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CONTACT: MARY HARDEL
SWANSON® TOOL CO., INC.
211 ONTARIO STREET
FRANKFORT, ILLINOIS 60423
PHONE: 815-469-9453
FAX: 815-469-4575
NATIONAL HARDWARE SHOW WITH EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARDS
LAS VEGAS (May 6, 2008) – Popular Mechanics, one of America’s most trusted men's magazines, yesterday announced the winners of its Editor’s Choice Awards at the 2008 National
Hardware Show, one of the world's largest annual tradeshows for hand and power tools, hardware and innovative products across a variety of categories. Editor-in-Chief James Meigs presented the winners with their awards at a private ceremony at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
“As a premier venue for new tools and other products to debut, the National Hardware Show has long been recognized as an industry hot spot,” said Meigs. “It’s the ideal forum for Popular Mechanics to honor, recognize and report on a variety of great new products, something we’ve been doing for more than a century.”
Popular Mechanics’ home improvement team selects the Editor’s Choice winners from among the thousands of exhibitors at NHS. Among this years winners is:
•The Wood Magnet™ – This lightweight plastic tool compress fits over the edge of a piece of construction lumber, allowing the user to level it or use the lumber itself as a level by spanning two points—and thanks to a built-in rubber band, it works vertically, as a post level too. Wood Magnet’s simple and durable construction will help it with stand job site rigors. Exclusively from Swanson Tool Co.
Contact: Dan Harrell, The Write Answer for Swanson Tools
408-813-1897 / dan@writeanswer.biz
Mary J. Hardel, Marketing, Swanson Tools
815-469-9453 / mary.h@swansontoolco.com
About Swanson Tool Company (www.swansontoolco.com)
Swanson Tool Company is a leading, global manufacturer of layout and leveling tools. The Frankfort, Il-based company is the inventor of the SPEED® Square and continues to proudly manufacture and distribute the Swanson SPEED® Square and other fine carpentry and leveling tools. The Swanson product line has been upgraded and expanded to meet the changing needs of loyal customers, contractors and do-it-yourself enthusiasts, world-wide.