Ames True Temper is a multinational corporation headquartered in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, USA.

[4] Ames True Temper specializes in the manufacture of non-powered lawn and garden products.

[6] Blacksmith and pioneer Captain John Ames began making metal shovels in America in 1774.

[3] In 2002 Ames, then based in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania closed one of its two plants manufacturing lawn and garden tools in Wood County, West Virginia.

[8][9] Ames True Temper Company closed its facility in West Virginia in September 2005, unable to reach a contract agreement with the United Steelworkers Union.