Chrysler and GM vehicles, including the new 13-Piece Deluxe Removal Kit (#30171), joining the 9-Piece kit (#30170).
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10.08.2010 - Douglas Romstadt named Ken-Tool President
Alec Pendleton, the Chairman of the Board of Ken-Tool has announced the appointment of Douglas Romstadt as company President, which was effective on September 20, 2010. Mr. Romstadt succeeds Mr. Pendleton in that position, while Mr. Pendleton continues as Ken-Tool Chairman.
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08.24.2010 - Ken-Tool expands tire mounting lubricant line
Ken-Tool, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional tire service tools and related products, announces the significant expansion of its line of tire service lubricants. The new Ken-Tool lubricant products are: Euro Paste, Heavy Paste, Tiger Paste and Ultra Lube.
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07.15.2010 - Ken-Tool Announces First “Quest for the Best” Winner
Ken-Tool, a provider of specialty hand tools for nearly 90 years, announces its first winner of the “Quest for the Best: Show Us How You Do It” online video contest.
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06.15.2010 - Ken-Tool announces Valve Breaker™ tool
Ken-Tool, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional tire service tools, has announced its latest tire service tool, the Valve Breaker™ to quickly remove valve stems from demounted wheels.
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05.21.2010 - Introducing “Blue Cobra™” Truck Tire Demount Tool
Ken-Tool, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional tire service tools, has unveiled a new tool specifically designed to address the challenges of demounting truck tires affordably and efficiently – in the shop or on roadside service calls.
The Ken-Tool “Blue Cobra™” Truck Tire Demount Tool (pn 35440) is ergonomically designed to allow a technician to quickly remove the tire from the rim on the floor with a single tool. The “Blue Cobra” tool is designed to service 20-, 22.5- and 24.5-inch rims mounted with tube or tubeless style wheels up to 13-inches wide.
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05.19.2010 - Ken-Tool® Announces “Quest for the Best” Video Contest
Ken-Tool, a provider of specialty hand tools for nearly 90 years, announces its “Quest for the Best: Show Us How You Do It” online video contest.
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05.18.2010 - Ken-Tool® names Randy D. Parrish Operations Manager
Alec Pendleton, President of Ken-Tool has announced Randy D. Parrish of Green, Ohio has joined the company as Operations Manager.
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03.15.2010 - Ken-Tool® Promotes Rock Tyson to Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Ken-Tool, a provider of specialty hand tools for nearly 90-years, today announced the promotion of Rock (Rockford) Tyson to the position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
In his new role, Tyson will direct all domestic and international sales and marketing efforts for the Ohio-based company.
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02.12.2010 - Ken-Tool® Twist Sockets Remove Damaged or Rounded Fasteners -
New Twist Socket sets, individual sockets released
One of a mechanic’s worst nightmares is removing a nut or bolt with damaged or rounded hex surfaces, or severely corroded and frozen threads. The problem is “How to remove the bolt or nut?”
The solution is the Twist Socket from Ken-Tool, a leading manufacturer of innovative tools for the automotive and tire-service market.
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12.07.2009 - Ken-Tool Introduces the Nineteen-Five™
Ken-Tool, a leader and innovator in tire-service tools, announces the Nineteen-Five, a tire mounting and demounting tool set designed to make changing 19.5" truck tires easier and safer.
This specially designed tool set takes the hassle out of changing 19.5" truck tires, which are notoriously difficult to mount and demount due to their thick beads and high ply-rating internal construction.
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12.15.2008 - Ken-Tool of Akron makes changes to its building and way it does business to stay competitive, local
Alec Pendleton decided it was time to put a new roof over his head and those of his long-time employees.
But the owner of Ken-Tool, a small tool maker that specializes in truck tire repair equipment, wasn't thinking so much of making changes to better keep rain, snow and other harsh weather outside.
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7.29.2008 - Ken-Tool Announces Personnel Changes
Ken-Tool has named Rick Homman Director of Operations. He replaces Robert Dempsey, Vice President of Operations for the past 10 years, who retired. Prior to joining Ken-Tool, Homman was production manager of Kobe Aluminum Products in Bowling Green, KY.
