| Type | Subsidiary of Jarden |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1900 |
| Headquarters | Wichita, Kansas, United States |
| Key people | Sam A. Solomon, President and CEO Dan Hogan, SVP, Global Administration and CFO |
| Industry | sporting goods and outdoor gear |
| Employees | 3,690 (est.)[1] |
| Website | www.coleman.com |
Coleman Company, Inc. is an American company that specializes in outdoor recreation products. Historically, Coleman is known for camping gear.
It was founded by W. C. Coleman, 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 burn kerosene, naphtha, gasoline, or propane and use one or two mantles to produce an intense white light. Coleman also manufactures camp stoves, 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.
A separate business unit sells home heating and air conditioning units.[2]
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