The Toro Company is an American company based in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota, that designs, manufactures, and markets lawn mowers, snow blowers, and irrigation system supplies for commercial and residential, agricultural, and public sector uses.
History
Founding and early history
The Toro Company was established as the "Toro Motor Company" in 1914 to build tractor engines for The Bull Tractor Company.[4] It built steam engines to support war efforts during World War I, and changed its name to Toro Manufacturing Company in 1920 when it began to refocus on manufacturing farm equipment.[5] The company is credited with manufacturing the first mechanical golf course maintenance equipment with the creation of a fairway mower utilizing five lawn mowers mounted behind a Toro tractor. Toro began shipping golf course maintenance products worldwide by 1928, and released the first power mower for homeowners in 1935.[5]