In 1991 Atco Ltd was renamed as Atco-Qualcast Ltd, and the mower works was bought by its management in 1992; this company was acquired by Robert Bosch GmbH in 1995.

On 29 April 2013 Global Garden Products Italy S.p.A. bought the Atco brand name from Bosch.

From 1980, Atco Motor Mowers imported lawn and garden tractors from the United States, made to its designs.

In 1986, Atco stopped production of the American lawn and garden tractors and started producing its own in Stowmarket, Suffolk, in the United Kingdom.

The Atco 6/30 was an economy model with pull start, no electrical equipment, and a solid mild steel bonnet front.

That meant the non-collecting models could be hitched to a towed sweeper to collect grass cuttings, leaves and other debris.

The PTO worked independently of the blades, so the user could cut the lawn without collecting the clippings or vice versa.

Polished beechwood front rollers allowed mowing up to the lawn edge and could be replaced quickly with sidewheels for cutting long or wet grass.

Top of Atco's cylinder mower range, the Royale was designed for large areas of fine lawn.

The Recommended Retail Price of the machine, just before it was discontinued in 2011, was over £2000, making it the most expensive mower in the Atco range.