Amer Sports Korpivaara, and with it the exclusive rights to import and distribute such brands as Citroën and Toyota. The decade also saw the company expand into the textiles and plastics markets. In 1986, Amer established a sports division after acquiring a majority stake in the golf equipment maker MacGregor Golf from Jack Nicklaus. Despite this, the company was involved in the sports equipment market as early as 1974, when it bought the hockey gear maker then known as Koho-Tuote. These interests were sold in 1986. Three years later, Amer acquired the Chicago-based Wilson Sporting Goods Company, a leading producer of golf
Clayton Equipment Company Clayton Equipment Company Clayton Equipment Company Ltd, now known simply as Clayton Equipment Ltd or CEC and CEL, is a locomotive construction company that specialises in locomotives for underground mining operations. Clayton Equipment Ltd was preceded by Clayton Carriage and Wagon, a company based in Lincoln, England. As well as railway rolling stock, Clayton Carriage and Wagon also constructed motive power such as steam-powered railcars, including one of only two steam railcars to operate in New Zealand. At the start of the Great Depression, Clayton Carriage and Wagon went into receivership and its Chief Draughtsman incorporated the Clayton Equipment Company