Nicholson
Files and rasps under a 150-year-old Providence, Rhode Island name. Now sold as Crescent Nicholson.
Status: Watchlist
- Founded
- 1864
- Website
- crescenttool.com
- HQ
- USA
- Manufacturing
- Brazil,Mexico,Colombia
- Ownership type
- PE-owned
- Parent
- Apex Tool Group
- Acquired
- 2010
- Status since
- 2026-10-30
Ownership
Part of Apex Tool Group, formed in 2010 from Cooper Industries and Danaher tool brands. Bain Capital is reported to have owned Apex since 2013.
Why Watchlist
The brand page leads with William Nicholson's 1864 file-cutting machine and the Providence, Rhode Island company. Apex closed the Cullman, Alabama Nicholson plant in 2010 to 2011 and moved production to Colombia, Mexico and Brazil. A distributor lists a current Nicholson file set as made in Brazil.
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