Textron to relocate Jacobsen production to U.K. facility

IPSWICH, U.K. – Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc., a Textron Inc. company, will

relocate all manufacturing of Jacobsen professional turf equipment to its facility in Ipswich,

U.K.

The move will begin this fall and be completed in stages over the next several months.

This move will enable the company to focus its investments, skill and improvements in mower

production on a single facility, and leverage existing resources and expertise at its Ipswich

facility. The plant, which currently builds Jacobsen and Ransomes mowers, is the oldest

manufacturer of motorized lawn mowers in the world, in operation for more than 187 years.

The U.K. facility will produce mowers for all regions, including North America. Jacobsen will

maintain its sales, parts and customer-care teams in North America, and its network of North

American distributors, to serve its customers in the United States and Canada.

“We are excited to establish our Ipswich, U.K. facility as the worldwide manufacturing center of

excellence for Jacobsen equipment,” said Simon Rainger, vice president, turf for Textron

Specialized Vehicles. “This move will enable us to operate more efficiently, and expand on the

legacy of innovation and quality that our Ipswich plant has built over its long history.”

Jacobsen continues to develop new products to serve its customers. The brand will launch a slate of new mowers in coming months, including the Eclipse 360 ELiTE electric greens mower powered by Samsung SDI lithium-battery technology, and the new AR530 and AR730 area rotary mowers.