MILWAUKEE – Calling it an end to a messy annual ritual, and a first for the outdoor power equipment industry, Briggs & Stratton Corp. has developed a lawn mower engine that never needs an oil change.

When Stephen F. Briggs and Harold Stratton founded their company in Milwaukee in 1908, they couldn't have imagined how far their small engines would travel. What began as a modest venture making auto ...

WHEN you buy lawn and garden equipment this spring, a familiar old term — horsepower — will be missing from many engines. Blame it on lawyers, or engine makers who might have fudged the numbers, but ...