Earlier this year we covered new tools from Hitachi and included a mention that the Hitachi Power Tools name would be changing. Well now it’s official. There will be no more Hitachi branded power tools, nailers, or fasteners made. Instead, the products henceforth will be branded Metabo HPT in the USA and Canada. In Europe, Asia, Mexico, and the rest of the world, Hitachi switched the name to Hikoki Despite being a logical portmanteau of Hitachi Koki, the second half of the Hitachi name was not well known in our market and the name didn’t test well here. Thus the adoption of the Metabo name with the acronym HPT attached. Read More