I just read this and thought you all would like to read if you didnt visit my chainsaw repair site. The explanation Important changes at the SOLO Kleinmotoren GmbH The Swabian medium-sized company AL-KO GERÄTE GMBH is strengthening its Garden + Hobby division in the product groups of chainsaws, motor trimmers and gardening devices with the acquisition of the Sindelfingen-based SOLO Kleinmotoren GmbH. “The quality SOLO products, with their tradition-rich and strongly specialized brand, perfectly match our philosophy ‘Quality for Life’. With the integration of SOLO we strengthen our specialized dealer network and competencies, especially in the area of gasoline chainsaws and motor trimmers”, says AL-KO Board Member Stefan Kober. Subject to the required antitrust law approval, as part of an asset deal AL-KO will acquire the complete range of the product group “Gardening and Forestry Equipment” from SOLO as well as the associated trademark rights. As of now SOLO Kleinmotoren GmbH will entirely concentrate on plant protection equipment and angle grinders. Andreas Emmerich, manager at SOLO: “With AL-KO we have found a buyer who will continue the SOLO brand for gardening and forestry equipment through specialist dealers in our tradition and with our name, but will make it even stronger with new ideas and developments. In future we will focus ourselves on plant protection equipment, with which SOLO has been successful since 1948, and on our new product line of cut-off machines. These two product groups will continue to be developed, produced and distributed globally under the SOLO brand from our location in Sindelfingen.” For the distribution of plant protection equipment in Germany and France AL-KO will support SOLO Kleinmotoren GmbH within the framework of a co-operation agreement. These are steps which set the course for further partnership co-operation between the companies in the future. From the middle of the year the gardening and forestry equipment from SOLO will be produced at the Austrian production location of Obdach in Styria, where AL-KO already manufactures high quality lawnmowers and tractors. In this way the product quality and flexible product supply can also be guaranteed in the future. With the SOLO gardening and forestry equipment AL-KO is aiming for a substantial increase in dealer sales in the future. The existing AL-KO dealer range will be expanded with saws and trimmers through the SOLO products. “We will launch our best quality products under an exclusive specialist dealer brand by combining the best of SOLO and AL-KO. The customers of the specialist dealers thus profit from the know-how of two strong and tradition-rich providers in one product range”, says Wolfgang Hergeth, manager of AL-KO GERÄTE GMBH, outlining the advantages. I wanted to report production in Sindelfingen to you about the end of the Solo power saws. I had to look the big luck in Sindelfingen a look in the work and in the research laboratory at that time. I have found some very nice prototypes of chain saws and test engines there. WOW!!! What trip were still quite big in the 60s and 70s as Solo chain saws. Here maybe we can show once again the chain saw history from Solo and the nicest chain saws from Sindelfingen. The best greetings Peter
still digging. SOLO Chainsaws This product group is now produced and distributed by the AL-KO Geräte GmbH, Kötz in Germany. More information can be found on the page www.solobyalko.com
LOL ! At this point Id have to give you an I.O.U. !!!! And that wont keep your lights on in your shop
Sorry to go back and forth buddy !! Its a sweet deal though ! I just hate to see it go by . But it not be in da cards !!! No worries indeed
Keep in mind guys that 95% of the parts of a Solo 665/775/681 saw are interchangeable with their Dolmar counterparts.
Dex you were who I was trying to convince not to pull the sticker off. Heck wear it off but dont pull it off on purpose.
