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Life Fitness expands consumer product headquarters and manufacturing facility in Ramsey, Minnesota. New consumer Life Fitness T-Series treadmills offer a variety of customization features and unique program options for beginning exercisers and elite runners alike. Later that year, Life Fitness expands total-body elliptical cross-trainer line with the new X-Series — the company's third generation of cross-trainers.
Later that year, ParaBody would launch the space-efficient, total-body machine: the Gym System. Life Fitness produces the company's historical ,th Lifecycle exercise bike at its Franklin Park, Illinois manufacturing facility. Life Fitness launches an all-new lineup of commercial and consumer Lifecycle upright exercise bikes.
Later that year, the company introduces redesigned Lifecycle recumbent exercise bikes for both markets. Life Fitness adds its health club quality consumer treadmill to the company's already popular lineup of five treadmill options for the home. That same year, Life Fitness Strength introduces both the Cable Motion Series and Fit Series strength-training lineups for its commercial fitness facility customers.
The company also introduces all-new commercial and consumer stairclimbers that feature natural, independent stepping motion. Brunswick purchases an 80 percent interest in Protokon, a steel fabricator and electronic equipment manufacturer based in Kiskoros, Hungary, to increase its manufacturing capability of strength-training equipment.
Life Fitness introduced its durable Pro2 line of Selectorized strength equipment. Later that year, the Life Fitness strength team would launch the sleek Signature Series line of strength equipment. Later in , the Life Fitness cardio team redefines all of its industry leading 90 Series product designs and colors for commercial fitness facilities. The company also launched integrated LCD technology for all commercial Life Fitness cardiovascular products — treadmills, cross-trainers, Lifecycle exercise bikes and stairclimbers.
Life Fitness moves its corporate office headquarters to Schiller Park, Illinois. The company continues to manufacture products at its Franklin Park, Illinois facility. This space-efficient line of 11 strength-training machines is designed to deliver time-efficient, total-body workouts in a non-intimidating, easy-to-use format.
Later that same year, the Summit Trainer is introduced to combine the best of total body cross-training and climbing with an upper and lower body workout that simulates a trek in the mountains.
In , Life Fitness also creates the F3 treadmill — a machine that combines durability with space-efficiency in the home. VIVO technology from Life Fitness provides detailed equipment usage information, program popularity reports and exerciser progression statistics, among other insights for fitness facility managers.
Life Fitness delivers seamless iPod integration with exercise equipment and launches all-new Life Fitness treadmills. Life Fitness' popular Signature Series is evolving and expanding, to eventually allow facility owners and designers to create customized environments. LFconnect Technology Solutions provide facilities with valuable equipment information and a new level of connection with members.
Exercisers benefit from motivating workout tracking and added engagement with their workouts. The Insignia Series raises the bar for premium Selectorized equipment, combining elegant and inviting aesthetics with thoughtfully designed user-friendly features. Hammer Strength has been building athletes for more than 25 years. Not just elite athletes, but those with the focus and determination to want to train like one.
It is a new business dedicated to bringing movement back to the workplace. Life Fitness marked the completion of a nearly 50,square-foot expansion, which will provide increased production capacity and efficiency, at its manufacturing facility in Ramsey, Minnesota. The expansion has increased the size of the factory to a total of more than , square feet. The Company decided in April to focus on its core business segments - marine, fitness, bowling and billiards.
As such, the Company determined that continuing to invest in BNT to fuel growth was not consistent with Brunswick's long-term strategic objectives. Larson Boats are sold as Brunswick boats. The Company continues to build its marine presence by purchasing the Keikhaefer Corporation - the predecessor of Mercury Marine and Quicksilver. The MerCruiser sterndrive outsells all other sterndrives on the market combined. MerCruiser products maintain their leadership position today.
The Mariner brand, named to create an image of reliability and durability, was launched in the United States and Europe in Brunswick re-emerges into the boating business and becomes the undisputed global leader in recreational boating with the acquisitions of Sea Ray and Bayliner. The Quicksilver brand originated as Mercury Marine's parts and accessories business. The brand name is recognized and respected by both Mercury and Mariner customers and dealers throughout the European region.
Because of the success of Quicksilver inflatable boats, the Company launches a line of Quicksilver aluminum and fiberglass boats. Brunswick acquires Wahoo! Boats and creates a fishing boat business; moves Spectrum, Vision, Starcraft, Monark, Astro boats to this arena.
Swedish boat customers are loyal to national products. It was important to appeal to customers and dealers in the Swedish market using a well-respected Swedish brand. Boston Whaler was thrust into the national limelight on May 19, , when Life magazine featured photographs of a Boston Whaler as it was sawed in half. Subsequent photographs depicted the captain casually driving away in only half a boat. Thus, the "Unsinkable Legend" was born. Brunswick began its partnership with Uttern in and purchased the balance of the company in Brunswick sought to purchase yet another premium boat company with high brand equity in Sweden.
Uttern fit the bill. While the product was first produced for the French market, the product had been widely accepted throughout all of Europe, as well as Uganda, Africa and Australia. Savage offers a variety of fiberglass and aluminum boats. Brunswick and Mercury Marine launch SmartCraft, a system which connects a boat's diverse onboard systems into a single, integrated system.
SmartCraft leads the way in innovation, quality and dependability as it relates to vessel information and control on the water. The Company acquires the remaining interest in Valiant boats are widely recognized throughout Europe for its many uses, which vary from tenders, which are used to transport people and supplies to and from a large ship on large cruise ships, to heavy duty commercial boats for military and rescue organizations.
Brunswick begins to "fill in the white space" in its marine portfolio in an effort to meet the needs of boating customers - in the United States and internationally.
