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Company Overview

Aquatic is the world leader in innovative bathware, offering the broadest and most inspiring selection of luxury Hydrotherapy, Everyday and Accessible tubs, showers and related accessories.

Mission

Inspiration. With Every detail, every design, every feature, Aquatic builds showers and baths with that mantra in mind. Spanning luxury hydrotherapy, everyday bathing and accessible products, our customers will feel inspired from the moment they set eyes on the right shower or bath to the moment they step into it and for years to come.

History

Established in the early 2010 when Lasco Bathware and Aquatic Whirlpools, both then owned by Tomkins PLC, merged into a single company and rebranded simply as Aquatic. Aquatic has 65 years of combined industry experiene through its predecssor companies. tomkins, a global engineering and manufacturing group serving the industrial, automotiveand building markets, subsequently was acquired by Onex, a leading invesstment firm.

Market Share

Supplies more than one-fourth of all bath fixtures sold annually in the United States.

Headquarter

Anaheim, CA

Markets

Distributors of building supplies, professional builders, architects, designers, other specifiers, manufactured housing comopanies, hotels, hospitals, colleges and universities, and consumers who are building and remodeling homes.

Products

More than 300 tubs, showers and bathware accessories across three product lines.

  • Luxury Hydrotherapy – therapeutic bath products designed to soothe, relax and target areas of stress
  • Everyday Bathware – showers, tubs and remodel products providing quality and value
  • Accessible Bathing – safe, stylish products for bathers of all ages

Plants

Nationwide network of state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Nevada, Washington, Texas, Virginia and Michigan.

Distribution

Through the company’s own trucking operation of 100-plus tractor-trailers, ensuring on-time delivery nationwide.

Leadership

Management team has many decades of combined experience in building and other industries involving large manufacturing, distribution and service operations including bath fixtures, plumbing, air conditioning, heating, fireplaces, automotive parts, gas dispensing equipment and commercial food.

  • Gary Anderson, President
  • Martin Joines, Senior Vice President of Sales
  • Don Gudenau, Vice President of  Logistical Services

Employees

Approximately 700

Ownership

Subsidiary company of Tomkins PLC (2009 sales of $4.18 billion), the London-based, global manufacturing group serving the industrial,  automotive and building markets, and owner of some of the best-known brands in these fields.  Tomkins owned both Lasco and Aquatic Whirlpoosl prior to the 2010 merger that formed Aquatic. Following the merger, Tomkins was acquired by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Onex, one of North America’s oldest and most successful investment firms.

Website

www.aquaticbath.com