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FOR 75 YEARS
Dremel products have progressed with the world,
1935
Dremel markets the
Moto-Tool, the first
rotary tool
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A. J. Dremel launches Dremel
Manufacturing Co.
Nylon invented
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helping millions of people continue to experience
First electric razor blade
sharpener
Congress approves Social
Security Act
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
urges adoption of a 5-day
workweek, thereby setting Saturday
up as America’s favorite day
rewarding hands-on projects.
Moto-Saw introduced
African-American surgeon
Dr. Charles Drew opens
America’s first blood bank, but
segregation laws prevent him
from donating his own blood
Winston Churchill becomes
Britain’s prime minister
1940
1932
1951
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A.J. Dremel introduces the
then-radical idea of “profit
sharing,” gives employees
30% year-end bonuses
The 22nd Amendment to the
Constitution limiting presidents
to two terms is ratified
Bell Telephone Laboratories
announces the invention of the
electric transistor
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1957
1958
1948
Dremel Advantage
High-Speed Rotary Saw
introduced
1995
Soviet Union launches
Sputnik I and II, touching
off the space race
President Lyndon Johnson
signs Medicare Act
First round-the-world
nonstop jet flight
Beatles first appear on
The Ed Sullivan Show
2003
Dremel 10.8-Volt LithiumIon introduced
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Dremel MultiPro added
to lineup
2004
Dremel 400 Series XPR
launched
Dremel first to introduce
Lithium-Ion technology into
the North American power
tool market
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George W. Bush becomes
the 43rd president of the
United States
2001
The Human Genome Project is
completed with the successful
sequencing of the 3 billion
chemical base pairs that make
up human DNA
Freewheeler, first cordless
rotary tool, hits the market
A year after the Berlin Wall
falls, historic democratic
reforms spread across
Europe and East and
West Germany unite
1988
In South Africa, Nelson
Mandela freed after
27 years in prison
Dustin Hoffman wins
Academy Award for Rain Man
Hubble Space Telescope
launched
Compact discs outsell vinyl
records for the first time
1990
2005
Dremel 300 Series
introduced; dremel.com
relaunched
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Announcement of a
standardized Digital
Versatile Disc (also
known as Digital Video
Disc) format signals the
dawn of the DVD age
1964
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Dremel Electric Engraver
introduced
1 million homes have television
Dremel rotary tool
was used …
Dremel Heavy-Duty
Flex-Shaft Tool launched
Mass-circulation credit cards
appear in America.
Dremel Moto-Shop
Jig Saw introduced
1945
… in the Allied victory in
World War II
Dremel Electric Shoe
Polisher introduced
Dremel Electric Fish Scaler
hits the market
1939 –
NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity
discovers evidence that there
was once water on Mars
Dremel Stylus
introduced
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Lance Armstrong wins the
Tour de France for a record
7th time
Condoleezza Rice becomes
the first African-American
woman to hold the office of
Secretary of State
2006
The United States
population reaches
300 million based on a
United States Census
Bureau projection
Dremel celebrates
75 years of trust
and quality
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2007