Ariens Company entered the snow thrower market at the urging of an Ariens distributor in the Northeast who wanted a two-stage snow thrower for home snow removal. Product design began on December 15, 1959 and by March of 1960, a prototype was complete. Test models were demonstrated to distributors throughout the Snow Belt with widespread approval. It was July 1960 when the company started production and 1,865 units were produced in the introductory season.

By the late 1970s, Ariens produced more than 100,000 Sno-Thro® machines each season. In November 2005, the company produced its milestone 2 millionth Sno-Thro® machine.

By 2010 Ariens had built over 2 1/2 million snow throwers and continues as we speak to improve and produce the #1 snow blowers right here in America!