Dometic buys South African!

[Mad Manny]

In the early 1920's two young Swedes (Blatzar Von Platen & Carl Munters) developed the first fridge.
This patent was bought up by Electrolux.
In the early 1960's Electrolux separated out it's leisure division & named it Dometic.
In 2001 Electrolux divested the leisure brands & Dometic became a stand-alone brand.

Dometic owns Waeco, Crusair, Marine air & Sealand. But is slowly rebranding all these as Dometic

Now Dometic has bought Frontrunner Outfitters. I expect the Front Runner name to disappear eventually.

Read this:
https://4x4afrika.com/2021/05/21/news-j ... 2tkJ2_VHak

[Irondog4x4]

Expect Prices to go up!

[Mad Manny]

As long as the warranty & back up improves... as it is poor currently...

[Estee]

Expect Prices to go up!

You mean higher than they currently are?

[KurtG]

And the genius decision to make all their Jerry cans and water tanks, bags etc. pitch black in a place like Southern Africa.

I guess it all looks cool but moer, it must get frikken hot.

Nice products though and nice and modular.

[BushWacker]

As long as the warranty & back up improves... as it is poor currently...

Does not mean they will cater to, or accommodate complaints & refund demands by the abusive ' amafutha'...

[Mike Nel]

Frontrunner no longer makes Auxiliary fuel tanks, but is rather outsourcing.

I am guessing that most of their other products would go the same route.

Just curious to know why Dometic would want to buy them?

[KurtG]

Front runner also recently discontinued rock sliders and the reason given was that they can’t be flat packed.

They export a lot of products abroad, so to keep profits up they only wanted to sell products that can be flat packed and then assembled thereby maximising the stock that can go into a container without shipping “air”.

[Nico-MAD]

Hopefully their service will improve now.

[Mad Manny]

In September 2021 Dometic bought another South African company.
CADAC is now part of the International Dometic group.

I assume the 'It's the Braai life' payoff line is not used overseas.

So that's FrontRunner & CADAC now swallowed into Dometic.

[Mad Manny]

2002

Dometic acquires SeaLand - Pleasure Boat sanitation systems, USA

2003

Dometic acquires TME - Pleasure boat air conditioners and refrigeration systems, USA

2004

Dometic acquires TUS, Germany
Dometic acquires Polar Bay, USA
Dometic acquires Oyster, Spain

2006

Dometic acquires Eskimo Ice (and Icebonics), USA

2007

Dometic acquires SMEV, Italy
Dometic acquires WAECO, Germany

2011

Dometic acquires DG Line Group, Russia
Dometic was taken over by funds administrated by EQT and Partners

2013

Dometic acquires Livos Technologies

2014

Dometic acquires the Prostor, RV awning business from Brustor NV, Belgium
Dometic acquires Atwood Mobile Products LLC, USA

2015

Dometic is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm
Dometic divests its Medical business to Navis Capital Partners

2016

Dometic acquires IPV, a German-based provider of coolers and other outdoor products
Dometic divests the seating and chassis component business of Atwood

2017

Dometic acquires Oceanair, UK
Dometic acquires SeaStar Solutions, North America

2018

Dometic acquires Kampa, UK

2021

Dometic acquires Twin Eagles, North America
Dometic acquires Valterra Products, LLC, North America
Dometic acquires Enerdrive, Australia
Dometic acquires Front Runner Vehicle Outfitters, South Africa
Dometic acquires Zamp Solar, North America
Dometic acquires Büttner Elektroniks, Germany
Dometic acquires Igloo, North America
Dometic acquires Cadac International
Dometic acquires NDS Energy, Italy

2022

Dometic acquires Treeline Capital LLC

[Wave]

Dometic is like Bidvest, just buy everything