Andreas Stihl AG & Company is a German manufacturer of chainsaws and other handheld power equipment including trimmers and blowers. Stihl was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. US operations are based on Virginia Beach. 

STIHL Inc. manufactures over 260 model variations of handheld outdoor power equipment for sale in the U.S. and around the world. STIHL products are sold through a network of over 8,000 servicing power equipment retailers from coast to coast— not mass merchants. Stihl is the world’s best-selling brand of chain saws and is the only chain saw manufacturer to make its own saw chains and guide bars.