Skil

SKIL Power Tools is a brand of electric power tools and accessories in Naperville, Illinois, United States. It is a subsidiary of Chervon (HK) Ltd, a company based in Nanjing, China.

The company focuses more on the do-it-yourself consumer, but at one time they made professional construction-grade power tools, which are now being sold under their subsidiary, SKILSAW.

SKIL can trace its heritage to the invention of the circular saw by Edmond Michel in 1924, which led to the development of the SKILSAW circular saw Model 77 in 1937. Referred to as “the saw that built America,” the Model 77 set the industry standard for handheld worm drive circular saws which remain in production almost unchanged today. In an example of a genericized trademark, portable circular saws are often still called Skilsaws or Skil saws.

Skil products include circular saws, cordless drill/drivers, cordless screw drivers, cordless tackers, cordless sealant guns, belt sanders, random orbital sanders, multi-sanders, angle grinders, hammers, drills, mixers, jigsaws; lasers and measuring tools; reciprocating saws, routers, and planers.