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The Brunswick Corporation , formerly known as the '''Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company''', is a United States -based Corporation that has been involved in manufacturing a wide variety of products since 1845 . Brunswick was founded by John Moses Brunswick ( 1819 – 1886 ), an energetic man born in Bremgarten , Switzerland who came to the United States at the age of 15. The J.M. Brunswick Manufacturing Company opened for business on 15 September , 1845 in Cincinnati, Ohio . Originally J.M. Brunswick intended his company to be mainly in the business of making Carriage s, but soon after opening his machine shop he became fascinated with Billiards , and decided that making billiard tables would be more lucrative, as the better tables then in use in America were imported from England . Brunswick billiard tables were a commercial success, and the business expanded and opened up the first of what would become many branch offices in Chicago, Illinois in 1848 . In 1873 , the Brunswick company merged with competitor ''Great Western Billiard Manufactory'' owned by Julius Balke to become the Brunswick & Balke Company, incorporated with a capital stock of 275,000 U.S. Dollars . In 1884 , another competitor, ''H.W. Collender Company'' of New York , was absorbed to form the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, that year with a capital of $1.5 million. The company expanded into making a number of other products. Large ornate Neo-classical style bars for Saloons were a popular product. Bowling balls, pins, and equipment led a growing line of Sport ing equipment. It popularized Bowling Ball s of manufactured materials, vulcanized Rubber at first; earlier bowling balls had been solid Wood . In the early . In the 1930s , Brunswick sold the control of the record company to Warner Brothers and came out with a line of Refrigerator s. During World War II , Brunswick-Balke-Collender made small target-drone Aircraft for the U.S. Military . After the war Brunswick introduced a line of School Furniture . In the 1950s , the Brunswick Mechanical Pinsetter automated resetting bowling alley pins. The decade also saw the introduction of a line of Golf ing equipment. The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company officially changed its name to the Brunswick Corporation on April 10 , 1960 . The following year the company reported sales of 422 million dollars. In the 1980s , Brunswick became a major maker of Yacht s and pleasure Boat s, whose brands include Bayliner, Maxum, Sea Ray, and Trophy. During the Gulf War Brunswick supplied the military with Camouflage nets. They also made Radome s for the Patriot Missile . As of the early 21st Century , the Brunswick Corporation still manufactures sporting and fitness equipment, in addition to boats, marine Engine s under the Mercury Marine Brand Name , and the Northstar Navigation system. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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