Art's Way Manufacturing is an American producer of

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under the brand names Art's Way, Art's Way Scientific and American Carbide Tool. The firm previously manufactured

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History

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farmer Arthur Luscombe (1922–2008) founded Art's Way Manufacturing in 1956 to produce and sell a power take-off powered grinder-mixer he had developed on his farm near Dolliver. By 1959, the business was manufacturing

grinder-mixers for

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, Owatonna / Gehl and

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. In 1974, Art's Way

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with Nasdaq code ARTW. Following the 1994 sale of his Marc McConnell Tractor business to AGCO, Ward McConnell purchased Logan Falls based Logan Potato Equipment. In 1996, he merged the Logan enterprise with a then financially troubled Art's Way and joined the board of directors. In 2002, McConnell became Chairman, a role taken up by his son Marc in 2015.

Acquisitions and new businesses

Awards

* 2015 - Award of Distinction from the Modular Building Institute for

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swine facility at Iowa State University's Zumwalt Station Farm in

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. * 2014 - Award of Distinction from the Modular Building Institute for biomedical research building in

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* 2008 - Fortune Small Business Magazine 57th best

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in America. * 2008 -

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54th best small company in America.

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External links

Art's Way
(official website) Agricultural machinery manufacturers of the United States