COVID-19 has Briggs and Stratton looking for life support

Vernon Graham
Updated July 22 2020 - 11:41am, first published 11:30am
SEEKING LIFELINE: Iconic small engine maker Briggs and Stratton has become yet another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic.
SEEKING LIFELINE: Iconic small engine maker Briggs and Stratton has become yet another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A decline in sales blamed on the coronavirus pandemic has forced iconic small engine manufacturer Briggs and Stratton to file for bankruptcy protection in the United States.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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