Ames True Temper, Inc. is a multinational corporation headquartered in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation.[3] Ames True Temper specializes in the manufacture of non-powered lawn and garden products.[1] Its manufacturing plant was located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and produced 85% of the wheelbarrows in the United States and Canada making 1.7 million wheelbarrows each year, until Griffon decided to outsource production to China. The Harrisburg plant had been in continual operation since 1876.[4]
Ames, which celebrated its 200th anniversary in 1974, is among the oldest extant business corporations in the United States.[5]