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Industry All-terrain amphibious vehicles Headquarters New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada Key people Joerg Stieber - President & CEO Products Amphibious ATV and amphibious UTV Divisions Vehicle Division & Gear Division CEO Michael Eckardt (Jan 2012–) Profiles | ||
ARGO is a Canadian manufacturer of amphibious all-terrain vehicles. It was founded in 1962 as Ontario Drive and Gear Limited, in Kitchener, Ontario and was later moved to New Hamburg, Ontario. ARGO offers 6×6 and 8×8 amphibious vehicles.
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History
Founded in 1962 in Kitchener, Ontario. ODG helped design the transmission for the Amphicat. ODG manufactures 8×8 vehicles and 6×6 vehicles for recreational and industrial use.
In November 2009 volunteers in twelve communities in Nunavut were each equipped with an Argo Avenger, one of ODG's 8×8 vehicles, for local Search and Rescue.
Recently ODG was asked to help the Canadian Space Agency in designing a lunar vehicle
The ARGO is an all-terrain 8×8|6×6 amphibious utv. ODG has been manufacturing the ARGOs for over three decades. ARGO produces a similar full body/cab version named the Centaur.