The Arctic Cat brand is under new ownership with hopes of a resurgence after teetering on the brink of extinction. Former Arctic Cat executive Brad Darling, along with an investment group, have ...

The immediate outcome of this is that Arctic Cat is ceasing production once the first half of 2025 is over, shutting down the lines at its Thief River Falls facility in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

That was the year, 1995, Arctic Cat shipped its first ATV. By the 2004 fiscal year ATVs made up more than half of Arctic Cat's sales. But that was a threshold Polaris had crossed back in 1998.

News of the sale comes just months after the company's former owner, Texton, Inc, shut down most building operations. More than 400 employees at Arctic Cat's manufacturing facilities in Thief ...

Textron Inc. confirmed that Arctic Cat manufacturing operations are being shut down at factories in both Thief River Falls and St. Cloud after planned production numbers for the first half of 2025 ...

Arctic Cat acquired by longtime former executive; ... The sale of the company includes the St. Cloud plant, Textron communications director Brandon Haddock said.