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  Bombardier Recreational Products - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bombardier Recreational Products or BRP is a Canadian company, which was founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in 1942 at Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec.
In the 1970s and 1980s the company diversified into railway and aeronautical products and became a multinational corporation known as Bombardier Inc..
During restructuring operations in 2003 the original snowmobile and tracked utility vehicle component was spun off as a separate company, whose controlling shares were mostly in the hands of the Bombardier family, the descendants and relatives of the founder.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bombardier_Recreational_Products   (450 words)

  
 Bombardier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bombardier Inc. (IPA /bɔ̃baʁdje/) is a Canadian company, was founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in 1942, at Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec.
Bombardier is a UK Notified Body, under The Railways (Interoperability) (Notified Bodies) Regulations 2000, in one TSI area: rolling stock.
Bombardier's reputation may have been tarnished in the western United States by its association with the privately-funded Las Vegas Monorail system, which has been operational since December 24, 2004 but was plagued by delays due mechanical problems.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bombardier   (1529 words)

  
 Blaze a new trail - 3/2/2006 - Purchasing - CA6301944   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) of Valcourt, Quebec has been through a lot of changes in the past few years, but has emerged a stronger, more focused company—most notably in is purchasing operations and organization.
But BRP used its newfound independence to make some organizational improvements, including the creation of a centralized strategic sourcing organization within BRP (which Robitaille now manages), moving most of its 150 direct materials purchasing professionals to be located with development staff, and taking on a major supplier quality and rationalization effort.
BRP had actually begun a supplier rationalization initiative before the strategic sourcing organization was created, but the project became a top priority and has to date, cut its supply base by 50%.
www.purchasing.com /article/CA6301944.html?industryid=2161   (964 words)

  
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Although Bombardier products have set benchmarks for designs that capture the consumer's imagination, outracing the competition in the mature and hotly contested recreational products market is a serious business that goes beyond innovative product design.
And the volume is expected to grow, according to Goulet, as Bombardier Recreational Products ramps up its all-terrain vehicle production and the vehicles enter the part of their life cycle where replacement parts are needed.
So impressed is Bombardier Recreational Products with what this combination of technologies can do that that it has sought a patent for the combination and is looking to market it to other companies.
www.logtech.ca /Bombardier.htm   (1832 words)

  
 Bombardier Recreational Products now officially "BRP"
BRP employs over 7,000 people in manufacturing facilities in four continents, and claims to be the leader in many of the recreational industries in which it competes, including Sea-Doo personal watercraft and Sea-Doo brand sportboats.
Bombardier Recreational Products, which was divested from Bombardier, Inc. on December 19, 2003, posted revenues of $2.5 billion Cdn.
Bombardier Recreational Products is now officially calling itself "BRP" and has launched a multimedia show on its new www.brp.com web site to mark the occasion.
www.ybw.com /ibinews/newsdesk/20040515135410ibinews.html   (752 words)

  
 BRP Reports First Quarter Financial Results : ArriveNet Press Releases : Industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., a privately-held company branded as "BRP," today reported that consolidated revenues for the three-month period ended April 30, 2005 reached $594.0 million, a decrease of $29.9 million or 5%, when compared to revenues of $623.9 million for the same period last fiscal year.
The favourable impact of improved product mix and the SKU rationalisation of approximately $11.0 million, in addition to the improved production costs and lower operating expenses of approximately $15.8 million, was offset in part by unfavourable movements in foreign exchange rates of approximately $7.0 million.
BRP amended and restated its consolidated financial statements and other financial information for the year ended January 31, 2005 and for each quarters in the year then ended with respect to the accounting for certain forward foreign exchange contracts.
press.arrivenet.com /industry/article.php/660622.html   (1974 words)

  
 Bombardier Introduces the Traxter
Bombardier Recreational Products recorded revenues of $1.9 billion for the last financial year ended January 31, 997.
Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian corporation engaged in design, development, manufacturing and marketing activities in the fields of transportation equipment, aerospace, and recreational products.
Bombardier's revenues for its last fiscal year ended January 31, 1997 totaled $8 billion Canadian dollars, and more than 85 percent of its revenues are generated in markets outside Canada.
www.off-road.com /atv/press/Traxter.htm   (769 words)

  
 BRP - Evinrude
The key technology for the ADM NBOE is to be based on the same direct injection (DI) technology Bombardier Recreational Products currently features on Evinrude direct injection outboard engines sold for recreational and commercial use worldwide.
Bombardier will work to modify the Ficht-based direct injection technology initially developed for use on gasoline fueled outboard engines to enable the DI system to function on alternative fuels that include JP5, JP8 and Jet A jet fuels; plus heating oil, diesel fuel #1 and kerosene.
The report states that no competitor to Bombardier Recreational Products is known to exist that has the experienced engineering staff to complete the work, has experience in the design of non-gasoline burning engines using the DI technology, and has the know how to calibrate the engines for their intended military uses.
www.evinrude.com /en/Media.Center/Press.Releases/1/23.07.2002.htm   (689 words)

