Looking to capitalize on its "Built in the USA with Global Materials" program, DeWalt, a unit of Stanley Black & Decker, has expanded production at its Charlotte, N.C., facility with a broader range of cordless tools.
The facility first came online in September 2013, but production has accelerated in the past year, according to Steve Palmer, DeWalt's value-stream leader for motor production at the plant. "It's a 1.2-million-sq-ft building, and we keep adding production," he told reporters gathered for a media tour of the plant on June 3. "Right now we're putting out 66,000 to 70,000 tools per week. But that's not counting the rush around Father's Day and Black Friday. I think that a further expansion of the plant is in the cards." According to DeWalt representatives, the Charlotte plant has produced over 4 million tools to date.