Grasshopper: 2015 Manufacturing Awards: Moridge Manufacturing Inc., The Grasshopper Co.

In the early 1960s, Moridge Manufacturing purchased a then-small line of Grasshopper mowing products from its original creator and assumed its manufacture and sale. Now, more than 50 years of research, development and industry innovation later - most notably on what's widely accepted as the original commercial-grade, zero-turn riding rotary mower - Moridge is better known as The Grasshopper Company. Grasshopper President and CEO Stan Guyer grew up working alongside his father, the company's...