SIERRA NEVADA
SPAS NEWS
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Web Changes
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Check
out these pages "Products" tab to see the latest in
the products we offer. |
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The "Energy
Savings" page will continue to evolve as more data showing that
Sundance Spas are more energy efficient than most other spas on the
market. |
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The "Spa Pictures" page shows some great installations
from around the world. |
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The new and currently under
construction "Spa Owners" page is where our customers will go for
helpful hints, product recalls, basic operational data, etc. |
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A brand new
"Employment" page has been added with detailed job descriptions and
the wage ranges for each job as well as the company benefits that apply to all
SNS Team members. |
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The "Contact" page now
works so that you can more easily contact us. |
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The
bottom of this page shows some of our Certifications and
Awards. |
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Industry News
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Apollo
Investor's Group Purchases Sundance Spas, Inc. in 2007
Apollo Investor's Group Purchases Harrah's Casinos in Spring 2008
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Sundance Spas Opens New Manufacturing Facility
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Sundance Spas Inc., Corona, Calif., opens a new 350,000-square-foot
manufacturing facility in Chino, Calif. It will serve as the manufacturing
plant and distribution center for all Sundance Spas and Jacuzzi Premium
Spas products. The company has invested more than $13 million in the
building and equipment and will be able to manufacture more than 300 spas
per day with two production lines. This equates to more than 75,000 spas
produced annually.
The main two-story office structure is finished off with nearly 23,000
square feet of office space and showroom. There is approximately 3,000
additional square feet along the production line for manufacturing
supervision.
The new distribution area has 40 dock doors and enough space to store
2,000 spas. The entire production line is three football fields long and
is equipped with state-of-the-art machinery.
Some of the facility's new features include: an automated vacuum
forming machine for increased capacity and continuously moving process;
glassing operation spray booths to capture 100 percent of hazardous air
pollutions; regenerative thermal oxidizer to destroy 99 percent of all
hazardous air pollutants; contained resin mixing room with hazardous vapor
recovery; spa trim saws; production lines with continuous moving conveyor
systems to improve the workflow and improved line balancing of labor;
50,000 square feet per minute dust collection system to service both the
woodshop mill and the drilling line conveyors to drastically reduce dust
throughout the shop; enclosed pump and equipment assembly to reduce
airborne dust and debris; enclosed electronics assembly area for clean air
control; continuous moving functional water test station to reduce
handling and improve quality; dust collection system that moves 50,000
cubic feet of air per minute.
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Rumors
Continue to Fly over Sundance Purchase
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On May 16, 1999, Jonathan
Clark, President of Sundance Spas made the following statement in a letter to the Sundance
Dealer network:
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"A recent trade magazine article misled readers by
implying Sundance was purchased by Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath. Competing manufacturers
have used this article in their counter-marketing efforts. They have stated we
(Sundance Spas) are part of Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath Corporation and that our product
will be sold to their dealers and through mass merchandisers. This, of course, is
not true. Almost a year ago, Jacuzzi, Inc., paid over 31 million dollars for the
purchase of Sundance. To clarify, Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath is one of over a dozen
sister companies owned by Jacuzzi, Inc. Sundance is a stand-alone company in the
Jacuzzi, Inc., conglomerate. Our (Sundance's) involvement with Jacuzzi Whirlpool
Bath is limited to buying synergies ( acrylics, motors, plumbing), traffic synergies
(warehouse distribution) and legal resources. This cost savings contributed to the
fact that 1999 saw only a minor price increase. In respect to distribution and our
relationships, I have absolutely no plans to interrupt the proven success of the dedicated
specialty retailer of the Sundance product."
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U.S.
Industries to Acquire Sundance Spas for $31.65 Million
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U.S.
Industries, Inc. (NYSE-USI) has announced that one of its subsidiary's, Jacuzzi Inc., has
signed an agreement to purchase Sundance Spas from Clark Manufacturing, Inc. for $31.65
million cash. The purchase should be final the first week of June, 1998.
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Sundance
Spas, established in 1979 and based in Chino, California, is the leading manufacturer of
high quality self-contained spas with annually revenues of approximately $ 70 million.
Sundance markets exclusively through over 400 factory direct specialty retailers
located around the world.
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David H.
Clarke, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Industries, said, "We are
delighted to add Sundance Spas to our growing bath and plumbing group. This
acquisition will make Jacuzzi the largest spa manufacturer in the world."
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U.S.
Industries has revenues of $ 2.3 Billion and owns Ames garden tools, Ertl toys, Rexair
vacuum cleaners, Lighting Corporation of America, EJ Footwear, Garden State Tanning and
Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath.
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Jacuzzi
and Sundance Spas will continue to be operated as separate companies after the acquisition
with Ron Clark, founder of Sundance Spas leading his organization and Roy A. Jacuzzi CEO
leading Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath.
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SIERRA NEVADA
SPAS News
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FAST FACTS:
SIERRA
NEVADA SPAS, a JPI
Company, was established in Carson City, Nevada in 1978. The company has
been under the same ownership since it's inception and has entered it's
31st year of service to Lake Tahoe, Truckee and
northern Nevada, according to the President and CEO, Douglas Johnson. Today, SIERRA
NEVADA SPAS is one of
nations largest and most successful hot tub specialty retailers and
operates out of it's two Company Owned
facilities located
in Carson City and Reno, Nevada. With
these
centralized locations each
having a showroom
& warehouse and the Corporate Headquarters
located in Carson City, the company has become the
dominate player in the region it serves.
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FAST FACTS: SIERRA
NEVADA SPAS
completed the installation of Y2K software
in the winter of 1998 that has allowed the
company to move into the next millennium with all Sales, Communications, Field
Service, Parts Ordering and Accounting functions having been tested for about 14
months prior to January 1, 2000, this according to Sherrie Johnson the company
CFO. Our Latest UNIX® Server
came on line the week of December 14,
2007.
The UNIX® server
supports 16 work stations each of which operate on UNIX as well as Windows XP®
and Vista®
operating systems. The implementation of a UNIX®
based network has greatly improved performance and
reliability and the continuous upgrades make communications between
our current and future SIERRA
NEVADA SPAS
locations and our Field Service Personnel extremely fast and very
reliable even given the largely mountainous topographical
area we serve.
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FAST FACTS:
Katie Day Counter
Sales Manager & Senior Lab Technician has successfully completed
Certification training for Bio-Guard, SpaGuard and BaquaSpa pool and spa water
treatment systems. Congratulations to Katie. Annually
SIERRA
NEVADA SPAS Service Technicians attend
the Sundance Spas® Technical
Service Training Seminars in Chino, California. In the
Fall of 2004 Jay Phillips
successfully completed
Factory Technician training. Congratulations
to all the team members who continue to distinguish
themselves within our industry!
Certificates & Awards
Spa Technician
Certifications
Sundance Spas
Customer Service Awards
Sundance Spas Sales
Awards
(Gold Club signifies sales volume in the top 5% of all 700 plus
dealers)
Bio-Guard
Certificates
BaquaSpa Certificates
Some Reno Better Business Bureau
Awards
Some of our Trade Association
Memberships
Our Pool, Spa & Sauna Contractor's
License
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