re: Same manufacturer(s) of many different brands?

The outdoor Power Equipment MTD & Hustler were sold to Stanley Black and Decker 2 years ago.

Started 3 to 4 years prior where MTD was a family company and they allowed 1 or 2 SBD people on the board. They had an agreement in x amount of years to buy MTD. It materialized 2020 or 2021.

MTD - stamps a lot of metal
Stanley - buy batteries better and containers to package product.

Gas engines are slowly going away in the OPE industry. MTD, saw the writing on the wall.

Now the new name is Stanley Outdoor Power.

Now
MTD brand
Yard Machine
Cub Cadet
Dewalt mowers
Columbia - mostly Canada or independent dealers
Troy-Bilt
Craftsman
- not all craftsman gas is made by SBD. They bid some stuff out and generators are not made by MTD.
Hustler mowers