THE HISTORY OF STIHL
STIHL and Westonbirt Arboretum have been partners since 2006. In 2016 STIHL became the proud sponsors of the Treetop Walkway. They continue to support the work in the arboretum by providing the Tree Team with chainsaws and other essential pieces of kit.
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STIHL is the No.1 selling petrol chainsaw brand worldwide and is renowned for its revolutionary outdoor power equipment. To this day it remains a family-owned business based in Germany. STIHL employs more than 14,000 staff worldwide and sells products in more than 160 countries.
The company started out in 1926 as one man with a vision and last year celebrated its 90th anniversary. Andreas Stihl started the brand with an engineering office near Stutgart, his pioneering idea was that “the saw must go to the tree, not the tree to the saw.” He imagined a petrol-powered chainsaw, with which trees could be felled and bucked directly in the woods rather than being carried to a stationary saw – which was an incredibly laborious and arduous task.
It wasn’t long before one of the first petrol-driven two-man STIHL chainsaws had been developed and in the years that followed, STIHL began regularly launching new and beter models. In 1959 Andreas Stihl achieved his lifelong vision and the STIHL Contra was launched to market. This gasoline-powered chainsaw weighed 12kg and offered a power output of 6HP, which was much lighter
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