Roper started Producing Lawn Mowers in 1964 when it merged with the Newark Ohio Co
Which was a wholly owed subsidiary of Sears if Your asking about Lawn Tractors There still made Under the Craftsman, Husqvarna, Poulan & Poulan Pro Labels AYP is still the American Operation of Husqvarna But Machines are Now Labeled HOP instead of AYP as Far as the U.S. operation for Tractors there still produced in South Carolina at the same factory Where the Craftsman Tractors Have Been Produced since the early 90's:thThumbsU