MAKITA POWER TOOLS

In March 1915, Mosaburo Makita founded Makita Electric Works in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan and began selling and repairing lighting equipment, motors and transformers.

In 1958, Makita marketed a portable electrical planer in Japan and became a manufacturer of power tools the following year.

In April 1969, they introduced the 6500D battery-powered drill becoming Makita's first cordless power tool and the company has continued to develop its cordless technology since leading to the LXT range in 2005 and the newest XGT 40v Max range in 2020.