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Rockler Woodworking company history timeline

1954

In 1954 my father, Nordy Rockler, started a mail order woodworking supply company in Minneapolis.

1988

As our founder wrote in the introduction to a 1988 catalog, "Our commitment to you doesn't end when the package arrives."

1996

In 1996, the company was renamed Rockler Woodworking and Hardware and has since expanded nationally and internationally.

2002

Woodworker's Journal and Woodworker's Journal E-Zine are named Best Internet Site at the Minnesota Magazine & Publications Association's 2002 Publishing Excellence Awards.

When Norm Abram needs specialty hardware for a project planned for the 2002 season of "The New Yankee Workshop" TV show, he turns to Rockler.

2004

It is rated "Best Overall" in a comparative review of pipe clamps in the October 2004 issue of Fine Woodworking magazine.

2014

We're particularly gratified that Rockler has been named the 2014 recipient of the Forestry Fund's Gifford Pinchot Award in recognition of the company's "significant effort to plant hardwood trees in America."

2015

The Dust Right® kit receives an Innov8 award from Wood magazine as one of the top innovative products for 2015, and both it and the Bandy Clamp win 2015 Pro Tool Innovation Awards.

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1954
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Headquarters
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