Art's Way Manufacturing is an American producer of agricultural machinery, modular buildings and cutting tools under the brand names Art's Way, Art's Way Scientific and American Carbide Tool. The firm previously manufactured OEM feed blowers sold by Case New Holland.
History
Iowa farmer Arthur Luscombe (1922–2008) founded Art's Way Manufacturing in 1956 to produce and sell a power take-off powered grinder-mixer he had developed on his farm near Dolliver. By 1959, the business was manufacturing OEM grinder-mixers for Massey Ferguson, Owatonna / Gehl and International Harvester.
In 1974, Art's Way listed as a public company by initial public offering with Nasdaq code ARTW.
Following the 1994 sale of his Marc McConnell Tractor business to AGCO, Ward McConnell purchased Logan Falls based Logan Potato Equipment. In 1996, he merged the Logan enterprise with a then financially troubled Art's Way and joined the board of directors. In 2002, McConnell became Chairman, a role taken up by his son Marc in 2015.
Acquisitions and new businesses
Armstrong Rim & Wheel established to build wheels for grinder-mixers.1966Silamix mixer-wagons acquired. WeighTronix weighing scale developed to fit the mixer-wagons, grinder-mixers and for third party applications.1980sSunmaster mowers and shredders from Rotech.Heath Farm Equipment sugar beet harvesters and toppers.Range of potato harvesters including the John Deere patent wheel harvester.1990sStationary and mobile Peerless roller mills.Eversman land planes, levellers, ditchers, scrapers and cultivators.1996Logan potato equipment1990sDMI grain wagonFarm Tool grain drills, Speedy bean cutters and dump wagons.2000Landstar / KanAm pull type graders.2005 Steel pressure vessel manufacturing begins in Dubuque, Iowa.2006Scientific division established in Monona, Iowa to manufacture modular laboratories and other buildings.2007MillerPro and Badger forage boxes, forage blowers, hay rakes, and mergers.2008Facility opened at Salem, South Dakota to manufacture grain augers.2010Roda manure spreadersM&W balers from Alamo Group.Facility in West Union, Iowa.2012Universal Harvester reels for combine harvesters / swathers at cost $3 million plus 5,000 Art's Way shares. 2013AgroTrend distribution business, and manufacturing of dump carts and snow blowers. Based in Clifford, Ontario. From Rojac Industries Inc.Ohio Metal Co Inc American Carbide brand machine tooling in Canton, Ohio, Ohio for a cost of $3,172,000.
Awards
2015 - Award of Distinction from the Modular Building Institute for transgenic swine facility at Iowa State University's Zumwalt Station Farm in Ames, Iowa. 2014 - Award of Distinction from the Modular Building Institute for biomedical research building in California 2008 - Fortune Small Business Magazine 57th best small cap company in America. 2008 - Forbes magazine 54th best small company in America.
References
External links Art's Way (official website)