History
1947: Timberland Machines Ltd. is founded in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada to serve the Eastern Logging Industry with equipment such as the Timber Tosser, Rope Blocks, Sawmill Power Units, Yarders and Logging Winches.
1965: Non-forestry operations relocate to a new plant and establish Timberland Equipment Limited. Forestry operations become “Timberjack Machines Limited.”
1976: Timberland emerges as a dominant world manufacturer of tension stringing equipment with sales to the People’s Republic of China and many other nations.
1984: Timberland buys 100% of TSE International Inc., located in Shreveport, Louisiana to expand its presence in the U.S. tension stringing industry.
1992: Timberland acquires the Minejack® product line from Timberjack, adding to our growing lines of mine equipment.
1995: Timberland purchases Marcotte Mining Services Inc. of Sudbury, Ontario, a major customer for the Minejack® equipment, to expand our manufacturing of underground mine service vehicles such as scissor lifts, crane trucks, ANFO loaders, and shotcreters.
1998: Timberland acquires Almon Johnson Limited of Eatontown, New Jersey, establishing our diversified line of marine winches and deck machinery.
2005: Timberland purchases Hawboldt Industries of Chester, Nova Scotia, expanding our capabilities in marine equipment for the fishery, defense, shipbuilding and oceanographic industries.
2006: Hawboldt Industries celebrate their 100-year anniversary.
2012: Timberland Equipment purchases the OK Champion product line, establishing market leadership in niche products including power rodders, cable scrappers and reel loaders for electric utility, telco and sewer maintenance industry.
2014: TSE International adds approximately 20% of production space to our manufacturing center in the Shreveport area.
2017: TSE International celebrates their 50-year anniversary.
2020: Marcotte Mining amalgamated into Timberland Equipment.
2022: Timberland Equipment Limited celebrates 75 years of helping build the world’s infrastructure.