Ames True Temper

Ames True Temper, Inc
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryLandscaping tools
Predecessor
  • American Fork and Hoe Co.
  • Ames, Baldwin, Wyoming Co.
  • Ames Shovel and Tool Co.
  • Baldwin Tool Works
  • Hubbard & Co
  • O. Ames Company
  • The Old Stone Forge
  • Pittsburgh Shovel Co.
  • True Temper Co.
  • Wyoming Shovel Works
Founded1774 (1774)
FounderCaptain John Ames
Headquarters
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
,
USA
Area served
Worldwide
ParentGriffon Corporation
WebsiteAmes.com
Footnotes / references
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Ames True Temper is a multinational corporation headquartered in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, USA. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation.[4] Ames True Temper specializes in the manufacture of non-powered lawn and garden products.[1] Their manufacturing plant is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and produces 85% of the wheelbarrows in the United States and Canada producing 1.7 million wheelbarrows each year. The Harrisburg plant has been in continual operation since 1876.[5]

Ames , which celebrated its 200th anniversary in 1974, is among the oldest extant business corporations in the United States.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Ames True Temper, Inc.: Private Company Information". Businessweek. Bloomberg. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "About Us". Ames True Temper.
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  4. ^ "Griffon Corpopration -- Ames True Temper". Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  5. ^ Vendel, Christine. "Where are 85 percent of the country's wheelbarrows made?". PennLive. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  6. ^ Sloane, Leonard (April 30, 1974). "Ames Prospers as It Marks 200 Years". New York Times. Retrieved January 21, 2020.