{"id":991,"date":"2015-09-28T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T05:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=991"},"modified":"2015-09-30T16:44:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T21:44:53","slug":"johnson-health-tech-acquires-stak-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/suppliers\/johnson-health-tech-acquires-stak-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson Health Tech Acquires Stak Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Johnson-300x148.png\" alt=\"Johnson Health Tech\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-992\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Johnson-300x148.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Johnson-200x98.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Johnson-800x393.png 800w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Johnson.png 846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Johnson Health Tech<\/p>\n<p><strong>COTTAGE GROVE, WI<\/strong> &#8211; Johnson Health Tech (JHT), one of the world\u2019s largest and fastest-growing fitness equipment manufacturers, and producer of the brands Matrix, Vision, and Horizon, announced that it has acquired STAK Fitness, Canada\u2019s premier commercial fitness equipment distributor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSTAK Fitness produces tremendous value for its customers. The team\u2019s commitment to its customers and its expertise in guiding them to find the right solutions complements our culture and philosophy at Johnson Health Tech,\u201d said Jason Lo, CEO of JHT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohnson Health Tech and STAK are truly better together,\u201d said Nathan Pyles, president of Johnson Health Tech North America (JHTNA). \u201cSTAK complements and adds value to our current Canadian commercial distribution network by providing our dealers and direct customers with increased local sales, logistics, and service support. The STAK team is incredibly talented with in-depth knowledge of the Canadian market. It is a unique and important market deserving of dedicated resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With this acquisition, Johnson Health Tech will substantially increase its distribution reach in the Canadian commercial fitness market. STAK Fitness will continue to operate as an independent business unit with its existing management team continuing forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to join the Johnson Health Tech group,\u201d said Karim Toupin-Chaieb, founder and president of STAK Fitness. \u201cIt\u2019s a well-diversified company with a team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about fitness. It\u2019s an exciting organization to be part of, and together we\u2019ll be able to provide unparalleled solutions for our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>COTTAGE GROVE, WI<\/strong> &#8211; Johnson Health Tech (JHT), one of the world\u2019s largest and fastest-growing fitness equipment manufacturers, and producer of the brands Matrix, Vision, and Horizon, announced that it has acquired STAK Fitness, Canada\u2019s premier commercial fitness equipment distributor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[163],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":993,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions\/993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}