Hi folks,
today, I had the opportunity to talk to a
Protool rep. (Protool is one of Festool's sister companies). He mentioned that this year Protool would introduce three new 18 V Lithium Ion cordless tools - a drill driver, a hammer drill and an
impact driver - in Europe.
While this sounds fine to me it's probably rather bad news for you:
- Currently, Protool seems to be NAINA.
- As some of you might know, Festool and Protool focus on different branches (in the sense of strategic management). Festool concentrates on "fine woodworking" (cabinet making and such), the automotive finishing and the painting industries, Protool on carpentry and construction.
Personally, I have the impression that the take of many craftsmen located in Central-Europe is that impact drivers are not really for fine woodworking. It's not my intention to discuss whether this truly applies or not but if this actually is a wide-spread opinion it's not likely that a power tool brand which focuses rather on fine woodworking than on carpentry will offer an impact driver in the near future. This is at least my personal assumption.
Greetings from Austria,
Christian