Acushnet Company (which includes Titleist, FootJoy, Scotty Cameron, Knight, and other golf product brands). On May 20, 2011 it was announced that a Korean group associated with Fila Korea, Ltd. and Mirae Asset Private Equity would purchase Acushnet for $1.23 billion in cash. Founded in Acushnet, Massachusetts by Philip E. "Skipper" Young in 1910, the Acushnet Process Company focused on deresinating latex and supplying rubber to industry, and over time began to make their own rubber-based products including water bottles and bathing caps. Eventually, Acushnet Process became a manufacturer of golf equipment, principally, golf balls. In 1932, the company sectioned into two
Envirotech (company) Envirotech (company) Envirotech was an American company based in Menlo Park, California and founded in 1968 or 1969 by Robert L. Chambers in Palo Alto, California. It was described by one journalist in 1977 as "the world's leader in manufacture and sale of equipment for processing water for municipal systems and liquids in industrial processes." The company was composed of a number of operational divisions. The Eimco division, based in Salt Lake City, Utah and the largest of the company's divisions, focused on the manufacture of water and liquid waste processing equipment, but also produced underground loaders for tunneling and