Two young entrepreneurs, S. Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker, founded a small machine shop in Baltimore. They called it The Black & Decker Manufacturing Company. Their shop has grown beyond anything they could have imagined. Today Black & Decker is a global marketer and manufacturer of quality products used in and around the home and for commercial applications. The company is the world's largest producer of power tools and accessories. Its household products business is the U.S. leader and is among global competitors in the small household appliance industry.
