CART: Klein Tools Begins Sixth Season with Team Green
8 December 1998
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Based in Chicago, Klein Tools is a family-owned and operated company which has been in business since 1857, designing, developing, producing and marketing worldwide quality tools and protective equipment to meet the demanding needs of trade professionals who earn their living with their tools. The Company, which initially grew as the premier plier manufacturer for the telecommunications and electrical industries, offers a product line including hand tools used in construction, electronics, mining, electrical, communications and other fields.
Klein Tools, which employs more than 1,000 people nationwide, began its association with Team Green to support the marketing efforts of the Company and its distributorship in key markets. The association has flourished, resulting in an overall increase in exposure of Klein Tools both domestically and Internationally.
"Our association with Team Green and its other fine sponsors such as KOOL has helped increase public awareness of Klein Tools as the leading producer of quality products preferred by professional users of hand tools," says Klein Tools president Richard T. Klein, Jr. "This obviously is a perfect fit for a Company like ours servicing trade professionals and other demanding users, because they, appreciating the challenge of getting the most out of machinery and having the right tools for the job, are naturally drawn to racing. And what better way to communicate to the larger public our commitment to producing the world's finest quality hand tools than through our long association with one of the world's top racing teams?"
"Success in racing demands the highest degree of professionalism and commitment," says Team Green owner Barry Green. "Those qualities are reflected by Klein Tools, not only in the tools and equipment they produce, but in the people who represent the Company."
Klein Tools' association with Team Green has also led to the development of products specifically designed for the motor racing industry. "We're excited by the opportunity to work directly within the motor racing industry, " says Klein. Everyone at Klein Tools relishes the challenge that organizations such as CART and Team Green have the confidence in our ability to produce equipment that meet their exacting standards."
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