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4.16.2008 - Universal Master TPMS Sensor Hardware and Tool Service Set
Ken-Tool’s Universal Master TPMS Sensor Hardware and Tool Service Set for Tire Pressure Monitoring System sensors, (Item #30000), is an all-inclusive kit that includes hardware and application-specific tools for servicing valve stem TPMS sensors. The set ensures that tire service technicians won’t have to purchase several individual hardware kits from different sensor manufacturers and then separately purchase expensive TPMS sensor service tools as well.
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4.08.2008 - Ken-Tool Introduces Industrial Wheel Lock Ring Tool Set
The new Industrial Wheel Lock Ring Tool Set (#32129) from Ken-Tool is designed to help tire technicians safely, easily and quickly remove and replace split lock rings on multi-piece industrial forklift wheels.
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2.22.2008 - Ken-Tool Introduces Easy-Lift™ Bead-Seating Stand
To Help Tire Service Technicians Protect Their Backs
The Easy-Lift™ Bead-Seating Stand from Ken-Tool provides a safer and easier way to position large tire and wheel assemblies for proper bead seating. Ergonomically designed to increase productivity and reduce back strain and injuries, the Easy-Lift aligns tire beads concentrically on the wheel resulting in improved vehicle ride and longer tire life.
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2.20.2008 - Ken-Tool Introduces IronMan™ Ergonomic Wheel
Lifting Bar That Helps Reduce Injuries
Professional tire service technicians know that lifting large tire and wheel assemblies can put a lot of extra stress on their backs, with the potential to cause serious injuries. But now, Ken-Tool has developed a new wheel lifting tool designed to lighten the load, helping to prevent back injuries and make the job of changing heavy truck tires easier.
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2.13.2008 - Ken Tool Bulletin
#35648 Covering 10 pc. Lug Wrench Display and #36045 / #36046 Tool Merchandisers.
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1.08.2008 - Mayhew Proposes Acquisition of Old Forge & Carica Lines
Mayhew Steel Products and Ken-Tool are pleased to announce that Mayhew will acquire Ken-Tool’s OldForge and Carica product lines within the next few weeks. The transaction includes Ken-Tool’s manufacturing facility in New Wilmington, PA, plus trademark rights to the Oldforge and Carica brands and all products currently being manufactured and marketed by Ken-Tool under those brands. The Oldforge product line consists of pneumatic accessories and specialty tools and the Carica product line consists of telescoping and unique specialty tools.
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10.29.2007 - Ken-Tool Company History
Ken-Tool is the leading manufacturer of tire service tools in the world. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, Ken-Tool has been providing the tire industry and automotive aftermarket with quality products for more than 85 years. Housed in a 55,000 square foot facility, Ken-Tool is a primary manufacturer of product, with its manufacturing expertise centered on drop hammer, upsetter and press forging. The company goes to market through the traditional aftermarket distribution network. The company also does contract forging for various companies both in and outside its industry. Private branded products are becoming an increasingly important part of Ken-Tool's business.
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10.29.2007 - Ken-Tool Debuts New Website
Ken-Tool has unveiled a newly-redesigned website.
The new site is designed with a clean, contemporary graphic look, and features straightforward navigation, including a complete online catalog, tool demonstration videos, instruction manuals, distributor and manufacturer's rep search pages, a media pressroom and general company information.
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7.26.2007 - Ken-Tool Debuts 'TPMS Sentry™' Tire Pressure Monitoring System Tool
Ken-Tool's new "TPMS Sentry™," designed for use on vehicles with Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems, protects valuable valve stem sensors that mount through the valve hole.
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4.09.2007 - Ken-Tool Names Rockford Tyson as Director of Marketing and Sales
Ken-Tool today announced the appointment of Rockford Tyson as the Director of Marketing and Sales. In his new position, Tyson will oversee all marketing and sales activities for the company and will report to Alec Pendleton, President.
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