Toro

Founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1914, The Toro Company has spent more than a century defining what outstanding turf maintenance looks like. Originally established to build tractor engines, Toro pivoted early to become a pioneer in mechanised golf course maintenance — producing the world’s first motorised fairway mower in 1919 and beginning to ship golf course maintenance products worldwide by 1928. That pioneering spirit has never left the company.

From golf courses and sports stadiums to municipal parks, public spaces, and residential gardens, Toro’s product range covers the full breadth of the turf management world. The company has been the official turf maintenance equipment supplier to some of the world’s most prestigious venues and events — including Walt Disney World, the Rose Bowl, and the European PGA Tour — a testament to the professional confidence that Toro commands at the very highest level.

In 2005, Toro acquired Hayter Limited, bringing one of Britain’s most celebrated mower manufacturers into the Toro family and strengthening the company’s presence in the UK market.

What distinguishes Toro is the depth of investment the company makes in research and agronomic science. Toro’s agronomic research centre in Bloomington, Minnesota — one of the first of its kind in the world when established in the 1950s — continues to inform product development, ensuring that Toro machines are not simply powerful, but intelligently designed to promote and maintain healthy turf. For professionals and serious gardeners who will accept nothing but the best, Toro is the global benchmark.