Briggs & Stratton
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Briggs & Stratton Corporation is an American manufacturer of gasoline engines with headquarters in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Manufacturing |
Founded | 1908; 116 years ago (1908) |
Founder | Stephen Foster Briggs Harold M. Stratton |
Headquarters | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Key people | Joseph T. Liotine (CEO) |
Products | Gasoline engines |
Revenue | US$1.786 billion (2017)[1] |
US$86 million (2017)[1] | |
US$57 million (2017)[1] | |
Total assets | US$1.451 billion (2017)[1] |
Total equity | US$559 million (2017)[1] |
Owner | KPS Capital Partners |
Number of employees | 5,200 (2019) |
Website | briggsandstratton |
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Engine production averages 10 million units per year as of April 2015.[2] The company reports that it has 13 large facilities in the U.S. and eight more in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, and the Netherlands. The company's products are sold in over 100 countries across the globe.[3]