Unless you make it a point to keep up with all power tool manufacturers, big or small, It’s unlikely you’ve heard of Yongkang Kimo Power Tools Co., Ltd. This parent company churning out Kimo’s line isn’t tied to any other major power tool brand, instead focusing primarily on innovating Kimo’s lithium-ion tools in its 80,729 sq ft facility in Yongkang City, Zhejiang.
According to the official Kimo Power Tools website, the company was established in 1990. However, the same “About Us” page states that “for nearly a century,” the company has been involved in manufacturing, researching, and developing lithium-ion power tools.
Considering the first lithium-ion battery-operated hand power tool wasn’t produced until around 2003 to 2005, and the concept of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery was only first introduced in the 1970s, this makes it difficult to peg when Kimo first came onto the power tool scene.
The muddied history of Kimo’s lithium-ion tools aside, the company touts having established China’s first “lithium battery tool research institute” and prides itself on its ongoing research and development efforts, which includes more than 10 foreign and domestic patents.
