World & Nation
Brunswick to Cut Jobs: Brunswick Corp. says it will cut the jobs of 4,000 workers--about 20% of its employees--from its troubled marine operations because of a sharp drop in demand for pleasure boats and engines.
July 21, 1989
Business
Brunswick Defense Corp.’
Oct. 15, 1992
Georgia-Pacific Corp. has agreed to buy Brunswick Pulp & Paper Co. for $665 million.
June 21, 1988
Brunswick Corp. said Wednesday it plans to sell its San Diego-based Advanced Materials Technology Center, a unit of its defense division that is involved in the development of so-called Stealth aviation technology.
Dec. 14, 1989
Was Charles Bryant fired from his job at Brunswick Corp. because he is suffering from leukemia or because he had attitude problems and was considered expendable during a layoff?
July 30, 1986
Brunswick Corp. said it agreed in principle to acquire ICO Inc. for $37.7 million.
April 22, 1985
Sports
Responding to a complaint from bowlers who say they were cheated out of $25,000 in prize money, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office confirmed Friday that it is conducting a preliminary investigation of the Brunswick Corp. and a league it sponsored at Brunswick Granada Lanes earlier this year.
July 31, 1993
Brunswick Corp. said Wednesday that is has bought Deposition Technology’s advanced technology division, which sells its thin-metal film application process to military and aerospace firms, for an undisclosed price.
June 20, 1985
Brunswick Corp., the world’s largest maker of recreational boats and marine engines, said it will shut four of its 22 U.S. boat-making plants and fire 650 employees, or about 7% of its boat unit’s work force.
Jan. 26, 2001
A federal jury awarded more than $15 million in antitrust damages Friday to a development firm that accused Brunswick Corp., which owns two bowling centers in the Antelope Valley, of preventing construction of a competing bowling alley in Palmdale.
May 4, 1991