{"id":1020,"date":"2016-05-06T12:30:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T10:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2016-05-06T11:54:14","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T09:54:14","slug":"winston-rod-company-acquisition-adds-bauer-reels-to-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/2016\/05\/06\/winston-rod-company-acquisition-adds-bauer-reels-to-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"Winston Rod Company acquisition adds Bauer reels to portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winston Rod Company has increased its product portfolio with a major acquisition, the company is <\/strong>one of the world\u2019s leading manufacturers of fly rods<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Twin Bridges, Montana company has taken over Bauer Premium Fly Reel Company in a move that Winston\u2019s Chairman and Owner, David Ondaatje, says gives it a business with \u2018a beautiful product, good people and leading edge technology\u2019. He added: \u201cThere are a lot of similarities between Bauer now and Winston when I first became involved over 20 years ago: a fantastic company led by industry visionaries and passionate anglers who make products they love to use. That continues to be our philosophy and Bauer shares the same culture of passion, excellence and innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Celebrating Bauer Premium Fly Reels joining Winston (from left to right): Bauer founders, Jon Bauer and Barbara Mackenzie Bauer; Annette McLean, Winston VP of Operations and Rod Design; Bauer reel craftsman Kai Victor; and Winston Chairman and Owner, David Ondaatje.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Bauer founders, Jon Bauer and Barbara Mackenzie Bauer, said: \u201cWe are proud to join the Winston family with our history of quality built USA products. Jon in particular is excited by the opportunity to expand development of new innovative products with Winston.\u201d Jon Bauer added: \u201cThe two companies will be able to achieve more exciting products together for the benefit of the angler.\u201d Annette Mclean, Winston VP of Operations and Rod Design, said: \u201cWe are excited that Bauer Reels will now be part of the Winston family. While it will continue to be run as a separate company, we plan to do a lot together. For now reels will continue to be made in Ashland, Oregon, but we are going to look at how best to help the business grow over the coming months and years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: http:\/\/www.angling-international.com\/winston-rod-company-acquisition-adds-reels-to-portfolio\/#sthash.Pi4Sv07X.dpuf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Winston Rod Company has increased its product portfolio with a major acquisition, the company is one of the world\u2019s leading manufacturers of fly rods. The Twin Bridges, Montana company has taken over Bauer Premium Fly Reel Company in a move that Winston\u2019s Chairman and Owner, David Ondaatje, says gives it a business with \u2018a beautiful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[439,284,252,104,345],"class_list":["post-1020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-news","tag-bauer","tag-company","tag-reels","tag-rods","tag-winston"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t