Emergency Preparedness

No matter what time of year that it is, you can count on Arkansas weather to quickly switch from one extreme to another, frequently resulting in widespread power outages. Power outages are inconvenient for everyone, but for some businesses, they can create serious problems. Imagine what would happen if a healthcare facility couldn’t run life-saving medical equipment, or if a police department’s switchboard went down!

At the end of World War I, the demand for electricity on farms led a group of innovative cast iron workers with no background in generators or engines to develop the revolutionary Kohler Automatic Power & Light “power plant” in 1920. The company has been remained in continuous operation ever since, and has developed a reputation for manufacturing the most reliable and durable generators on the market.