The Flyer had a small gasoline engine mounted on a fifth wheel, or motor wheel. In 1919 Briggs & Stratton purchased the manufacturing rights for a small, simple two-seat vehicle with a gasoline engine called the Smith Flyer from the A.O. Eventually Briggs and Stratton settled on manufacturing automotive components and small gasoline engines. Stratton started an informal partnership to capitalize on the growing automobile industry. In 1908, inventor Stephen Foster Briggs and investor Harold M.
The company's products are sold in over 100 countries across the globe. and 8 more in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, and the Netherlands. The company reports that it has 13 large facilities in the U.S. Briggs & Stratton Corporation is an American manufacturer of gasoline engines with headquarters in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.Įngine production averages 10 million units per year as of April 2015.
