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Poulan

From a hammered truck fender in East Texas to the Micro 25 on every hardware shelf, and why the Arkansas factory closed in 2023.

Ownership timeline

  1. 1946Claude Poulan starts in a rented shed in Shreveport, Louisiana
  2. 1959Charles Beaird buys the company: Beaird-Poulan
  3. 1973Emerson Electric of St. Louis buys Beaird-Poulan
  4. 1986Emerson sells it to Electrolux of Sweden
  5. 2006Electrolux spins off its outdoor business as Husqvarna
  6. 2023Husqvarna ends production at the Nashville, Arkansas plant

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