Flex-Elektrowerkzeuge
FLEX-Elektrowerkzeuge GmbH is a German producer of power tools with headquarters in Steinheim. After producing flexible shaft grinders since 1922, FLEX invented the "Flex" or angle grinder in 1954. The company created a partnership with American tool producer Porter Cable, until Pentair sold its power tool division to Black & Decker in 2004. Black & Decker divested itself of FLEX tools. In 2013 FLEX tools were taken over by the Chinese Chervon Holdings Ltd.
In North America, FLEX sell mainly metalworking and masonry power tools, but in Europe it also makes and sells woodworking tools.
