Harold M. Stratton

Briggs & Stratton Case Analysis Introduction History Stephen F. Briggs and Harold M. Stratton founded Briggs and Stratton Corporation in Milwaukee in 1908. Briggs was an inventor and Stratton was a successful businessman. The first product developed by Briggs was too expensive to produce and the partners were out of money. In 1909, Briggs filed a patent for a gas engine igniter to replace the existing magneto system in automobiles. This product was the beginning of Briggs and Stratton

over to me and shakes his head. Before we had even gotten to the Marina, Dad asked if I needed him to start the engine, and of course I declined, wanting to feel like a “big kid.” With one simple tug from my father’s strong arm, the old Briggs & Stratton engine purred to life, as if brand new. Switching into the forward gear, I roared off the dock in search of circling birds, a clear indicator that fish were nearby. My great- grandfather, Stephen Foster Briggs, was born on December 4th 1885, in

his father’s farm to work. While there he became skillful with Westinghouse portable steam engine.Ford was eventually appointed by Westinghouse Company for steam engines servicing.Simultaneously, he also studied bookkeeping at Goldsmith, Bryant & Stratton Business College in Detroit. In 1891 Henry Ford went back to detroit and was hired by the Edison Illuminating Company as an engineer. In 1893 Henry Ford’s skilled talents earned him a job as a the chief engineer. During his time as a chief engineer

company was not successful and was dissolved in January 1901. But with the big help of C. Harold Wills, Ford designed, built, and he successfully raced a 26-horsepower automobile in October 1901. It was a big success for him. With this success, Murphy and other stockholders in the Detroit Automobile Company formed the Henry Ford Company on November 30, 1901, with Ford as chief engineer. In 1902, Murphy brought in Henry M. Leland as a consultant; Ford then left the company bearing his name. With Ford gone

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