Olathe Mfg Inc Still in Business?

[Brent in WI]

Does anyone know if the this company is still in business or bought out by someone else? They used to make no-till seeders and I"m looking for parts avaiablilty.
Thanks for any info
Brent

 

[HemiMoparMan]

Olathe Manufacturing, Inc. - 100 Industrial Park Industrial Airport, KS 66031 -
Tel: (800) 255-6438

 

[Jagor]

Brent,

Olathe was aquired by Toro in the 1990's


Restructuring charges for fiscal 1992 led to a net loss of $21.7 million for the year. Recognizing that its current mix of products left it vulnerable to the cyclicality of the consumer market (not to mention the weather), Toro executives determined to place a greater emphasis on a wide range of professional turf-related product areas. Expanding upon its irrigation lines, Toro entered the fertilizer market in 1992 with the Toro BioPro brand environmentally friendly liquid fertilizer. A further step into this arena came in 1996 when the company acquired Liquid Ag Systems Inc., a pioneer in "fertigation" systems that simultaneously watered and fertilized tuft areas, including farmland. In 1994 Toro began manufacturing recycling equipment for landscape contractors and housing developers when it acquired Olathe Manufacturing and formed a new Recycling Equipment Division. Among the initial products offered by the division was a grinding machine that turned tree stumps into sawdust, which could simply be plowed right into the ground.
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