Jas. D. Easton, Inc.
Founded1922
FounderDoug Easton
Headquarters
Salt Lake City, Utah
,
United States
ProductsSporting Goods
Number of employees
1,000+
DivisionsArchery
Websiteeastonarchery.com

Jas. D. Easton, Inc. is a manufacturer of archery equipment. The company was started by James D. (Doug) Easton in 1922. His son James (Jim) L. Easton took over the company following his death in 1972. The independent, family owned[1] archery division consists of two companies, Hoyt Archery, Inc. and Easton Technical Products, both located in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The two companies employ approximately 800 people in the manufacture of compound bows, recurve bows, and arrows. Easton arrows have been used to win every Olympic Games title in archery since the restoration of archery to the Olympic program in 1972. Easton Technical Products is also a supplier to the military, medical and outdoor sports industries for high-strength carbon fiber and aluminum alloy tubing. Hoyt and Easton are run as independent divisions of Jas. D. Easton, Inc. Greg Easton is the third generation President of Jas. D. Easton.[2]

In other sports

Easton Sports merged with Fenway Partners-owned Riddell Bell in 2006 to form Easton-Bell, later known as BRG Sports.[3] Jim Easton was named chair of the company, which included the Riddell, Bell, and Giro brands. The archery business remained separate. All other Easton brands were divested by BRG in 2014.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Graham, Pat (August 7, 2016). "The straight story: Bow and arrow advances lift other sports". Phys.org. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  2. ↑ "James L. EASTON (USA), World Archery Honorary President". March 13, 2009. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Easton Sports merges with Riddell Bell". February 9, 2006.
  4. ↑ "BRG Sports Invests in Strategic Bell and Giro Vendor, Divests Last Easton Business | SGB Media Online". August 28, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bauer Performance Sports to Acquire Easton Baseball/Softball For Us $330 Million". Kohlberg & Company. February 13, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Rawlings Purchasing Easton Diamond Sports - Team Insight".
  7. ↑ "Performance Sports Group Acquires Easton Hockey". Marketwired. January 13, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  8. ↑ Mercanti, Saris (April 21, 2014). "Bell-Riddell-Giro (BRG) sell Easton Cycling to Owner of RaceFace, now owned by FOX". Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Fox Acquires Race Face and Easton Cycling". PinkBike. PinkBike.com. December 5, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
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