Greenworks Tennessee Manufacturing Facility
180,000-Square-Foot Manufacturing Facility Will Produce OptimusZ Mowers and More We enjoy seeing companies bringing their manufacturing back to America. One such company is Greenworks Commercial, which just expanded its operations after opening a facility in Morristown, Tennessee. The 180,000-square-foot “Commercial Center of Excellence for Manufacturing and Engineering” represents the company’s first North American manufacturing center. […]
Altoz Breaks Ground on 75000 sq ft Expansion Property
Altoz breaks ground on a new 75000 square ft facility expansion. The company plans to complete the new space by the end of 2022. The additional 75,000 feet represents the first phase of a multi-phase expansion project in their Red Lake Falls, MN campus. Including both the Red Lake Falls and Greenbush, MN locations, this […]
Toadi Self-Driving Lawn Robot | AI-Based Mowing
Toadi Lawn Robot Covers a Lot of Ground Automated mowing isn’t new to the industry. Well-known brands like Husqvarna, Stihl, and Worx have made some pretty big strides in robotic mowing over the last few years. They all employ the same basic design that revolves around buried boundary lines, guide wires, and a GPS system […]
Husqvarna Autonomous Operation to Tackle Large Areas
Husqvarna Moves Forward with Autonomy and Connectivity We recently reported on Husqvarna’s EPOS Technology that uses satellite navigation to provide real-time positioning accuracy. It’s a big step forward for the brand’s work in the world of autonomous mowing, but it’s also apparently only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Building on this new bit of […]
Husqvarna 460 Rancher Chainsaw Review
This original article has been updated to reflect the review of Tom Rutherford. Whenever I use a chainsaw, I think of those nameless loggers in old photos. They are standing around a monstrous felled tree, holding axes and long, two-man whipsaws. Was that a day’s work? Or could they cut through a tree that big […]
2016 Husqvarna Media Event in Sweden
At a recent media event in their native Sweden, Husqvarna showed us their latest battery powered outdoor power equipment (OPE). The company wants to create more tools that better care for the environment. They want to reduce atmospheric CO2 but also improve the lives of landscape workers and other people in their immediate area. Working in yards, parks, and […]