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MTD Products Inc.
Type Private
Founded 1932
Headquarters Cleveland, OH, USA
Key people Rob Moll, CEO
Industry Lawn maintenance
Products Consumer and Commercial Lawn equipment
Revenue (turnover) $1.190 billion USD (2006)[1]
Employees 6,800 (as of 2006)
Website MTD Products Inc.

MTD Products (Modern Tool and Die Company), of Cleveland, Ohio, USA began in 1932, and is a family-owned, private company. They began as tool and die makers, and now are manufacturers of outdoor power equipment for the mass market. MTD's main competitors are Briggs & Stratton and Husqvarna.

History[]

Theo Moll, Emil Jochum and Erwin Gerhard formed a partnership to purchase the assets of thr Modern Tool and Die Company located on Power Avenue in Cleveland. The initial capitol investment was $4500 and the company’s end product was tools and dies.

Timeline[]

  • MTD’s first products were perforating dies and a rolling machine for making window channels for Standard Products.
  • 1933 12 employees in MTD and by 1934 the head count was 60 employees.
  • 1936 the company produces its first automotive stampings products, grilles for Graham-Paige automobiles.
  • 1952 the controlling interest in Midwest Industries Inc.' is purchased. With this MTD begins to manufacture bicycles, velocipedes, pedal cars and playground equipment.
  • 1954 - enters the garden equipment industry with introduction of a line of wheelbarrows.
  • 1958 - enters the lawn & garden power equipment industry with the production of an 18” power rotary mower.
  • 1959 - takes a giant step into future growth when they begin the manufacturing of self-propelled lawn mowers, Garden tractors and other power equipment.
  • 1962 - Purchases Sehl Engineering Ltd. of Canada, this later became MTD Products, Ltd. (today’s MTD Canada).
  • 1966 - purchases Industrial Plastics Company in Cleveland, OH, USA.
  • 1968 - starts snow thrower production.
  • 1975 - purchases Yard-Man name from Montgomery Ward.
  • 1980 - A new 160,000 sq. ft. manufacturing plant Built in Brownsville, Tennessee, USA. This plant has been recently shut down.[when?]
  • 1981 - The Cub Cadet Product line is acquired from International Harvester and renamed Cub Cadet Corporation (CCC), and the White Outdoor Products Company is acquired from the old White Motor Company.
  • 1985 - Martin, Tennessee Plant begins operation, and Arnold Corporation is acquired.
  • 1986 - Aircap Industries in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA is acquired.
  • 1990 Customer Service call center is established
  • 1994 - Modern Transmission Development Company plant built in Leitchfield, Kentucky, USA
  • 1996 - Joint venture with Lesco creates Commercial Turf Products.
  • 2000 - Opening of a Hungarian manufacturing facility with expanded capacity for electrical products and acquired Ryobi giving them the capacity to produce 1.5 million engines and related hand-held products.
  • 2001 - acquired Garden Way including the Troy-Bilt and Bolens brands.
  • 2006 - Began building lawn equipment under the Massey Ferguson brand for sale in Europe.[2]
  • 2007 - Began building the low-end lawn & garden tractors for Toro (company).
  • 2008 - Began having a third-party company (located in China) manufacture a new line of engines for the Craftsman 2008 line of Snowthrowers. They are no longer building them with Tecumseh engines, and Tecumseh is bankrupt.

Brands Owned[]

Private Label Brands Produced[]

MTD currently builds or has built various other brands and store-brand Lawn & Garden tractors over the years, including:

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