Escalade Inc. Announces Changes in Management Responsibilities
February 08, 2012 at 04:12 pm EST
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Escalade Inc. has announced that Patrick J. Griffin, President, Martin Yale Group, will be completing his assignment with Martin Yale's German subsidiary and will be transitioning back to the United States in July 2012. Mr. Griffin's new responsibility will be to establish a corporate development and investor relations process for Escalade. In anticipation of Mr. Griffin's new assignment, Robert J. Keller, Escalade's Chief Executive Officer, is assuming additional direct responsibility for the Martin Yale Group.
Escalade, Incorporated designs, manufactures, and sells sporting goods, fitness, and indoor/outdoor recreation equipment. It operates in one business segment: Sporting Goods (Escalade Sports). Escalade Sports manufactures, imports, and distributes sporting goods brands in basketball goals, archery, indoor and outdoor game recreation and fitness products through sporting goods retailers, specialty dealers, key on-line retailers, direct-to-consumer e-commerce, traditional department stores and mass merchants. Its archery brands include Bear Archery, Trophy Ridge, Whisker Biscuit, Cajun Bowfishing, Karnage, SIK and BearX. Its table tennis brands include STIGA and Ping-Pong. Its basketball brands include Goalrilla, Goalsetter, Goaliath, Silverback and Hoopstar. Its billiard tables and accessories brands include American Heritage Billiards, Brunswick Billiards, Gold Crown, Centennial and others. Its outdoor games brands include Victory Tailgate, Triumph Sports, Zume Games and ACL.