Milwaukie chainsaw company Blount changes its name to Oregon Tool
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Blount sells chainsaws, lawnmowers, garden trimmers, farming equipment and similar products under the Oregon, Carlton and Kox brands. Photo from Blount International LC-Photo via Blount International
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Blount International, a Milwaukie
company that sells chainsaws, chainsaw components and other agricultural and landscaping equipment, said Monday that it will change its name to Oregon Tool.
Founded in 1947, the business was originally known as Oregon Saw Chain Co. It had 4,000 employees, about 900 of them in Oregon, at the time of its $855 million sale to two private equity firms in 2015.