Power Smart USA is a relative newcomer to the power tool market. While headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, the product is manufactured in China and elsewhere in Asia. Their product line is distributed by Amerisun. Many power tools from across the brand spectrum are from China, but this is essentially a new brand created in…
Poulan has been producing outdoor power equipment for over seven decades. Consumers have come to depend on the quality of Poulan-branded products. Our products are made by Americans in our factories in Georgia, Tennesse, Arkansas, and South Carolina. Poulan brand products can be bought both in stores and at online retailers throughout the United State…
Cub Cadet is a brand with a long proud history. Created in 1961, Cub Cadet’s lawn and outdoor garden equipment has been made in the United States. Currently, the company manufacturers products in Mississippi, Tennessee and Ohio. The global research and design center is located in Valley City, OH. The brand was originally part of International…
EGO is one of the largest tool manufacturers in the world. That’s pretty amazing considering the firm has only been around since 1993. The EGO of today is a brand built around cordless power equipment. That’s right, EGO only makes and sells cordless battery-powered tools for your home and yard. For the past ten years,…
Snow Joe + Sun Joe specializes in outdoor tools for all season from lawn mowers, trimmers, to snow shovels and snow blowers. Seventeen-year-old Joseph Cohen was selling snow shovels online when he realized he could create a better snow shovel. He used his savings and together with his dad and brother-in-law as investors, founded Snow…
American Lawn Mower Company manufactures Earthwise lawn mowers. Robert Butler Kersey founded the family-owned business in 1895 with a focus on a cleaner, greener option for the American lawn. Michael Kersey, his great-grandson, is the president of American Lawn Mower Co. The company is famous for its reel lawn mowers and mowed the basin lawns at…
The Ariens brand came to life in Henry Ariens garage. It was during the Great Depression in 1933 when he called his sons to see the rototiller he had developed. The year before, he had to file bankruptcy for Brillion Iron Works. The father and his three sons started the company that exploded into employing over 1,500 people across the United States, United Kingdom, and Norway. They…
DeWalt History and Brand Info As superintendent of Seabrook Farms, Raymond E DeWalt invented the radial arm saw to help improve efficiency and productivity of woodworkers. In 1924 DeWalt Company was founded in Leola, Pennsylvania. Their first product, the DeWalt Wonder Worker was a universal electrical woodworking machine that could configure in nine different ways….
Husqvarna Brand Info Husqvarna began with a royal decree in 1689; a company called Jönköping Rifle Factory. The rifle factory continued to make weapons for three hundred years until 1989. In 1757 Swedish royalty transfers the company to a private owner and the name changed to Husqvarna Rifle Factory. Huskvarna was the first plant located…
Troy Bilt History and Brand Info Initially named Rototiller Inc, the story of Troy-Bilt began during the Great Depression when self-sufficient home gardens and hobby farms became popular. Fifty-year-old C.W. Kelsey who owned Kelsey Automobile Company was introduced to the German Earth Grinder machine by a former employee. Realizing the potential, Kelsey became the sole…