Born of a breakthrough in technology, Kohler® Power Systems has continued to follow that same path of innovation for more than eighty years. And it's that commitment which has made the company a global force in the manufacture and marketing a vast array of effective, affordable power solutions Kohler's entry into the power business can be traced to the years immediately following World War I. With no background in generators or engines, the company leveraged the emerging demand for electricity on farms, their expertise in cast iron and their own ingenuity to produce the revolutionary Kohler Automatic Power & Light "power plant" in 1920.