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, United States. Igloo is a subsidiary of the Dometic Group. The company was founded in 1947 in Katy and is known for its blue and white coolers. Igloo's product line includes a wide range of coolers and ice chests for various uses, from small personal coolers to large commercial coolers, as well as beverage dispensers, marine coolers, and accessories.

History

Igloo began in 1947 as a metalworking shop that produced metal water coolers for blue-collar workers. In early 1960, Igloo merged with the Production Tooling Company, and the company name changed to Texas Tennessee Industries (TTI). The company's marketing arm was the John T. Everett Company, a company from

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. By 1971, TTI was planning to change its name to Igloo. The company's first all-plastic ice chest was introduced in 1962 by James F. Hutchison. Igloo makes the coolers for personal and industrial use and claims that nearly three in every four US households own an Igloo cooler. The company's more than 500 products (including personal, beverage, and full-sized coolers) are sold through thousands of retailers in the US and abroad. Private investment firm Westar Capital purchased Igloo from Brunswick in 2001. J.H. Whitney & Company became the new majority owner in 2008. In March 2014,

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, a Washington, DC–based private equity firm, purchased Igloo from J.H. Whitney, which will maintain a small stake in the company. In September 2021, Dometic Group, a Swedish company that manufactures a variety of products, notably in the recreational vehicle market, purchased Igloo from ACON Investments for $677 million.

Corporate affairs

The company's headquarters are in unincorporated

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, United States, west of the city of Katy. The complex has almost of space on a plot. The company announced that it was consolidating its corporate headquarters and distribution and manufacturing offices in its current headquarters location. The newest buildings of the headquarters complex, built adjacent to an existing Igloo distribution and manufacturing facility used for over 25 years, include a corporate office and a distribution and manufacturing facility. The two newer buildings were designed by Powers Brown Architecture and built by D.E. Harvey Construction.Igloo consolidating operations in Katy facility
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Products

*Playmate Coolers *Minimate coolers, one of the most popular coolers. *Hard Coolers **BMX **ECOCOOL **IMX **LEGACY *Soft Coolers **Disney **Sanrio **Pursuit **Reactor **Packable Puffers

References

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