Stihl is a German manufacturer of chainsaws and other handheld power equipment including trimmers and blowers. Their headquarters are in Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, near Stuttgart, Germany. Stihl was founded in 1926 by Andreas Stihl, an innovator in early chainsaw production. Stihl says it is the world's best-selling brand of chainsaws and the only chainsaw manufacturer to make its own saw chains and guide bars. Andreas Stihl AG is a privately held company owned by the descendants of Andreas Stihl. Stihl operates the Stihl Timbersports Series.
Stihl gasoline-powered trimmers. Mid-1990s model FS74, left, and 2004 model FS80R, right.
Stihl gasoline-powered chainsaws: MS 170 (foreground), MS 290 Farm Boss (background)
A chainsaw is a portable handheld power saw that cuts with a set of teeth attached to a rotating chain driven along a guide bar.
A chainsaw cutting a small wooden board
Historical osteotome, a medical bone chainsaw
Typical of the earliest chainsaws, this gasoline-powered Dolmar saw was operated by two men
Electric chainsaw