Very sad to see Partner, once the premier chainsaw brand and company in Sweden, first turned into a consumer brand and then replaced by McCulloch brand. Soon the Partner brand will be no more. That is the Husqvarna way - buy up chainsaw companies, put them on a pedestal for a few years, then grind them in the dirt and throw them out.
Husqvarna has too many brands covering the same market segments, and must reduce the brands to make more profit. It kills profits when the brands compete against each other for the same markets, and the brands have to keep dropping their selling price to get the orders.
The management of Husqvarna are no longer chainsaw savvy people; but merely enterprisers that are only interested in the almighty dollar which continues to elude them.