Johnson Outdoors
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Johnson Outdoors Inc. (Nasdaq: JOUT) produces outdoor recreational products such as watercraft, diving equipment, camping gear, and outdoor clothing. It has operations in 24 locations worldwide, employs 1,400 people and reports sales of more than $315 million. Helen Johnson-Leipold, one of Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr.'s four children, has run the company since 1999.[1]
Brands
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Company history
The company, previously known as Johnson Wax Associates, grew out of diversification and acquisition efforts by S. C. Johnson & Son during the 1970s. It became a profitable, self-sustaining outdoor equipment business known as Johnson Camping, Inc., later renamed Johnson Worldwide Associates (JWA).
Silva Compass (discontinued)
From 1980, JWA imported Swedish-made compasses manufactured by Silva Production AB (Silva Group) for sale in North America. In 1996, a decision by Silva Production AB of the Silva Group parent to begin marketing its Swedish-made Silva brand compasses via a new distribution network in North America with Brunton, Inc. led to litigation the following year between JWA, which owned the North American Silva distribution network, and Silva Production AB, the Swedish manufacturer.[3] As of 2008, JWA (now known as Johnson Outdoors, Inc.) was sourcing most of its Silva brand compasses from PT Uwatec Batam, an Indonesia-based wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson Outdoors, Inc.[4] The discontinued Silva 424 Wrist Sighting Compass was made for Johnson Outdoors by Suunto Oy of Finland, while the Silva Lensatic 360 compass is made in Taiwan. JO ceased all distribution of Silva brand magnetic compasses in 2018.
In 2018, JO sold its North America rights to the Silva brand to Silva of Sweden AB.
Healthways
Healthways was a firm founded by Dick Klein which made scuba gear.[5] It went bankrupt in 1963; its successor company is Scubapro.
It was one of the five original USA diving gear makers: U.S. Divers, Healthways, Voit, Dacor, Swimaster.
Healthways is notable in that it was the first manufacturer to use "scuba" as a word rather than an acronym. Their twin-hose regulator line was called the "Scuba"; hence, one of their later models, the Scuba Pro, eventually became the name of the reorganized company.[5] (Healthways' single-hose regulators were dubbed the "Scubair" line.)
Scubapro
Scubapro was founded in the United States in 1963 by Gustav Dalla Valle, the Beuchat representative in United States, and Dick Bonin to manufacture scuba gear. Scubapro merged with dive computer manufacturer Uwatec in 1997 and became part of Johnson Outdoors. The company, now known as "Scubapro Uwatec", currently manufactures diving regulators, buoyancy compensators, dive computers, masks, fins, snorkels, wetsuits and drysuits, as well as scuba accessories.[6]
SeemannSub, also known as Subgear, was acquired by Scubapro in 2007.[7]
Uwatec
Uwatec was founded in Switzerland in 1984 as a manufacturer of scuba gear. In 1987, it introduced the Aladin PRO, establishing a reputation for making diving computers; however, multiple lawsuits accusing Uwatec (and later Johnson Outdoors) of a seven-year cover-up of a potentially lethal dive-computer bug tainted that reputation.[8][9] Uwatec merged with Scubapro in 1997, becoming part of Johnson Outdoors.[10]
Subgear
Subgear is the rebranded name of Seemann Sub, a diving brand active in Germany since 1979.[11]
Jetboil
Since November 2012, Johnson Outdoors has owned Jetboil, a company that produces lightweight gas fueled portable stoves.[12][13]
Eureka!
Johnson Outdoors acquired Eureka! Tent Company in 1973.
Old Town Canoe
Johnson Outdoors acquired Old Town Canoe from S. C. Johnson & Son in 2004; the latter acquired Old Town Canoe in 1974.
Ocean Kayak
Ocean Kayak was founded by Tim Niemier in 1988 to sell polyethylene sit-on-top kayaks. Johnson Outdoors acquired the company in 1997.[14]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Our Family Story: Helen Johnson-Leipold". S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. 2007. Archived from the original on January 3, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.www.johnsonoutdoors.com https://www.johnsonoutdoors.com/us/family-of-brands. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Spivak, Cary, Compass Makers Embroiled in Suits, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, January 3, 1997
- ^ Company Profile: PT Uwatec Batam of Indonesia, January 3, 2008, retrieved March 27, 2012
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Miller, Sam. "What's In a Name". Portage Quarry Recreation Facility. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Celebrating 60 Years of Dive-Gear Innovation - SCUBAPRO". scubapro.johnsonoutdoors.com. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Subgear Products – Oceanic Dive Center". www.oceanicdivecenter.com. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Holding, Reynolds (June 24, 2011). "Corporate coverup exposed divers to grave risk / Company kept computer defect secret for 7 years, according to Oakland lawsuit". SFGate. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Neumann, Peter G. (February 19, 2003). "Scuba diving computer recall". Forum on Risks to the Public in Computers and Related Systems 22.57. 22 (57). The Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About us – SCUBAPRO-UWATEC". Scubapro. 2010. Archived from the original on August 15, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SUBGEAR". Subgear. 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Engel, Jeff (November 15, 2012). "Johnson Outdoors closes Jetboil acquisition". Milwaukee Business Journal. Milwaukee: American City Business Journals. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Alden, Doug (December 9, 2012). "NH cousins' Jetboil sold to Johnson Outdoors for $16 million". New Hampshire Union Leader. Manchester, NH: Union Leader Corp. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sit-on-topKayaking.com Designers & Innovators of Sit-on-top Kayaks: Tim Niemier". www.sit-on-topkayaking.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2003.
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