Why Clearfield City has it made.

Monday, 27 August 2012

To listen to why Clearfield City has it made, click play on the player above for our 60 second commercial! “From practical to playful” ....Clearfield City is home to Lifetime Products, the largest manufacturer of residential basketball equipment, heavy-duty plastic tables and chairs and outdoor sheds. Clearfield City...the city that literally “has it made”, right in our own backyard! From practical everyday products – Lifetime’s folding tables and chairs, gardening sheds and composters.... to playful products – basketball standards, teeter-totters, swing sets, to kayaks and paddleboards, Lifetime makes products to fit your lifestyle...no matter what you’re into....shooting hoops, organizing get-togethers, planting a vegetable garden, or kayaking down the river... Lifetime Products makes durable, lasting products. Lifetime Products has been growing their product line since they first opened their doors, more than 26 years ago. Based in Clearfield’s Freeport Center and occupying more than 30 buildings, Lifetime is not only the world’s largest manufacturer of residential basketball equipment, heavy-duty plastic tables and chairs and outdoor sheds, but with the 2011 purchase of Emotion Kayaks, they are one of the largest kayak manufacturers in the U.S. Lifetime’s products are sold in 74 countries. They have six company-owned retail locations, Lifetime Stores, located in Clearfield, Draper, Riverdale, Salt Lake City, Orem and St. George. They have one of the largest blow-molding facilities in North America, and their Clearfield and Xiamen, China manufacturing plants are their two biggest manufacturing facilities. With 2,500 employees worldwide (1,500 employees in their Clearfield facility) Lifetime Products is continuing to expand their operations here in Utah. Not bad for a company that was started in a Riverdale, Utah garage! It all began in 1972 when the founder of Lifetime Products wanted a sturdier basketball pole for his backyard. He came up with a quality yard basketball system and began selling his product. He created the American PlayWorld company in 1973, eventually expanding into many more types of playground equipment. Several years later, the company invented and patented the first home basketball system that could be adjusted in seconds with a broomstick, thereby transforming the basketball industry. A separate company was created in order to focus on manufacturing the adjustable basketball systems - Lifetime Products was born, with a name epitomizing the company’s goal of building durable, lasting products. Utilizing its expertise in plastics and metals, in 1993, Lifetime invented a blow-molded portable basketball base that was airtight and watertight, which eventually led to more blow-molded products, including the first picnic table with a blow-molded polyethylene tabletop, banquet tables, folding chairs, steel reinforced blow-molded outdoor storage sheds, a first of its kind fold-up steel utility trailer, residential playground equipment, kayaks and more. (To learn more about the blow-molding process visit www.lifetime.com). In addition to plastics and blow-molding, Lifetime Metals, a division of Lifetime Products, is one of the Rocky Mountain region’s leading suppliers of processed steel, with a full-service fabrication facility, including custom-design services, located also in the Clearfield Freeport Center. In addition to being available at retail locations such as Wal-mart, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Sports Authority, Home Depot and Lowes, Lifetime products can be purchased online at www.buylifetime.com, and at their six Utah retail locations. For more information about the full line up of Lifetime Products, visit www.lifetime.com. Impressive manufacturers, a first-class city...that’s Clearfield City...clean family living with neighborly neighborhoods, spacious city parks, good schools and a leading manufacturing hub – good for job growth for our local economy. Now you know...why the slogan “we’ve got it made” is true. It’s not just about basketball standards...but a standard of living. It’s a way of life – Clearfield City!

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