Bondhus
- Headquarters
- Monticello, MN
- Manufacturing
- Monticello, MN · Germany (screwdrivers) · Taiwan (HexPro pivot-head wrenches)
- Categories
- hand-tools-and-workshop
John Bondhus invented the ball-end hex key, sold as the Balldriver, and began making it in 1964. The rounded tip lets the key enter a screw at up to 25 degrees off-axis. The company still makes its ball-end, hex and TORX L-wrenches, T-handles and fold-up sets in Monticello, Minnesota. The contractor that built one of its plant additions put output at more than 200,000 tools a day.
It is a split line, and Bondhus is open about it. Its 2026 catalogue carries “Made in the U.S.A.” on the L-wrench, T-handle and fold-up pages. It says on the cover that its screwdrivers, pages 64 to 88, are made in Germany, and it marks the HexPro pivot-head wrenches as made in Taiwan to Bondhus specifications. Both are sold as Bondhus tools, so the brand’s mark here is the floor and the Minnesota-made sets are carried below as per-product overrides.
The boundary is drawn more clearly than at most brands on this list: the imports are separate product lines with their own catalogue sections, not SKUs hidden inside the hex-key range. If you are buying a Bondhus screwdriver, it is a German one. If you are buying the hex keys the company is known for, they are made in Minnesota.
The record
Bondhus says its ball, hex and TORX tools are made at its Monticello, Minnesota plant
“Our Ball, Hex, and TORX® tools are made in our Monticello manufacturing facility, just across the street from the Mighty Mississippi River.”
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Bondhus sells screwdrivers made in Germany and pivot-head wrenches made in Taiwan under its own name
“Bondhus® screwdrivers (pages 64-88) are made in Germany”
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The catalogue marks its L-wrench, T-handle and fold-up pages Made in the U.S.A.
“Made in the U.S.A.”
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The building contractor that expanded the Monticello plant describes it as a working tool factory
“Bondhus Corporation needed more space to add an additional tool line and the associated support in their Monticello facility. With well over 200,000 tools going out the door each day, planning and logistics were key to the project.”
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Domain record
bondhus.com was registered on .It dates the domain, not the business: a maker that moved to a new address reads young here, and an old domain says nothing about who holds it now.
RDAP registry record · checked 19 Sep 2026
Products
Where to buyBondhus 10937 Balldriver L-Wrench Set, 13 pc, .050–3/8"
Made in USAThis item carries a different mark from Bondhus as a whole, so it has its own record.
The catalogue page listing the 10937 set is marked Made in the U.S.A.
“Made in the U.S.A.”
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- Where to buy
Bondhus 20199 Balldriver L-Wrench Double Pack, Inch and Metric
Made in USAThis item carries a different mark from Bondhus as a whole, so it has its own record.
The catalogue page listing the 20199 double pack is marked Made in the U.S.A.
“Made in the U.S.A.”
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