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The Pur brand was created and products invented by Minneapolis-Based Recovery Engineering, Inc., which was sold to Procter & Gamble in 1999 for approximately US$213 million.
A watermaker is a device used to obtain potable water by reverse osmosis of seawater. In boating and yachting circles, desalinators are often referred to as "watermakers".. The devices can be expensive to acquire and maintain, but are quite valuable because they reduce the need for large water tanks for a long passage.
The following list is of outdoor brands that are owned by another entity. The brands listed are those specific to the outdoor sporting goods industry. Parent companies may own other brands that are not listed because those other brands are not marketed as outdoor sporting goods.
Mattoni 1873 (known as Karlovarské minerální vody until 2019) is a Czech beverage company that bottles and distributes the Mattoni brand of mineral water as well as other beverages. Its headquarters are in the city of Karlovy Vary .
Glastron is a boat manufacturing company and was one of the first manufacturers of fiberglass boats. Glastron is owned by Rec Boat Holdings , a subsidiary of Groupe Beneteau . Bob Hammond, Bill Gaston, Bob Shoop, and Guy Woodard founded the company on October 14, 1956, in Austin, Texas .
The Rival Company is an American manufacturer of small appliances that produces products under the Bionaire, Crock-Pot, Fasco, Patton, Pollenex, Rival, Simer, and White Mountain brands. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Holmes Products Corp. in 1999, and later became a brand of Sunbeam Products , a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation , which ...
In 1994, Woodies, as it was known, filed for bankruptcy. The assets of Woodies were purchased by the May Company Department Stores and JCPenney. In 1995, Wanamaker's transitioned to Hecht's, one of the May Company brands. [5] In 2006, Macy's opened in the former Philadelphia Wanamaker's Department Store, now called Macy's Center City.
The company also acquired tin, steel, and later, plastic companies. [27] The Ball company faced additional challenges and opportunities during the Great Depression and World War II. Prior to 1933, Ball was the largest domestic manufacturer of home canning jars. In 1939 it manufactured 54% of all the canning jars made in the US.