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1949

MacDon Industries Ltd.

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.

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. 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.

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MacDon Industries Ltd. Wikipedia