Stihl

Andreas Stihl’s company in Stuttgart, known for chainsaws and later garden machinery.

Andreas Stihl was an engineer who founded the company in Stuttgart to make chainsaws. The first petrol-powered one-man chainsaw came in the 1950s.

Stihl became the world's largest maker of chainsaws and also makes trimmers, leaf blowers and garden machinery. The company is still owned by the family.