Murray was a U.S. company whose assets are now owned by Briggs & Stratton and Dorel Industries. The corporate brand is a descendant of the Murray Ohio Manufacturing Company, which manufactured bicycles and lawn and garden equipment .
History[]
Lawn and Garden Equipment[]
Murray has a history of lawn and garden (L&G) equipment. In June 1988, Murray was acquired by Tomkins plc of Great Britain. In 1993, the new company purchased the Noma brand of L&G equipment. It manufactured under a variety of brands, including for other companies. Murray licensed the Stanley brand and produced lawn and garden mowers and snow blowers sold at Wal-Mart and other retailers.[1] The machines were built at the former bicycle facility in Lawrenceburg.
The Murray brand was acquired by Briggs & Stratton in 2004. On August 30, 2005, Lawrenceburg produced its last lawnmower, closing on September 30, 2005.[2]
Brands owned by Murray[3][]
- AMF (American Machine & Foundry)
- Dynamark
- Dynamark Plus
- Murray
- Murray Classic
- Murray Performance (Sold at Mills Fleet Farm and AAFES (Army & Air Force Exchange Service))
- Murray Pro
- Murray Select
- Murray Ultra
- Murray 2000
- Noma
- Noma Cady Plus
- Noma Performance
- Noma Signature Series
- Sentinel (sold in Europe) website
- Stanley (under license)
- TurfMaster (sold in Meijer stores)
- Ultra
- Yard King
- Yard King Elite
- Yard King Performance
Brands built by Murray[3][]
- Agway
- AL-KO
- Bertsche
- Bestgreen
- Cast
- Dynastar
- Eaglestar
- Ering
- Eumot
- Flandria
- Granja
- Hako
- JardiPro
- JC Penney
- Lawn General
- Lowe's]
- Masport
- NESI
- PowerPro (for Kmart)
- Quality (for Quality Farm & Fleet)
- Quality Pro
- Ronz
- Scott's (sold at Home Depot)
- Sentar (for Univert)
- Statesman (for Southern States Cooperative)
- Tempo-Trac
- Texas
- TTI
- Turbogreen
- Unilux
- Uniropa
- Victa
- Wizard (for Western Auto)
and others
Financial Status[]
- 1986: Murray was purchased by Tomkins PLC of Great Britain.
- 2000: purchased by Summersong Investment, a Chinese-backed company.[4]
- 2004: Filed bankruptcy, at which point engine manufacturer Briggs & Stratton acquired the Murray brand name for use on lawn equipment. Briggs & Stratton also owns Simplicity Outdoor.[5][6]
References[]
External links[]
- Murray web-site
- Murray-built Lawn & Garden Tractors
- Briggs & Stratton web-site
- 1968 - 1973 Murray Eliminator
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