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
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
ParentGriffon Corporation
WebsiteAmes.com
Footnotes / references

Ames True Temper, Inc. is a multinational corporation headquartered in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation. Ames True Temper specializes in the manufacture of non-powered lawn and garden products. Its manufacturing plant was located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and produced 85% of the wheelbarrows in the United States and Canada making 1.7 million wheelbarrows each year, until Griffon decided to outsource production to China. The Harrisburg plant had been in continual operation since 1876.

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

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