an american manufacturer of chainsaws and other outdoor power tools . the company was founded in milwaukee wisconsin in 1943 by robert paxton mcculloch as a manufacturer of small two stroke gasoline engines and introduced its first chainsaw in 1948 the model 5 49 . mcculloch and its brand are owned by husqvarna . mcculloch moved its operation to california in 1946 . in the 1950s mcculloch manufactured target drone engines which were sold to radioplane in the 1970s . these mcculloch 4318 small four cylinder horizontally opposed two stroke engines were also popular for use in various small autogyros such as the bensen b 8m and wallis wa 116 . mcculloch also started paxton automotive manufacturing mcculloch labeled superchargers like the one fitted to the kaiser manhattan the 1957 studebaker golden hawk and ford thunderbird . in 1959 they produced their first kart engine the mcculloch mc 10 1 an adapted chainsaw two stroke engine . 2 bill van tichelt of vantech engineering designed and produced one of the first specialized manifolds for the mcculloch kart engine . 3 in 1964 mcculloch founded lake havasu city arizona with a factory and housing for its workers . in 1967 mcculloch discontinued its line of outboard boat engines which it began after the 1956 purchase of scott atwater manufacturing company of minneapolis minnesota the manufacturer of scott atwater outboard boat engines . 4 in the 1970s their range was expanded to add generators hedge trimmers string trimmers and leaf blowers but started a narrow focus on lawn and garden equipment . black and decker bought mcculloch on october 4 1974 and sold the company to a private group in november 1984 . 5 in january 1999 the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy and sold its european division to husqvarna ab . in october 1999 its north american operation was acquired by the taiwanese company jenn feng industrial co. ltd. jenn feng added electric power tools and pressure washers to the product line . 6 in march 2003 mtd products inc signed a distribution and licensing agreement with jenn feng in which mtd would exclusively produce mcculloch products in north america . 7 in march 2008 husqvarna acquired jenn feng outdoor products division gaining access to the mcculloch brand in the north american market . 8 mcculloch is since a brand within the husqvarna group . related companies edit mcculloch aircraft corporation mcculloch oil corporation paxton automotive scott atwater manufacturing company references edit the mcculloch kart engines 1959 mcculloch s entry into kart racing william jacob bill van tichelt van tech motorcycles manufacture of outboard boat motors manny nodar retired vice president black and decker 2011 mcculloch sold to taiwanese manufacturer home channel news 25 october 1999 mtd products inc enters licensing agreements to mcculloch sweden s husqvarna buys taiwan outdoor assets reuters 17 march 2008 external links edit mcculloch v t e husqvarna ab people robert paxton mcculloch subsidiaries diamant boart flymo gardena jonsereds fabrikers ab mcculloch motors corporation poulan weed eater related articles electrolux hv71 jonsereds fabrikers ab v t e power tool manufacturers altendorf apex tool group gardner denver bosch dremel hawera rotozip skil chang type industrial co. ltd. delta machinery emerson ridgid fein festool flex elektrowerkzeuge hilti hitachi metabo husqvarna mcculloch poulan ingersoll rand mafell makita dolmar mat holdings mat industries llc panasonic illinois tool works miller paslode sawstop stanley black & decker bostitch dewalt porter cable virax stihl viking techtronic industries aeg homelite milwaukee ryobi retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mcculloch motors corporation & oldid 727980406 categories mcculloch motors corporationgarden tool manufacturerspower tool manufacturerslawn and garden tractorschainsawsagricultural machinery manufacturersmarine engine manufacturersamerican brandshidden categories use dmy dates from october 2010 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 fran aisitalianonorsk nynorskpolskisloven ina edit links this page was last modified on 2 july 2016 at 10 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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