Brunswick intended his company to be mainly in the business of making carriages, but soon after opening his machine shop, he became fascinated with billiards and decided that making billiard tables would be more lucrative, as the better tables then in use in the United States were imported from England. Brunswick Manufacturing Company opened for business on September 15, 1845, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Delivery with horse carriage 1848.īrunswick was founded by John Moses Brunswick who came to the United States from Switzerland at the age of 15. Contentsīrunswick Corporation produces several popular marine brands History J. Brunswick's global headquarters is in the northern Chicago suburb of Mettawa, Illinois. In 2019, Brunswick reported sales of US$4.1 billion.
Brunswick owns major boating brands, including Sea Ray, Boston Whaler, Bayliner, Mercury Marine, Attwood, Lund, Crestliner, Mastervolt, MotorGuide, Harris Pontoons, Freedom Boat Club, Princecraft, Heyday, Lowe, Uttern, Quicksilver and CZone, among many others. Today, Brunswick has more than 13,000 employees operating in 24 countries. Brunswick Corporation, formerly known as the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, is an American corporation that has been developing, manufacturing and marketing a wide variety of products since 1845.