MacDon Industries Ltd. is a Canadian manufacturer of specialty

agricultural equipment Agricultural machinery relates to the mechanical structures and devices used in farming or other agriculture. There are many types of such equipment, from hand tools and power tools to tractors and the farm implements that they tow or operate. M ...

. The company was established by Joe MacDonald (1924–1991) of

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in 1970, having purchased Killbery Industries Ltd., which had been manufacturing

swather A swather (North America), or windrower (Australia and rest of world), is a farm implement that cuts hay or small grain crops and forms them into a windrow for drying. They may be self-propelled with an engine, or drawn by a tractor and p ...

s (windrowers) since 1949. With an factory in the Murray Industrial Park in

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, the company employed 1,350 people in 2015, and sold its products worldwide. Besides selling under their own name, the company also manufactures agricultural equipment for other companies including

John Deere Deere & Company, Trade name, doing business as John Deere (), is an American corporation that manufactures agricultural machinery, heavy equipment, forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains (axles, Transmission (mechanical device), transmi ...

, producing self-propelled windrowers, headers and pull-type mowers, sold under the John Deere brand. On December 14, 2017,

Linamar Linamar Corporation (TSX: LNR) is a manufacturing company serving the mobility, access, agriculture, and MedTech industries. The company has three operating segments: Industrial, Mobility, and eLIN. The company has several groups. The eLIN Pr ...

Corp. of Guelph,

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announced its intent to purchase MacDon for approximately 1.2 billion dollars.Linamar (December 14, 2017)
Linamar to Acquire the MacDon Group of Companies, a Global Harvesting Specialist, to Further Diversity & Grow
(Press release). Accessed January 3, 2017. Prior to its sale, the president and

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of the company was Gary Giesbrecht.

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