Husqvarna, member of the Electrolux Group, has
acquired the turf care assets of Yazoo-Kees, a North American manufacturer and
distributor of landscape maintenance equipment.
The turf care business of Yazoo-Kees, with sales of
approximately USD 20 million, is located in Beatrice, Nebraska. The business
employs approximately 100 people there. The business will be immediately
integrated into Husqvarna’s US operations.
“Husqvarna already offers a wide range of portable
landscape maintenance equipment and the acquisition of this business, with its
line of riding equipment and lawnmowers, will give Husqvarna a stronger
position in this expanding market,” says CEO of Husqvarna, Bengt Andersson.
Husqvarna has one of the world’s most comprehensive
ranges of equipment for forestry and landscaping comprising products for most
applications and for all seasons designed for professional and other demanding
users. Husqvarna is represented around the world through subsidiaries, partners, and through 17,000 selected dealers.
The Electrolux Group is the world’s largest producer
of powered appliances for indoor and outdoor use, such as refrigerators, washing machines, cookers, vacuum cleaners, chain-saws, lawn mowers, and garden
tractors. Sales in 1998 were SEK 117 billion, and the Group had 99,000
employees. Every year, customers in more than 120 countries buy more than 55
million Electrolux products, for both consumer and professional use.
The Electrolux Group includes world-famous brand leaders such as AEG, Zanussi, Frigidaire, Eureka, and Husqvarna.
Further information
For further information please contact Anders Ströby, head of Commercial Lawn and Garden at Husqvarna,
+46 31-94 90 09 or +46 70 594 90 09.
