MacDon Industries Ltd.

MacDon swather in operation

MacDon Industries Ltd. is a Canadian company headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba that manufactures specialty agricultural equipment. The company was established by Joe MacDonald (1924-1991) of Truro, Nova Scotia in 1970, having purchased Killbery Industries Ltd., which had been manufacturing swathers (windrowers) since 1949.[1][2]

With an 800,000 square feet (74,000 m2) factory in the Murray Industrial Park, the company employed 1,350 people in 2015, and sold its products worldwide.[3] Besides selling under their own name, the company also manufactures agricultural equipment for other companies including John Deere, producing self-propelled windrowers, headers and pull-type mowers, sold under the John Deere brand. The president and CEO of the company is Gary Giesbrecht.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 MacDonald, Jake (October 29, 2015). "Who says Canadian manufacturing is dead? Meet Winnipeg's MacDon". Report on Business (Globe and Mail).
  2. ↑ Anonymous (Spring 2016). "The Quiet Leader". MacDon Performance (20). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada profile
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