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
Miracle Recreation Equipment Company Miracle Recreation Equipment Company Miracle Recreation is a playground manufacturer in the United States, providing children's playground equipment and amenities for parks and schools, throughout the world. John Ahrens founded Miracle Recreation in Grinnell, Iowa in 1927. He redesigned the merry-go-round after seeing an exhibit for a “Perpetual Motion Machine. He called his product the “Miracle Whirl”. He was awarded a patent and created the company known as Ahrens Manufacturing Company. John passed his company to his son Claude in 1940. Claude already owned a hybrid seed corn company but in 1946 he focussed his attention on manufacturing and selling