MacDon Industries Ltd.
MacDon Industries Ltd. is a Canadian manufacturer of specialty agricultural equipment. The company was established by Joe MacDonald (1924-1991) of Truro, Nova Scotia in 1970, having purchased Killbery Industries Ltd., which had been manufacturing swathers (windrowers) since 1949.[1][2]
With an 800,000 square feet (74,000 m2) factory in the Murray Industrial Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the company employed 1,350 people in 2015, and sold its products worldwide.[3] Besides selling under their own name, the company also manufactures agricultural equipment for other companies including John Deere, producing self-propelled windrowers, headers and pull-type mowers, sold under the John Deere brand. On December 14, 2017 Linamar Corp. of Guelph, Ontario announced its intent to purchase MacDon for approximately 1.2 billion dollars.[4] Prior to its sale, the president and CEO of the company was Gary Giesbrecht.[1]
References
- ^ a b MacDonald, Jake (October 29, 2015). "Who says Canadian manufacturing is dead? Meet Winnipeg's MacDon". Report on Business (Globe and Mail).
- ^ Anonymous (Spring 2016). "The Quiet Leader". MacDon Performance (20). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada profile
- ^ Linamar (December 14, 2017). Linamar to Acquire the MacDon Group of Companies, a Global Harvesting Specialist, to Further Diversity & Grow (Press release). Accessed January 3, 2017.
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