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Bushnell Corporation is an American firm that specializes in sporting optics and outdoor products. It is based in Overland Park, Kansas and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vista Outdoor . Bushnell makes binoculars , telescopes , spotting scopes , riflescopes , red dot sights , GPS devices , laser rangefinders , game cameras , night-vision ...
In 2007, Bushnell was acquired by MidOcean Partners, another private equity firm, in a leveraged buyout. In 2008, Bushnell acquired the assets of Simmons Outdoor Corporation from Meade Instruments. ATK announced its acquisition of Bushnell on September 5, 2013, for $985 million in cash, subject to post-closing adjustments. [39] [40]
In 1896, Fairbank and Rogers sold the refinery to the Bushnell Corporation, a Canadian subsidiary of Standard Oil. [39] Despite moving to Petrolia, Fairbank maintained an interest in the development of Oil Springs. In 1882, Fairbank purchased two-thirds interest in Henry C. Shannon's 138 acres of Oil land for $16,000. [40]
David Pearsall Bushnell (1913–2005) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Bushnell optics company in 1948. Bushnell made precision binoculars affordable to middle-class Americans for the first time through a strategy of importing from manufacturers who provided optics to his patented specifications.
Early in 2001, Tasco began searching for a buyer as profits sank. Meade Corporation began negotiations for a merger, but the Federal Trade Commission blocked the attempt. By June 2002, Wind Point Partners, then the parent company of Bushnell Performance Optics purchased the Tasco brand and all the company's intellectual property.
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Bushnell Corporation, American manufacturer of optics and outdoor gear; Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, a theater venue in Hartford, Connecticut; Bushnell University, a private Christian university in Eugene, Oregon