Ariens

The Ariens was a good performer in our latest tests, which will be online and on newsstands in early January.

Can you dig it? Snow blower sales just when you need one 2010

But it's the entrance of high-end gas tool makers such as Ariens and Sweden's Husqvarna Group to this consumer niche in the U.S. that signals the most notable strategy shift.

Mow Power, Less Gas 2009

Even if the credit crunch eases, as now appears to be happening, companies such as Ariens are bracing for a painful recession and taking steps to survive it.

A Snowblower Maker Braces for Slump's Blizzard of Woe 2008

Even if the credit crunch eases, as now appears to be happening, companies such as Ariens are bracing for a painful recession and taking steps to survive it.

Zmetro.com 2008

"Definitely consumers are extending the life cycle of products," says Daniel Ariens , president of the family owned company in Brillion, Wis.

For Those Who Dare to Repair, Fix-It Help Lines Answer the Call James R. Hagerty 2011

Today Ariens is doing what it can to replenish snow-blower supplies, which have run low as many homeowners reel from record snowfalls.

Ariens Sno-Thro has been on the job for 50 years 2011

Plus, there's no gasoline, oil or spark plugs involved, a selling point "for people heading to work who don't want fumes on clothing," says Ariens spokeswoman Ann Stilp .

The New Cold Warrior Gwendolyn Bounds 2011

In the vintage ad at right Ariens claims its new blower could move "1,500 pounds of snow every minute."

Ariens Sno-Thro has been on the job for 50 years 2011

At Ariens Co., a maker of lawn mowers and blowers, sales of replacement parts now run at 12% to 13% of overall sales, up from 9% to 10% a few years ago.

For Those Who Dare to Repair, Fix-It Help Lines Answer the Call James R. Hagerty 2011

He has expanded his telephone tech-support team to nine people from five and persuaded three Ariens retirees to take calls at home during snowstorms, when lots of customers call in with blower problems.

For Those Who Dare to Repair, Fix-It Help Lines Answer the Call James R. Hagerty 2011