lawn maintenance forestry equipment landscape maintenance . founded 1932 headquarters cleveland oh usa key people rob moll ceo products consumer and commercial lawn equipment revenue 1.961 billion usd 2015 number of employees 6 800 as of 2006 update divisions cub cadet troy bilt columbia yard machines remington power tools arnold bolens website mtd products inc. mtd products is an american manufacturer of outdoor power equipment for the mass market . headquartered in cleveland ohio usa the company began in 1932 and is a family owned private company . it originated as a tool and die maker modern tool and di.e . company . mtd s main competitors are stihl ariens snapper inc. john deere and husqvarna . over the years mtd acquired the troy bilt bolens cub cadet and yard man brands and or companies . contents 1 history 2 mtd bicycles 3 mtd s brands 4 private label brands produced 5 references 6 external links history edit theo moll emil jochum and erwin gerhard formed a partnership to purchase the assets of modern tool and die company located on power avenue in cleveland . the initial capital investment was 4500 . mtd s first products were perforating dies and a rolling machine for making window channels for standard products . mtd employed 12 employees in 1933 . by 1934 there were 60 employees . in 1936 the company produced its first automotive stampings products grilles for graham paige automobiles . in 1952 the controlling interest in midwest industries inc. was purchased . with this mtd began to manufacture pedal bikes velocipedes kiddie cars and playground equipment . in 1954 mtd entered the garden equipment industry with its introduction of a line of wheelbarrows . citation needed in 1958 mtd entered the lawn and garden power equipment industry with the production of an 18 power rotary mower . citation needed in 1959 mtd began manufacturing self propelled lawn mowers garden tractors and other power equipment . citation needed in 1962 mtd purchased sehl engineering ltd. of canada which would later become mtd products ltd. and then mtd canada . citation needed in 1966 mtd purchased industrial plastics company in cleveland . citation needed in 1967 mtd started to manufacture bicycles . citation needed in 1968 mtd started snow thrower production . citation needed in 1975 mtd purchased the yard man name from montgomery ward . citation needed in 1980 mtd built its 160 000 sq ft 15 000 m2 manufacturing plant in brownsville tennessee now defunct . citation needed in 1981 the cub cadet product line was acquired from international harvester and the white outdoor products company was acquired from the old white motor company . citation needed in 1985 the company s martin tennessee plant began operation and arnold corporation was acquired . citation needed in 1986 aircap industries in tupelo mississippi was acquired . citation needed in 1994 mtd built the modern transmission development company plant in leitchfield kentucky . citation needed in 1996 a joint venture with lesco created commercial turf products . citation needed in 2000 a hungarian manufacturing facility was opened with expanded capacity for electrical products . mtd acquired ryobi limited s north america outdoor products business giving them the capacity to produce 1.5 million engines and related hand held garden products . 1 in 2001 mtd acquired garden way including the troy bilt and bolens brands . 2 in 2003 mtd s ryobi outdoor power equipment division ceased manufacturing products under the ryobi brand name and sold the rights to the use of the ryobi brand name for the manufacture and sale of outdoor products to ryobi tools tti . 3 in 2006 mtd began building lawn equipment under the massey ferguson brand for sale in europe . 4 in 2007 mtd began building the low end lawn and garden tractors for its otherwise competitor toro . citation needed in 2008 mtd 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 . citation needed in 2009 mtd acquired the brand remington chainsaws from desa international . 5 in 2012 mtd began building murray brand products which was acquired by briggs & stratton motors in 2005 citation needed mtd bicycles edit starting in 1966 mtd released their line of bicycles that were sold throughout america . these bicycles were mostly muscle bikes and in 1969 they released a chopper the mtd ss5 chopper which merged columbia and mtd . both brands were strong players in the high rise bicycle market eventually they would join forces in the coming years ; eventually the bicycle brand mtd would fade out while columbia would continue . an ad from 1967 . the green bicycle is a stock mtd the king the red bicycle is a lowrider built using the frame . muscle bicycles are often used for lowrider bicycles due to their style . mtd s brands edit bolens columbia cub cadet cub cadet commercial cub cadet yanmar joint with yanmar farm king gardenway gold series gutbrod gutbrod kehrer huskee lawnflite mastercut mow master mow master mastercut mtd mtd black edition mtd silver edition mtd gold mtd mowmaster mtd platinum pro mtd platinum sd mtd pro mtd super mtd taral mtd tradesman mtd turbomax mtd 2000 elite novotrac ranch king rasentrac remington troy bilt ventzki ventzki mtd white outdoor wolf garten yard machines yard man yard man elite yard man select yardworks private label brands produced edit mtd builds or has built various other brands and store brand lawn and garden tractors over the years including ace agria agway bavaria trac benassi blue grass brill bullcraft celebration cenex for farmers union oil central park club cmi co op federated co operatives coast to coast for coast to coast craftsman dayton for grainger eaglestar for national yard products dist eden park edt e flor estate eurotrac fair way for verts loisirs fleurelle florapro floraself florica floride forest city gardol golf grand air granja hako hayter hechinger huskee for tractor supply huskee le huskee supreme hwi for hwi do it best iseki jcpenney juwel kgro for kmart landmark lawn chief for true value lawn general lowe s mark master massey ferguson mastercraft for canadian tire mastercut merex motec motostandard mpp mr. bricolage oleo mac peugot powerpro for kmart powrkraft for montgomery ward quality for quality farm & fleet quality farm & fleet raiffeisentrac ranch king for mid states buying group ranch king pro rasentraktor select series sentar servistar for servistar stiga signature 2000 for montgomery ward stadium statesman for southern states cooperative task force texas topflite toro entry level lower priced garden tractors sold at home depot and ace hardware tromeca turbo silent turf king turf power turf pro turf trac unico for southern states stores uniropa univert val garden vario verts loisirs victa viking wards wizard for western auto yard works 6 references edit mtd . acquires ryobi limited s north america outdoor products business . dsn retailing today . troy bilt historical review . the pressure washr review . ryobi outdoor power tools . mtd support center . mtd france . mtd . remington chainsaws and polesaws . remington chainsaws and polesaws . lawn & garden tractors by mtd . tripod.com . external links edit official website v t e mtd products subsidiaries bolens cub cadet gutbrod retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mtd products & oldid 742972203 categories 1932 establishments in ohioagricultural machinery manufacturersmanufacturing companies based in cleveland ohiohidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from 2006all articles containing potentially dated statementspages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschrom n edit links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 00 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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