  
 Bombardier
Bombardier Recreational Products is proud to announce that last March 25, its Traxter™ model all terrain vehicle was voted ATV of the year by ATV Magazine.
Bombardier Recreational Products invites all drivers to use common sense and courtesy, to abide by laws and regulations and to respect the rights of others.
Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian corporation, active in the fields of aerospace, rail transportation equipment, recreational products, financial services and services related to its products and core businesses.
www.bombardier.com /en/0_0/pressleft.jsp?group=0_0&lan=en&action=view&mode=list&year=1999&id=263&sCateg=0_0   (901 words)

  
 CBC News: Bombardier family buying recreational products division from Bombardier Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
MONTREAL - The Bombardier family is buying a stake in Bombardier's recreational products division as part of a deal worth $1.225 billion.
Bombardier's recreational products division makes the legendary Ski-Doo snowmobile, plus the Sea-Doo line of personal water craft, and the Johnson and Evinrude outboard boat motors.
Bombardier Inc. put the recreational products division up for sale in April 2003, shortly after new CEO Paul Tellier took over the helm of the company.
www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/08/27/bombardier_030827   (288 words)

  
 Camo tracked vehicles / Camoplast - Véhicules chenillés Camo/Camoplast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In January, Bombardier Recreational Products' Utility Vehicles are the official alpine snowgroomers of the Winter X-Games, creating awesome terrain for the various competitions.
Bombardier Recreational Products' Utility Vehicles division is awarded the silver medal in the Industrial Design category of the Canada Prize for Excellence in Business.
Bombardier Recreational Products selected to produce 2½ ton trucks for the Canadian Armed Forces under a license agreement from AM General Technology.
www.industrial.camoplast.com /en-CA/About.Us/History.htm   (1024 words)

  
 Seadoo Watercraft
In fact, Bombardier pioneered the personal-size boats that today are known as personal watercraft.
Another very practical concern at Bombardier was the acceptance of the unique Sea-Doo® design by the general public.
Bombardier Inc. was a growing company at the time, but Ski-Doo® snowmobiles were a major portion of the company's business.
www.seadoo.com /en-CA/Watercrafts/About.Us/Sea-Doo/History   (893 words)

  
 JS Online: New owner hopes outboard motors make a splash
Bombardier is struggling to win the trust of boat dealers who soured on the former Outboard Marine products.
Bombardier moved 95% of the Johnson and Evinrude outboard production to the Sturtevant facility for better quality control - and did not reopen OMC plants in Waukegan, Ill., and on Milwaukee's northwest side where a combined 800 workers were employed.
Bombardier is taking the right steps to regain the trust of boat dealers and the public, Bell said, even though the company went for 10 months last year without producing a single Johnson or Evinrude motor.
www.jsonline.com /bym/News/jan02/13983.asp?format=print   (1308 words)

  
 bombardier EMBRIO concept - Gizmo Highway Technology Guide
The Bombardier EMBRIO Advanced Concept is a one-wheeled recreational and commuting vehicle that promises a whole new experience on the road.
Bombardier Recreational Products designers were asked to come up with a prospective concept for a recreational vehicle that would meet the needs of people in the year 2025.
The Bombardier EMBRIO concept has no working prototype just yet, it is more a styling exercise for designers, if it were to be built it would use technology like the Segway human transporter.
www.gizmohighway.com /transport/bombardier-embrio.htm   (547 words)

  
 Bombardier Recreational Products: Bombardier Ski-Doo Snowmobile Featured in New James Bond Film, Die Another Day
Bombardier Recreational Products designs, develops, builds, distributes and markets utility vehicles, Rotax(R) engines, Ski-Doo(R) and Lynx(R) snowmobiles, Bombardier(TM) ATVs, Sea-Doo(R) watercraft and sport boats, Bombardier Fish Hawk(TM) as well as Evinrude(R) and Johnson(R) outboard marine engines and Ficht(R) direct fuel injection technology.
Bombardier Inc., a diversified manufacturing and services company, is a world leading manufacturer of business jets, regional aircraft, rail transportation equipment and motorized recreational products.
In the James Bond tradition, Bombardier created an incredibly high-tech version of the MX Z-REV that is the most sophisticated snowmobile Bombardier has ever produced.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2002/11/04/149931.html   (930 words)

  
 Transworld Snowboarding.com | Snowbiz | Bombardier To Distribute Prinoth Snowgrooming Equipment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bombardier has recently brought their TERRAIN MASTER line of products to the Freestyle Terrain grooming market segment and with the addition of the Prinoth product line, North American ski resorts can really expect some good grooming in their future.
Bombardier was selected this fall as the Official Supplier of Grooming Equipment to the 2002 Salt Lake City, Utah Winter Olympic Games and will be supplying over 22 new groomers for the exclusive maintenance of all the Winter Olympic Alpine and Nordic Venues.
Bombardier has been a part of the European snowgrooming community for over 20 years and despite product successes and growth in its market share in Europe, Utility Vehicles is leaving the European market at the end of the season based on financial reasons.
www.transworldsnowboarding.com /snow/snowbiz/article/0,13009,243106,00.html   (639 words)

