Federal Reserve looks for 'secret sauce' behind a successful Wisconsin tool maker

Business is booming for Snap-on, a Wisconsin company that has made tools for professional mechanics for more than a century. It recently got a fact-finding visit from the head of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2016x1512+0+0/resize/2016x1512!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0b%2F00%2Fc051e763459bbb836ea441ebb606%2Fsnap-on-van.jpg' alt='Snap-on sells custom tools to mechanics with a fleet of 3,400 rolling showrooms like this one. Its sales force visits nearly a million mechanics every week.'/><p>Business is booming for Snap-on, a Wisconsin company that has made tools for professional mechanics for more than a century. It recently got a fact-finding visit from the head of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank. </p><p>(Image credit: Scott Horsley)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5894730' />