Ending West's dominance in the power tools market

China's Positec, whose Worx brand has hit pay dirt, is strong in 13 countries and expanding

Chances are high that on your next visit to a hardware store in the United States, you may notice that Chinese fall clean-up tools are among the best-selling products, giving Germany's Bosch, the world's top power-tool maker, stiff competition.

Before you attribute the sales to presumably lower prices of made-in-China goods, take a reality check: Worx products are costlier than Bosch's.