That same year, however, Brunswick sells Robalo and Wahoo boats. Already world-class in aluminum casting, this proprietary technology allows Mercury to efficiently and economically produce a wide array of quality, complex parts that are essential for a new generation of engines in production. IDS is the leading developer of dealer management systems for marine and recreational vehicle dealers. MotoTron designs and supplies sophisticated engine control and vehicle networking solutions.
This effort is made to more closely partner with its marine dealers and to ensure that every aspect of purchasing and owning a boat is a simple and pleasant experience for the customers. The joint venture aims to supply integrated diesel sterndrives and inboards to worldwide recreational and commercial marine markets. Brunswick partners with financial institutions to provide wholesale financing to its marine dealers and consumer financing to its customers.
Land 'N' Sea is the largest distributor of marine parts and accessories in North America; Attwood is a leading manufacturer of marine hardware and accessories.
Brunswick expands its marine presence internationally by acquiring a minority interest in Rayglass and Protector boats in New Zealand and a 36 percent interest in Bella, Aquador and Flipper boats in Finland. These companies produce numerous models of aluminum fishing, pontoon, deck and utility boats.
The acquisition represents an important step in achieving the Company's goal of 'filling the white spaces' in the aluminum boat segment.
By offering extended product protection on new and used boats, Brunswick now offers qualifying dealers a full complement of financial services. The Verado offers acceleration, speed and durability never before seen in a four-stroke outboard engine, yet it is nearly silent.
Brunswick acquires Kellogg Marine, a leading distributor of marine parts and accessories in the Northeast United States. Along with the acquisition of Diversified Marine Products in , Brunswick becomes the largest distribution network of marine parts and accessories in North America.
Combining 15 years of testing and research, Zeus promises to make captaining a boat easy. It delivers an unparalleled level of safety, performance and vessel control enabling boaters to maintain a position despite wind and tide, turn degrees on a dime, dock a vessel using joystick control and check systems and engines and monitor entertainment from one screen.
It will be made available for model year boats. Boston Whaler was created in when Richard T. Fisher — a Harvard-educated engineer by trade and a boater by choice — in partnership with naval designer C. Brunswick Dealer Advantage features multiple tools and resources designed to help member dealers reduce costs, drive revenue, reward personnel, and enhance the retail customer experience. Participation is voluntary and at whatever level the dealer is comfortable.
The Cypress Cay line of pontoons was launched for the model year and its model line-up included the Cabana, Angler, Cozumel and Cancun. They are manufactured at Brunswick Leisure Boat Company, LLC; a renowned marine craft manufacturer specializing in elite pontoon boats. Cypress Cay exemplifies the latest in pontoon design trends and delivers the utmost versatility available in water crafts today.
Launching mid-way through the model year, Cypress Cay introduced the Cayman to its model line-up. Positioned between the upscale Cancun and the mid-level Cozumel, the Cayman offers consumers a luxury pontoon with modern styling and a plush interior. The highly anticipated engine - winner of the prestigious International Boatbuilders Exhibition and Conference Innovation Award — quickly becomes the new top choice for offshore, inshore bay, flats, aluminum, bass, pontoon, runabout, RIBs and aluminum bass boats.
The series proves to be extraordinarily popular. Pictured to the left is the SLX, introduced in Effortless joystick piloting becomes available for outboard engines. Designed and developed for the Mercury Verado outboard, the joystick system can be installed on boats powered by two to four Verado hp or hp engines. The Innovation Award at the Miami Boat Show went to Harris FloteBote for its new Crowne model with its innovative design and a comprehensive list of groundbreaking technologies featuring a specially designed power lift sport arch and GPS-based cruise control.
The Crowne combines the agility of a sport boat with the supreme comfort of a pontoon. A Harris FloteBote Cruiser was the first to roll off the line at new ,square-foot plant in Ft.
Wayne, Indiana. New equipment for these projects was also installed, and additional equipment is planned for installation in and , which will optimize the newly constructed building space. The Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Awards are presented annually by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce WMC to leading Wisconsin-based manufacturers that produce world-class products and create employment opportunities in their communities.
Mercury Marine took top honors in the Mega category, which recognizes companies with more than employees. Mercury employs 5, people worldwide, with 3, employees in Wisconsin.
Since , Brunswick has made several key acquisitions to expand its marine parts and accessories operation —in both manufacturing as well as distribution. Mercury was founded by E. Carl Kiekhaefer in when he purchased a bankrupt engine manufacturing plant in Cedarburg, Wis. Mercury made its initial mark in the marine industry by providing reliable, innovative products.
But it didn't take long before its engines were highly regarded for performance and speed. Mercury has long been recognized for producing engines that not only get you where you want to go, but also get you there first.
Mercury Marine introduces its new 75, 90 and hp FourStroke outboards. The new Mercury FourStroke engines are built with the same architecture as the extraordinarily reliable and extremely popular Mercury FourStroke to ensure they start and run consistently and last longer no matter what conditions they face. Boston Whaler begins a major facilities expansion project underway at its Edgewater, Fla. With an under-roof addition of more than 58, total square feet, the expansion will serve to significantly increase Whaler's manufacturing capabilities and expand capacity at a time when the company is enjoying strong growth.
The Green Masters Program measures companies on a broad range of sustainability issues ranging from energy and water conservation to waste management, community outreach and education.
Mercury Marine scored well above the Wisconsin state average in eight of the nine sustainability categories. The recipe is only known to myself and two others. I plan to pass this down to my children one day as my dad did to me.
It would be irresponsible to ignore the contributions of Indigenous people, who lived in both Tidewater Virginia and coastal Georgia long before European arrival. The people of these areas were eating dishes with leftover deer and pork with corn and beans well before the ships left England. These foodways would have certainly influenced the colonists in both Georgia and Virginia. She grew up road tripping throughout the region and now works telling stories about her experiences.
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