Fourth-quarter earnings increase 54%; net sales rise 18% to $8.3 billion. Forecast for 2019 calls for net income of approximately $3.6 billion on sales gain of about 7%.

Bad Boy Mowers is riding a surge of U.S. manufacturing innovation aided by robotic welding technology. Turnkey robotic cells have been responsible in part for keeping Bad Boy on track to double production every year. And as Bad Boy Mowers continues to grow, it can look forward to consistency because of the standardization of the robotic work cells.