Jennifer Gannon Owner, BonaVista Leisurescapes Toronto, Ontario, Canada After 10 years on a busy city street in the heart of Toronto — near the neighborhoods we’ve been serving for decades, with metered street parking out front of our store — we moved a half mile away, one street south of the main road to a…
Clearon Corporation, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of trichloroisocyanuric acid and sodium dichloroisocyanurate, has acquired AquaFinesse LLC, the manufacturer of water treatment chemistry that loosens biofilm and prevents its regrowth. AquaFinesse was founded and developed by Jan de Rijk in the Netherlands. His company has sold AquaFinesse in Europe since 2006 and the United…
In our “Tales of Sales” feature, we report on ownership transitions at hot tub retail stores, and it turns out we have another story to add — mine. As of this publication, I am the owner of SpaRetailer, along with our other publications PoolPro, Spasearch and Poolsearch. Go ahead and insert all the emojis right here,…
Robert Kaplan Bought: Black Pine Spas Robert Kaplan was looking to buy an existing business, but hot tubs were not on his radar. “When hot tubs first came up, my knee-jerk was [that I was] not interested in that,” Kaplan says. Kaplan worked his way up in the television industry starting as a page, then…
PLASKOLITE ACQUIRES CONTINUOUS CAST ACRYLIC SHEET BUSINESS OF LUCITE INTERNATIONAL, INC. Leading manufacturer of thermoplastic sheet adds to its product portfolio and enters new markets COLUMBUS, Ohio (February 12, 2018)– Plaskolite, LLC, North America’s largest manufacturer of acrylic sheet products, announced today that it is acquiring Lucite International, Inc.’s (Lucite) continuous cast acrylic sheet business,…
JOHNSON CITY, TN, November 17 — LPI Inc. announced its acquisition of Florida-based Premium Leisure Spas and Swim Spas. This is LPI’s fifth acquisition in the last 30 months. LPI plans to keep the Florida manufacturing operation in place and convert the current 90,000-square-foot St. Petersburg building into a swim-spa-only manufacturing facility. It also plans…
Custom Molded Products, a supplier of pool, spa and bath products, has acquired DEL Ozone Holding Company, a manufacturer of ozone and UV sanitization solutions for pools and hot tubs. “This will be a great benefit for both CMP and DEL Ozone customers,” says William Drury, CEO and president of CMP. “CMP is well-positioned to…
In yet another acquisition, NC Brands has purchased the assets of Coral Seas, a division of Coral Chemical Company. Coral Seas manufactures the Green to Clean and Yellow Out products for swimming pools and hot tubs. “Our companies have been working together for years as NC Brands and Coral Seas products work as perfect partners,”…
ON JUNE 29, Chino Hills, California-based Jacuzzi Brands LLC announced it had purchased Mississauga, Ontario-based Hydropool Hot Tubs and Swim Spas. Bob Rowan, CEO of Jacuzzi, says his company was specifically looking to grow its swim spa business. “[Swim spas] are something we’ve been watching for a number of years,” Rowan says. “A very tiny…
With reporting by Lawrence Scofield Boyd Cargill began Catalina Spas in 1978. “He started with boats and worked his way into spas 25 years ago,” says Carolyn Brazil, Cargill’s daughter and former CEO of Catalina Spas. In November, the Perris, California–based company was purchased by LPI Inc., a hot tub manufacturer in Johnson City, Tennessee….