Polaris Industries
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Polaris Industries manufactures a full line of all-terrain vehicles (ATV), snowmobiles, Ranger utility vehicles in 2wd, 4wd or 6wd, Victory Motorcycles and EU rated quadcycles. Polaris no longer manufactures personal water craft and sportboats. Based in Medina, Minnesota. Stock symbol: PII. Owns approximately 25% of KTM of Austria.
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[edit] Corporate History
Polaris is credited as the first maker of production snowmobiles. Edgar Hetteen and Allan Hetteen were partners in Hetteen Hoist and Derrick Shop in Roseau, Minnesota. David Johnson partnered with Allan and Edgar Hetteen, to create a vehicle that could travel through snow. These vehicles primary use was to make hunting locations more accessible. The first design failed and the Mr. Johnson sold the design. A second model was created, called the Polaris Sno Traveler. The first machines rolled off the assembly line in Minnesota in 1956.
Edgar left the company in June 1960 and started a competing company called Polar Manufacturing in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. The company name later changed to Arctic Enterprises. That company continues on as Arctic Cat.
[edit] 2007 Models:
ATV:
- X2 500 EFI
- X2 500 EFI Deluxe
- X2 800 EFI
- X2 800 EFI Deluxe
- Hawkeye 4x2
- Hawkeye 4x4
- Outlaw 90
- Outlaw 500
- Outlaw 525
- Sawtooth Base
- Trail Boss 330
- Scrambler 500
- Phoenix 200
- Predator 50
- Predator 500
- Sportsman 90
- Sportsman 450
- Sportsman 500 EFI
- Sportsman 500 EFI Deluxe
- Sportsman 700 EFI
- Sportsman 800 EFI
- Sportsman 800 EFI Deluxe
- Sportsman 6x6
- Ranger 500
- Ranger 700 EFI
- Ranger 6x6
- Ranger RzR EFI
- IQ 600 HO
- IQ 600 HO CFI
- IQ FST
- IQ Dragon
- RMK® Trail
- RMK® 600 HO 144
- RMK® 600 HO 155
- RMK® Dragon
- SwitchBack™ 600 HO
- SwitchBack™ 600 HO CFI
- SwitchBack™ FST
- IQ LX 600 HO CFI
- IQ LX FST
- LX 340
- LX 550
- IQ Cruiser FST
- IQ Touring FS
- IQ Touring 600 HO CFI
- IQ Touring FST
- WideTrak™ LX
- Touring 340
- Touring Trail Deluxe
- XC SP 500
- Super Sport 550
- 120 Base
Popular Past snowmobiles:
- Indy™ 650
- Indy™ 600 XLT (Extra Light Triple)
- Indy™ lite
- Indy™ Storm
- Colt™
- Star™
- XC™ Models
- Vegas™ Base
- Vegas™ 8-Ball
- Vegas™ JackPot™
- Kingpin™ Base
- Kingpin™ Tour
- Hammer™ Base
- Hammer™ S
- Ness Signature Series JackPot™
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| Minnesota-based Corporations |
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| Minnesota-based Fortune 500 Corporations (by size): Target Corporation | UnitedHealth Group | Best Buy | Travelers | 3M | Supervalu | U.S. Bancorp | Northwest Airlines | CHS | General Mills | Medtronic | Xcel Energy | Land O'Lakes | Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | C. H. Robinson Worldwide | Hormel | Nash Finch | Ecolab | The Mosaic Company |
| Minnesota-based Fortune 1000 Corporations (by size): Companies listed above, plus PepsiAmericas | Bemis Company | Pentair | St. Jude Medical | Alliant Techsystems | Valspar | Patterson Companies | Minnesota Life | Regis Corporation | Polaris Industries | Toro | Deluxe Corporation | Donaldson Company | Fastenal | H.B. Fuller | Federated Mutual Insurance | Ceridian |
| Major Minnesota-based non-public or externally owned corporations (alphabetically): Andersen Windows | Cargill | Carlson Companies | Dairy Queen | Musicland | Schwan Food Company |
