For over 160 years, Garland has been a leading innovator in food service equipment design and manufacturing.
1864 - The Barbour family opens a small foundry in Detroit, Michigan, making stove parts for passing pioneers, that grows into the Detroit Stove Works.
1871 - Brothers Jeremiah & James Dwyer open the Michigan Stove Company in Detroit, Michigan, and produced over 200 varieties of stoves and ranges under the brand name GARLAND.
1893 - Garland's "World’s Largest Stove" display was unveiled at the World’s Fair. It was on permanent display in the Michigan State Fairgrounds until 2011 when it was destroyed by fire.
1925 - Detroit Stove Works and Michigan Stove Company joined to make the Detroit-Michigan Stove Company. The Garland line is the only brand remaining.
1929 - Brothers, Henry & Alexander Hirsch, founded Welbilt Stove Company in Maspeth, New York, and focused on gas ranges.
1952 - Russell Prowse establishes a Garland distributorship in Toronto, Ontario.
1953 - Prowse established a Garland manufacturing facility, Garland Commercial Ranges Ltd., in Mississauga, Ontario.
1955 - The Welbilt Stove Company purchased the Garland brand and moved the US production line to Maspeth, New York, becoming the Welbilt Corp. The Canadian production also continued to grow.
1973 - The Garland line outgrew the NY facility, and a new plant was built in Freeland, Pennsylvania.
1996 - Berisford International PLC, a UK-based company, acquired the Webilt Corp.
1999 - Garland discontinued its production of residential cooking products to focus solely on manufacturing commercial cooking equipment.
2000 - The Welbilt Corp. changed its name to Enodis PLC.
2001 - Famous chef Julia Child's “Big Garland” purchased in 1956, used throughout her career, was donated to the Smithsonian Museum for a display replicating her home kitchen.
2008 - The Manitowoc Company acquired Enodis and became Manitowoc Foodservice.
2010 - Manufacturing for all Garland products moved to the Mississauga facility.
2017 - Manitowoc Foodservice changed its name back to Welbilt, Inc.
2022 - Ali Group, an Italian-based company, acquired Welbilt, Inc.