Coleman Company

This article is about the Coleman Company, suppliers of recreational equipment. For other uses of the word Coleman, see Coleman (disambiguation)

Coleman Company, Inc.

Type	Subsidiary of Jarden
Industry	sporting goods and outdoor gear
Founded	1900
Headquarters	Wichita, Kansas, United States
Key people	Robert Marcovitch, President and CEO Dan Hogan, SVP, Global Administration and CFO
Employees	3,690 (est.)[1]
Website	www.coleman.com

Coleman gas camp stove

Coleman Company, Inc., is an American company that specializes in outdoor recreation products. Historically, Coleman is known for camping gear.

It was founded by William Coffin Coleman, (born May 21,1870 and died November 2, 1957) who began selling lamps in 1900 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, and moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 1902.

The Coleman Company's headquarters are in Wichita, and it also has facilities in Texas. There are approximately 1500 employees.

Throughout its history, Coleman has produced a wide variety of equipment primarily aimed at the camping and recreational markets. Perhaps their most famous product is the Coleman Lantern, a series of lamps that were originally made to burn kerosene or gasoline. Current models use Coleman fuel(white gas) or propane and use one or two mantles to produce an intense white light. Coleman also manufactures camp stoves (including the original "G.I. Pocket Stove"), sleeping bags, coolers, hot tubs, generators, watches, tents, and backpacks among other things. They also make a line of small boats, including canoes, pontoon boats, johnboats and the unique scanoe. In the past they also sold pop-up travel trailers, Skiroule snowmobiles and the Hobie Cat brand of sailboats. The company has recently started producing a backyard barbecue grill, which is sold at Canadian Tire.

A separate company, Coleman Heating and Air Conditioning, sells home heating and air conditioning units. Coleman Heating and Air Conditioning is owned by Johnson Controls, and uses the Coleman name and logo under license.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://colemanac.com/aboutus/aboutus.asp

External links

• Coleman Company Company History
• Company website
• Kansas Historical Society W. C. Coleman Biography