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Ames True Temper, Inc.
Company type
Subsidiary
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Headquarters
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
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U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
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ParentGriffon Corporation
WebsiteAmes.com
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Ames True Temper, Inc. is a multinational corporation headquartered in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S. 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] 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.[5]

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

History

Formation

Blacksmith and pioneer Captain John Ames began making metal shovels in America in 1774.[7] Ames underwent a merger in 1931 including Baldwin Tool Works of Parkersburg, West Virginia, the Ames Shovel and Tool Company of North Easton, Massachusetts; the Wyoming Shovel Works of Wyoming, Pennsylvania; Hubbard & Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and the Pittsburgh Shovel Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It later absorbed the Skelton Shovel Co. Inc. of Dunkirk, New York. The result of the merger was called the Ames Shovel and Tool Company. The company was renamed the Ames, Baldwin, Wyoming Company in 1933. In 1952, it became known as the O. Ames Company.[3]

The Old Stone Forge of Wallingford, Vermont, founded in 1808, became the American Fork and Hoe Co. In 1949, the name was changed to True Temper. Ames purchased True Temper from the Huffy Corporation in 1999 to become Ames True Temper.[3]

In 2002 Ames, then based in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania closed one of its two plants manufacturing lawn and garden tools in Wood County, West Virginia.[8][9]

In 2023, Ames closed the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania plant where President Trump celebrated this first 100 days of his first term in office.[10]

Problems and controversies

Ames True Temper Company closed its facility in West Virginia in September 2005, unable to reach a contract agreement with the United Steelworkers Union.[3]

Brands

Ames True Temper currently[when?] owns the following brands:[4][11]

  • Ames
  • ClosetMaid
  • Dynamic Design
  • Garant
  • Harper
  • Hound Dog
  • Jackson
  • Razor-Back
  • Southern Patio
  • True Temper
  • Union Tools
  • Westmix

Ames Australasia

Currently[when?] owns the following brands:[12]

See also

References

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  4. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Griffon Corporation -- Ames True Temper". Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."This factory made wheelbarrows for more than a century. Now that's ending". PennLive. August 23, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sloane, Leonard (April 30, 1974). "Ames Prospers as It Marks 200 Years". The New York Times. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ames - Our History". Ames True Temper. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ames True Temper plant closing". The Charleston Gazette. AP. May 4, 2002.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Harris, Linda (June 10, 2002). "Ames True Temper closes plant in Parkersburg". The State Journal. Vol. 18, no. 23. p. 25.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Made-in-USA Wheelbarrows Promoted by Trump Are Now Made in China". Bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Our Brands". Ames True Temper. Archived from the original on November 15, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
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