Tag: Briggs & Stratton

Business

Briggs & Stratton files for bankruptcy; announces sale agreement

Century-old engine maker Briggs & Stratton has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, and a private equity firm plans to purchase the company’s assets.

July 21, 2020

Construction Equipment

Vanguard rolls out new line of single-cylinder, horizontal shaft engines

Vanguard is well known for its V-twin engines, so it was big industry news when they rolled out a new line of single-cylinder, horizontal shaft engines at the recent World of Concrete show. There are four engines in the new lineup the 400 (14 hp), 300 (10 hp), 200 (6.5 hp) and 160 (5.0 hp.) […]

March 13, 2020

Construction Equipment

Briggs & Stratton looks to the autonomous future with debut of Vanguard lithium ion battery

“We are taking all the experience we have with engines and moving it into batteries,” says Stephen Avery at Briggs and Stratton. “OEMs are coming to us for engines for their manned vehicles and batteries for their robots,” he says. The battery launch at the recent World of Concrete show centered around the company’s 5 […]

March 9, 2020

Construction Equipment

Allmand Bros. expands Neb. facility

Allmand Bros., a portable jobsite equipment maker, is expanding its facility in Holdrege, Nebraska. The company is a subsidiary of Briggs & Stratton. Learn more

December 31, 2018

Dealers

Business Roundup: Briggs & Stratton moves production; CJD becomes Terex Trucks’ Aus. national dealer; JCB taps Norlift as new dealer; 2018 Rental Show details

Targeting North American growth, Briggs & Stratton moves production from Japan to Ala., Ga. Briggs & Stratton is moving production of its V-Twin Vanguard engines from a joint venture partnership in Japan to its existing manufacturing facilities in Statesboro, Georgia, and Auburn, Alabama, the company says. To read more, click here. CJD becomes Terex Trucks’ […]

December 12, 2017

Construction Equipment

Targeting North American growth, Briggs & Stratton moves production from Japan to Ala., Ga.

Briggs & Stratton is moving production of its V-Twin Vanguard engines from a joint venture partnership in Japan to its existing manufacturing facilities in Statesboro, Georgia, and Auburn, Alabama, the company says. The move, according to Briggs & Stratton, will create about 50 new jobs at each of the facilities. “Moving production of the Vanguard […]

December 7, 2017

Business

Briggs & Stratton to acquire Allmand Bros. for $62 million

Briggs & Stratton announced today it will acquire Allmand Bros, manufacturer of towable light towers, industrial heaters and solar LED arrow boards. The Holdredge, Nebraska-based Allmand has sales of about $80 million, according to Briggs & Stratton, which will acquire all outstanding Allmand shares for $62 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close […]

August 14, 2014

Gear

Briggs & Stratton refines Vanguard line of engines for traveling contractors (WOC 2013)

Dan Roche, marketing manager for Briggs & Stratton Commercial Power, brought us up to speed on a couple of  improvements to the company’s Vanguard line of commercial engines today According to Roche, contractors are traveling further distances than ever before to work on jobs. On gravity-fed fuel systems common to single-cylinder engines, if the crew […]

February 5, 2013

Workforce

Briggs & Stratton reports Q3 2012 consolidated net sales at $720.1 million

Briggs & Stratton on April 27 announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter and first nine months ended April 1, 2012. Highlights: Third quarter fiscal 2012 consolidated net sales were $720.1 million or comparable to third quarter fiscal 2011 consolidated net sales of $720.3 million. Third quarter fiscal 2012 adjusted consolidated net income of […]

April 27, 2012