The Cox Story

Over 50 years in the making

The secret to the success of Owen Cox is that he listened to the needs of his customers. And he then designed and engineered products that exceeded his customers' expectations. The zenith of that business philosophy is to be found today in Cox's range of tough, quality ride-on mowers that are packed full of design and engineering innovations born from the experiences and wish lists of the people who use ride-ons.

Truly... The Tough Australians...
The story of Cox began in 1953 when inventor and engineer, Owen Cox, founded his company to produce the 'Air Rite' brand of petrol and electric driven air compressors. They were immediately successful and encouraged Owen to expand his foundry and engineering base and begin manufacturing innovative two-stoke outboard motors for the boating market.
Then, as new petrol powered push lawn mowers began to revolutionise domestic lawn care, Owen realised their potential and developed his 'Mow-Master' range - again, an outstanding success story. Through his own retail outlet, Owen kept in close contact with his customers and was able to move quickly to keep ahead of this rapidly developing market. Realising that push mowers were of little use on Australia's larger properties, Owen pioneered the concept of ride-on mowers and, by the late 1950's, was producing and marketing the Cox 'Mow Mobile' - Australia's very first designed and built ride-on mower.

From then, Owen Cox and Co. forged ahead, backed by the reputation of building quality, toughness and reliability into every product they made. With this growth came the need to build larger premises in the Brisbane suburb of Woolloongabba in 1968. Some Cox workers of today well remember the absolute commitment to quality and engineering integrity that had become the hallmark of Cox products built at this factory, and later at bigger premises again at Archerfield.

Amongst many innovations, the Owen Cox designed friction drive-system lies at the heart of Cox mowers that continue to roll out of the modern and vastly expanded plant now located at Acacia Ridge.

Australian ingenuity and technical excellence, backed by over 50 years of experience and know-how. That's the Cox Industries of today, just as it was in the days of the late Owen Cox.