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Article: Around and About.(Company overview)
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Klein Tools founder makes Lineman's Hall of Fame
Brad Perriello
Mathias Klein , founder of Klein Tools, was inducted in to the Hall of Fame at the International Lineman's Museum.
Klein, who in 1857 forged the first known pair of pliers made in the United States, joined Thomas Edison as part of the museum's inaugural Hall of Fame class.
Founded in 2006, the museum in Shelby, N.C., honors linemen and other pioneers of the electrical industry.
'It is an honor that my great-great-grandfather's legacy will forever be recognized by the International Lineman's Hall of ...