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Does Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. support Israel?
Yes — Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Household & consumer goods brands · Companies that support Israel
Background
Stanley Black & Decker's documented ties to Israel are corporate acquisitions and an ongoing manufacturing subsidiary, not donations or political statements: it bought Israeli toolbox maker ZAG Industries in 1998 (still operating as The Stanley Works Israel Ltd. in Rosh Ha'ayin) and Israeli-founded AeroScout in 2012. Advocacy boycott lists additionally claim that Black+Decker-branded plastic products are manufactured under license by Israel's Keter Plastic, including in West Bank settlement factories; that claim circulates through advocacy sources only (MintPress News, Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign) and is not documented here as standalone evidence. No corporate donations to Israel-linked causes were found, the company has no charitable foundation in IRS records, and its PAC gives to bipartisan candidate committees rather than pro-Israel committees.
SEC Form 8-K — ZAG acquisition (1998) MintPress News (Keter licensing claim — advocacy source) Globes — AeroScout acquisition
Timeline of documented support
Documented support
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acquisition | 1998-08-05 | $114,000,000 | ZAG Industries Ltd. (Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel) The Stanley Works (predecessor of Stanley Black & Decker) completed the acquisition of approximately 90% of Israeli plastic storage-products maker ZAG Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: ZAGIF) for $14.30 per share in cash, about $114 million; the deal was announced April 23, 1998, and ZAG continued operating from Israel under founder Zvi Yemini's management, later becoming The Stanley Works Israel Ltd. | |
| Acquisition | 2012-06 | — | AeroScout Inc. (Israeli-founded real-time location systems company) Stanley Black & Decker, through its Stanley Healthcare Solutions division, acquired AeroScout, an Israeli-founded developer of Wi-Fi real-time location systems for hospitals and industry with R&D roots in Israel; Israeli press reported a purchase price of roughly $200 million (financial terms were not officially disclosed). | |
| Operations in Israel | 2025-02 | — | The Stanley Works Israel Ltd. (subsidiary, Rosh Ha'ayin) Stanley Black & Decker continues to own and operate its Israeli subsidiary The Stanley Works Israel Ltd. in Rosh Ha'ayin (the former ZAG plastics business), listed alongside Stanley Israel Investments B.V. in the subsidiaries exhibit of the company's FY2024 annual report filed February 2025. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of cash donations, but Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. has documented support of other kinds (Acquisition, Operations in Israel). See the records on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 8 distinct sources are cited for Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-07-28
- SEC Form 8-K — ZAG acquisition (1998) sec.gov
- Plastics News (Apr 1998) plasticsnews.com
- Globes — AeroScout acquisition en.globes.co.il
- SEC 10-K Exhibit 21 — Stanley Black & Decker subsidiaries (lists AeroScout Ltd., Israel) sec.gov
- Mergr M&A deal summary mergr.com
- SEC EX-21 subsidiaries exhibit (FY2024 10-K) sec.gov
- Dun & Bradstreet — The Stanley Works Israel Ltd dnb.com
- MintPress News (Keter licensing claim — advocacy source) mintpressnews.com