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PlayCore, Inc. Overview

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401 Chestnut St.,
Ste. 310 Chattanooga, 
TN 37402 United States
Phone: 423-265-7529
Fax:423-425-3124

Company Description

Child's play is at the core of PlayCore. It makes playground equipment for residential and commercial markets. Its Swing-N-Slide unit offers prepackaged do-it-yourself wooden play sets that are sold at US home centers and hardware stores. Its GameTime, Play & Park Structures, Ultra Play, and Big Toys units cater to the commercial niche with metal and plastic playground systems for schools and parks; various sized modular skate park systems; and indoor equipment. TotTurf concentrates on surfaces while Everlast Climbing Industries focus on youth fitness and Spectrum Products makes assisted-access lifts. Irving Place Capital and the company's management bought PlayCore from Chartwell in 2007.

PlayCore, Inc. Company Profile Report

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  • Industry Information
  • Financial Summary
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    Overview

    The US sporting goods manufacturing industry includes about 1,300 companies with combined annual revenue of about $10 billion. Large companies include Callaway Golf Company; Easton-Bell Sports; the Spalding division of Russell Brands; ICON Health & Fitness; and Rawlings Sporting Goods (a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation). The industry is concentrated: the 50 largest companies account for about 60 percent of industry revenue.

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    NAICS: 332992, 339920, 332994, 336991

     

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