  
 Press Release
Bombardier Recreational Products invites all ATV enthusiasts to drive responsibly and to obey all laws and regulations.
Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian corporation engaged in design, development, manufacturing and marketing activities in the fields of rail transportation equipment, aerospace, and recreational products.
Bombardier's revenues for its fiscal year ended January 31, 1998 totalled 8.5 billion Canadian dollars, and more than 88 percent of its revenues are generated in market outside Canada.
home.thezone.net /~slane/ATV/newatvs/bombardier/DS650press_release.html   (697 words)

  
 BRP to Transfer its ATV Manufacturing to Mexico
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP) has informed its employees in Valcourt, Quebec, Gunskirchen, Austria and in Juarez, Mexico, that it will transfer the vehicle assembly and the engine manufacturing operations of its all-terrain vehicles (ATV) to Mexico.
However, BRP expects that approximately 150 jobs will be lost in Valcourt at the end of 2007 and another 150 in 2008.
BRP does not undertake and specifically declines any obligation to update, republish or revise forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrences of unanticipated events.
www.ccnmatthews.com /news/releases.ControllerFr?action=check4Cookies&searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=565635   (465 words)

  
 K38 Water Safety Forum - Sea Doo 2005-Bombardier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) has launched the industry's most impressive personal watercraft (PWC) lineup and added new riding modes to the all-new Sea-Doo® 3DTM, the first and only multiple-experience watercraft.
BRP prides itself on bringing cutting-edge recreational products to market and in 2005 is led by the new Sea-Doo RXT and Sea-Doo 3D.
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. is a world leader in design, development, manufacturing, distributing and marketing of Sea-Doo ® watercraft and Sport Boats, Ski-Doo ® and Lynx ® snowmobiles, Johnson ® and Evinrude ® outboard engines, direct injection technologies such as Evinrude E-TECTM, Bombardier* all-terrain vehicles (ATV), as well as Rotax ® engines and karts.
www.shawnalladio.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=112   (444 words)

  
 ATV Source - Press Releases - Bombardier, Deere Announce Strategic Alliance For Product Development
The first product resulting from this alliance will be a line of new John Deere branded utility vehicles derived from a Bombardier All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) platform, to be launched initially in Canada and the United States by the end of 2003.
"Bombardier is very proud of this agreement because it is the recognition, by a highly reputed global leader such as Deere and Company, of the quality of our products and of our leadership position as an innovator," said José Boisjoli, President of the Snowmobiles, Watercraft and ATV Division of Bombardier Recreational Products.
Bombardier Recreational Products designs, develops, builds, distributes and markets utility vehicles, Rotax® engines, Ski-Doo® and Lynx® snowmobiles, Bombardier™ ATVs, Sea-Doo® watercraft and sport boats as well as Evinrude® and Johnson® outboard marine engines and Ficht® direct fuel injection technology.
www.atvsource.com /articles/press_releases/2003/012403_bombardier_deere__alliance_product_development.htm   (659 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. 'BRP' Announces Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In conjunction with the tender offer, BRP is soliciting consents from holders to effect certain proposed amendments to the indenture governing the Notes which would eliminate substantially all of the indenture's restrictive covenants and also amend certain other provisions.
If any of the conditions are not satisfied or waived, BRP is not obligated to accept for payment, purchase or pay for, and may delay the acceptance for payment of, any tendered notes, and may even terminate the tender offer.
BRP, a privately-held company, is a world leader in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and marketing of motorised recreational vehicles.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=130407&tsource=3   (986 words)

  
 EXTREMEGARAGE.COM FORUMS - Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. says consolidated revenues down   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP), Valcourt, Quebec, says consolidated revenue for the company's first quarter ended April 30, 2005, was C $594.0 million (all figures in Canadian Dollars), down 5% or $29.9 million compared to revenue of $623.9 million for the same period in the last fiscal year.
BRP posted a consolidated gross profit of $115.3 million for the three-month period ended April 30, up 28% compared to $90.2 million for the same period last fiscal year.
BRP says the decrease in revenue was caused by an unfavorable impact of the strengthening of the Canadian dollar.
extremegarage.com /forums/showthread.php?t=823   (718 words)

  
 CBC News: Bombardier Recreational Products shifting ATV production from Quebec to Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. said Wednesday it is shifting the vehicle assembly and engine manufacturing operations of its all-terrain vehicles to Mexico, a move that will cost 300 jobs in Quebec.
BRP said the strong Canadian dollar and Asian competition forced it to turn to a low-cost country to increase profitability.
Formerly owned by Bombardier Inc., BRP was taken private in late 2003 by members of the Bombardier family, Bain Capital and the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec.
www.cbc.ca /story/business/national/2005/11/02/brp-051102.html   (217 words)

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