84 Years of Doing One Thing
New Leader Manufacturing was founded with a singular focus: to build the best equipment possible. Whether that’s spreading salt to deice a highway or nutrients to fertilize a crop, we’ve made our business making sure you have the tools to apply precisely what you need, when you need it. Because we believe that precision on the back end translates to precision on the front line where the work gets done. It’s something we started in 1939, and it’s what makes us leaders today.
Our History
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1939
First Hi-Way product
Model P consisting of a hopper and hand-operated spinner
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1940
First New Leader product
Today it would be called a snowmobile. It is used to pull a sleigh carrying people and provisions, replacing a dog team, thereby becoming the “New Leader”
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1960
A New Partnership
New Leader Manufacturing partners with Ag-Chem, a leading manufacturer of off-road equipment used to fertilize agricultural crops
Spreading Good Locally & Globally
Spreading good is a cornerstone of New Leader Manufacturing.
Local
380
We are passionate about the Cedar Rapids area and are committed to helping it thrive by spreading goodwill, good deeds, good fortune, and good cheer through its communities. To celebrate our 80 years in business, we are thrilled to open this social mission to our community through our new philanthropy program, 380.
380 is about spreading generosity and kindness by sharing our resources with those who are working to improve life in the I-380 region.
Our communities are filled with people, organizations, and causes that do great things and inspire us, and others, to do more. Through our 380 initiative, we are honored to support those causes in their efforts to spread good both locally and globally.
New Leader accepts, reviews, and funds donation requests based on specific application periods. Please visit https://newleader.com/spreading-good-landing/ for more information.
Global
H2O
Today, one in eight people on our planet do not have access to clean water. Nowhere is that more prevalent than in Africa. H20 is a program designed to bring accessible supplies of clean water to African communities. This effort focuses on environmental and sanitation training and infrastructure, as well as building and rehabbing wells and natural springs. With each NL5000 G5 spreader sale, we help provide clean water to rural communities half a world away.
Thank you to these past partners for joining us in the journey to spread good.
- American Red Cross
- Area Substance Abuse Control
- Arc of East Central IA
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Boys and Girls Club
- Camp Courageous
- Catholic Relief Services
- Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
- Cedar Rapids Police Protection
- Discovery Living
- Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
- Especially for You
- Four Oaks
- Goodwill
- Hiawatha Public Library
- Horizons Family Services
- Iowa College Foundation
- Indian Creek Nature Center
- Junior Achievement
- Kirkwood Foundation
- Linn County Deputy Sheriff’s Charitable Association
- Linn County Fire Fighters Association
- Matthew 25
- Mercy Medical
- Miracles in Motion
- Mount Mercy University
- National Czech and Slovak Museum
- NewBo City Market
- Prairie of Miracles 5K
- Prospect Meadows
- Regis Middle School
- St. John XXIII
- St. Luke’s Foundation
- Tanager Place
- The History Center
- Theatre Cedar Rapids
- United Way
- University of Iowa Children’s Hospital
- Variety Club
- Waypoint
- Willis Dady Homeless Services