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Beaird-Poulan, a tradition since 1946

 

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Page 1: ...Beaird Poulan a tradition since 1946 ...

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Page 3: ...ees Realizing the need for a device to elimi nate the extra man Poulan took an old truck fender hammered out a piece of it into a curved attachment which he called a bow guide This simple innovation was the first step toward the founding of the company which still bears his name today Beaird Poulan When the war ended Poulan moved to the small town of Alto Texas where he continued to produce bow at...

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Page 5: ... company a solid foundation on which to build the future Today that company has grown to be one of the largest manufacturers of chain saws in the world In 1951 the company purchased a 12 acre site in Shreveport and constructed a new building which would eventually grow o 55 000 square feet of manufactur ing space At the same time the firm intro duced its second two man saw which used components bu...

Page 6: ...d dependability made it very popular with the professional so popular in fact that demands for the unit continued for four years after the F200 was discontinued A time of development Through the mid 1950 s Poulan contin ued to be an innovator in the chain saw field It was during this period that Poulan recognized the evolution of one man operation and introduced the Model A reduction drive saw Thi...

Page 7: ...was also a year in which Poulan recognized the need for lighter weight saws Poulan met this challenge with its Model K100 which was powerful enough for professional use and was the first prac tical chain saw for the casual user In April 1959 Poulan brought the KD100 a direct drive companion to the K100 onto the market Thus through its first 12 years of exis tence the Poulan company had grown and p...

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Page 9: ...streamlined the old open carburetion and crude look ing housings this led to the introduction of the FD100 direct drive and its compan ion the F3100 reduction drive in 1960 Both were extremely sophisticated for the time and well received in the marketplace Beard in realizing the need for a more versatile and complete line of chain saws expanded the Poulan line to six models ranging in cost from 20...

Page 10: ...represented by 57 distributors in the United States and 94 dis tributors in Europe Africa the Pacific the Far East and Latin America Poulan and Wright saws were available from more than 4 000 dealers In 10 years Charles Beaird had brought the company through 51 models of saw development and opened the market of most of the world to the Louisiana built chain saw The company still manufactur ers its...

Page 11: ...weight saw designed for the casual user Because of the saw s state of the art design and Poulan s consumer marketing know how the Model XXV took the industry by storm The Model XXV designed by Lloyd Tuggle who had joined Beaird Poulan in 1969 as chief design engineer gained wide acceptance as the consumer market grew for Poulan Poulan products found their way into hundreds of chain saw deal ers sh...

Page 12: ...nged hands when the Poulan Model XX was introduced The new saw which astonished industry experts came on the market with a tremendous appeal to the casual user This little jewel is to our industry what the transistor was to the electronics world commented Lindley now vice president of sales The Model XX also surprised the indus try by breaking the 100 price barrier and became the industry standard...

Page 13: ...D Seals moved from another Emerson Division to become President of Beaird Poulan Conly became chairman of the board and Beaird assumed an execu tive consultant position 1977 brought further developments and changes for Beaird Poulan The first development was the introduction of the Poulan Micro XXV an nine pound chain saw selling for only 79 95 the 10 inch saw was the result of three years of rese...

Page 14: ... In 1978 the company opened its first plant in Canada Located in Markham Ontario this plant made it possible for Poulan to meet the growing demand in Canada Poulan s expansion has extended worldwide with the opening of Poulan s first European sales office and warehouse in Bussels Belgium Poulan chain saws and accessories are now sold in every major market in the world Because of Poulan s innovativ...

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