Rooted in a Pioneering Spirit
Our story began in 1947 with a breakthrough that transformed the cutting industry, and it’s been evolving ever since. At Oregon Tool, innovation means more than creating new products; it’s about collaboration, rapid problem-solving, and understanding our customers’ toughest challenges. Guided by that same pioneering spirit, we continue to shape what’s next in performance, safety, and sustainability across the industries we serve.
We don’t just innovate for innovation’s sake – we do it to solve real problems, improve performance, and empower those who rely on our tools every day.
Driven by Understanding
Every innovation begins with a simple principle: listen first.
Our teams take the time to understand our customers’ challenges, whether in forestry, lawn and garden, farming, ranching, and agriculture, or construction, and translate those insights into solutions that help them work smarter, safer, and more efficiently.
– Anthony Welty, Category Director, Whole Goods & Strategy
Through rigorous market research, direct collaboration, and field testing, we ensure every advancement reflects the voice of our end users.
Listening at the source – field testing our bars with harvester operators.
Innovation that Works Harder
Across our brands and engineering teams, we’re applying advanced design tools, concurrent engineering, and intelligent manufacturing to rapidly deliver products that outperform expectations – built with safety, durability, reliability, and environmental responsibility at their core.
Concurrent Engineering
Bringing together design, tooling, and manufacturing teams from day one to accelerate speed to market and enhance quality.
Advanced Analytics & Automation
Using data-driven insights and smart systems to improve precision and streamline development.
Sustainable Solutions
Embedding efficiency and environmental responsibility into products, packaging, and production processes.
Advanced automated performance testing.
– Todd Gerlach, Senior Director Product Engineering
The pace of change is accelerating – electrification, automation, and sustainability are reshaping how our customers work. We’re turning that transformation into opportunity.
Where Collaboration Sparks Discovery
Innovation at Oregon Tool isn’t an isolated function – it’s a mindset shared across every team. We foster a culture of humility, collaboration, and getting it done – encouraging bold ideas, rapid problem-solving, continuous improvement, and teamwork across geographies and disciplines.
Cross-functional teamwork driving innovation at Oregon Tool.
– Brooke Grysen, Manager, Product Design Engineering
From concept to reality, our engineering teams, development labs, and global production teams work side-by-side to transform ideas into impact and create lasting value for our customers and the industries we serve.
Collaborating together to ensure top-quality standards.
Innovation in Action
Our commitment to innovation extends beyond products – it’s how we operate. Behind the scenes, our development teams design custom automated test platforms, leverage sophisticated data analytics, build prototypes, and raise the bar for safety, performance, and reliability to ensure Oregon Tool quality is second to none.
Prototyping & Testing
Ensuring every product meets our highest standards for durability, safety, and precision.
Integrated Manufacturing Systems
Continuously improving production to deliver consistency and agility across our global network.
Collaborative Development
Partnering across teams and industries to anticipate tomorrow’s challenges and engineering solutions today.
Partnering across teams to analyze data and drive innovation forward.
– James Pontiff, VP and General Manager, Concrete Cutting and Finishing
By combining these innovations with advanced production processes, we deliver uncompromising quality, sustainable value, and the agility to get solutions into customers’ hands fast and meet the demands of evolving global markets.
Testing the ICS Diamond Chain for performance and durability.
M700 Merit Flat Saw prototype testing.
Quality matters: Inspecting blade carrier pan on the Woods production line.
Always Moving Forward
Innovation is more than a strategy – it’s who we are.
Fueled by our pioneering spirit and guided by purpose, we continue to push boundaries and listen closely to our customers – designing smarter, safer, and more sustainable solutions that help them thrive.