Coleman acquires the Sierra Corporation, recreation furniture maker.WICHITA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 1995--The 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. is a company that makes camping gear. It was founded by W. C. , Inc., announced Wednesday it has acquired for cash all of the stock of privately held Sierra Corporation of Fort Smith, Inc. Sierra's principal business is portable outdoor and recreational folding furniture and accessories sold though sporting goods Noun 1. sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport retailers, hardware/home center outlets and to the premium market. Brand names include Sierra Trails, Concepts One and, under a licensing agreement, Coleman. The company also has products and brand names in the archery and educational categories which will be divested. Formed in 1982, Sierra had sales in 1994 from the furniture and accessories lines exceeding $15 million and is acknowledged as the market share leader. Sierra employs over 240 at facilities in the United States, Canada and Costa Rica. It will be a part of Coleman's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Recreation operations. Coleman is traded as CLN CLN Clean CLN Community Learning Network CLN Colon CLN Celsion Corporation CLN Class Library for Numbers CLN Credit Linked Note CLN Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale (Committee of National Liberation) CLN Corn Lethal Necrosis on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . It manufactures and distributes diversified product lines for camping, leisure time and hardware/home center markets in the United States, Canada and more than 100 other countries. CONTACT: The Coleman Company, Inc., Wichita Charles McIlwaine, 316/261-3418 |
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