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Milwaukee, Ryobi, and AEG/Ridgid power tools may all be produced under the same companies, but that does not mean the tools are exactly the same, or sometimes even close to the same.
As far as the brands go, TTI decided to make Milwaukee the “Flagship” brand with the “highest” quality most professional tools.
Whether they actually always do this is questionable.
Some tools sold under the Zmilwaukee name are not sold in the USA, such as a cordless jogsaw, which is likely far higher quality than the cordless Milwaukee jigsaw sold in the USA.
Some of the Milwaukee tools sold in Europe may still be made in Germany or the Czech Republic.
AEG/Ridgid tools were made the “Mid Tier” TTI brand.
AEG was basically an industrial brand of power tool before TTI took over, with some consumer tools thrown in.
After TTI took over they moved the AEG brand to the mid tier level.
In the USA the AEG tools are basically sold under the Ridgid brand, although in the Orange/Gray color scheme rather than the pro-grade Ridgid tools which are usually red-gray or red-silver, or maybe red-black.
Some of the heavy industrial AEG tools may still be made for the European market.
Some Ridgid power tools sold in the USA may not be dold in Europe.
The Ryobi brand name was purchased or licensed by TTI for use outside of Japan, and maybe a few other areas, so most tools sold as Ryobi tools now are made by TTI.
Tools sold in Japan under the Ryobi name may still be made by or for the actual Ryobi corporation.
The TTI produced Ryobi tools are typically the lime green color tools.
TTI uses the Ryobi tools brand for it’s “homeowner” grade tools.
The batteries in the three brands, Milwaukee, AEG/Ridgid, and Ryobi may be similar, but the likelyhood is that whenever battery cells get upgrades, the newer better cells will go into the higher market tools, and the older cells will get used up fir Ryobi batteries.