American Machinery and Foundry
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American Machinery and Foundry or AMF was founded in 1900 and was once one of the largest recreational equipment companies in the United States.
Its sole remaining asset is the AMF Bowling Corporation, founded in 1936, and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. AMF Bowling employs 16,000 people and operates worldwide. AMF, up until the mid-1980s, once produced the following leisure equipment: tennis racquets, snow skis, lawn and garden equipment, wheelgoods, Ben Hogan golf clubs, Voit inflatable balls, exercise equipment, Alcort sailboats (including the Sunfish), Hatteras Yachts, SCUBA gear, and once owned Harley-Davidson Motorcycles and Dewalt Tools.
In 1971 American Machinery and Foundry became the AMF Company.
In 1985 AMF was bought out by Minnesota based MINSTAR, Inc but continued to trade as AMF and supply the Bowling industry with bowling equipment - hardware and software.
In 2005, the company became known as QubicaAMF, as it joined forces with the well regarded Qubica brand. Qubica specialise in state-of-the-art custom scoring hardware and software.
