Porter-Cable 3,500-Watt 6.5 HP Portable Electric Generator
Porter Cable Generators:
The Porter-Cable 3500-watt 6.5 HP portable generator features a Honda GX200 OHV engine. This quality engine includes compression release for easy-recoil start and a cast-iron cylinder sleeve, and it requires low oil protection. It features an advanced alternator design with no brushes to replace.
The Porter Cable generators line is focused entirely on portable generators designed for the homeowner or contractor. These units are designed to provide partial electric power to a home in case of emergency or for jobsite power for use by contractors. These units are all gasoline powered and range in rated operating output from 3.25 kW to 10 kW. Porter Cable currently has 13 models of protable generators to choose from in various configurations, sizes, and power output ratings.
Porter-Cable manufactures a vast majority of its products out of it's Jackson, TN. headquarters; however, the company operates a second manufacturing facility in Steinheim, Germany, where its products are produced and sold throughout Europe under the FLEX brand name.
In October 2004 Black & Decker purchased Porter-Cable from Pentair. Porter Cable is headquartered in Jackson, TN and has an estimated annual sales of close to $280 million dollars. Black & Decker is the largest manufacturer / seller of power tools and accessories in the US with estimated sales of approximately $5.4 billion annually and operates out of its Towson, MD headquarters. Black & Decker's primary brands are DEWALT and Black & Decker, but they also include plumbing products (Price Pfister), home security hardware (Kwikset), and cleaning and lighting products (Dustbuster vacuum cleaners, SnakeLight flashlights). Black & Decker markets it products thru hardware stores, specialty tool outlets, home improvement warehouses and its own chain of tool sales and repair stores, their largest customers are Home Depot and Lowe's, which account for about 30% of total sales.