Spa Manufacturer Bio's

Watkins Manufacturing - Hot Spring Spas

Major Brands Produced:  Hot Spring Spas, Hot Spot Spas, Tiger River, Solana Spas

Watkins Manufacturing produces several lines of spas, including Hot Spring Spas, Hot Spot Spas, Tiger River Spas, and Solana Spas. Jacquie Matzat, marketing communication manager for Watkins says the company's residential portable spas range in size from large eight-person spa to a compact two-person indoor spa. These are generally available with both lounge and non-lounge seating accommodations." Our retail prices range from $2,995 to $13,000," Matzat says. "All of Watkins' spa products are sold through specialty retailers."

Matzat says the company designs spas that deliver the maximum in hydro massage through exclusive, patented features. "They are user-friendly , easy to own and operate, and easy to maintain," she says. "We believe consumers should be enjoying their spa rather than working to maintain it. Our philosophy is to manufacture the highest -quality products, as evidenced by our  ISO 9001:2000 certification. Watkins' quality systems meet the highest international standard for design and manufacturing excellence."

Watkins is a three-time winner of NSPI's prestigious John Holcomb Silver Award for technological innovation, according to Matzat. "Our spas are highly differentiated with many exclusive features. These include the patented Moto Massage jet, SpaAudio Music System, the No-Fault 6000 heater, the IQ 2020 control system, the 100 percent no-bypass filtration system, alternative wood cabinets , and features that maximize energy efficiency such as totally insulated construction , an L.E.D. light, and a warm air induction system."

According to Matzat, Watkins has sold more than 600,000 spas since its inception in 1977. "Our goal is to excel in design and technological innovations that raise the industry standard," she says. "Watkins is also a proud sponsor of notable organizations including the Arthritis and National Sleep Foundations."

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Caldera Spas

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Beachcomber Hot Tubs

Beachcomber Hot Tubs is a company which sets itself apart from the competition because of its overall philosophy that its not in the business of selling hot tubs – its in the business of bringing health, happiness, and well-being to each one of its customers.

In a day and age where touchy-feely corporate mantras are wielded like PR swords in the fast paced, highly competitive world of retail business, Beachcomber Hot Tubs is walking the walk. And has been, for 25 years.

Long before car dealerships were giving you a cake along with the keys to your new car and coffee companies were spin-doctoring a way to sell you a small, but make you think its a tall, Beachcomber Hot Tubs was building its company, one satisfied customer at a time. Imagine it.  A world-wide multi million dollar business with small town, know-your neighbor philosophies. Where the owner of the company does everything but come to your house and dip his foot in your new hot tub to check the temperature.

When he started his company in 1978 Keith Scott was jumping on the band wagon of the exciting new world of spas and hot tubs.  Since then,  Beachcomber Hot Tubs has grown into an international company with distribution in 38 countries on 5 continents.

Cal Spas

For more than twenty-two years Cal Spas has set the industry standards for quality, safety and reliability. Cal Spas is a manufacturer and distributor of the most technologically advanced and highest quality home resort products available in the world today. Cal Spas is recognized throughout the world as providing the most superior design in advanced technology and innovation. Cal Spas has been a trendsetter in the industry with more exclusive features in hydrotherapy massage than any other manufacturer. Features like our exclusive partnership with General Electric - together, Cal Spas and G.E. brings good spas to life, our newly introduced Exclusive Bio-Clean Anti-bacterial Filter system reduces the usage of chemicals while maintaining the P.H. integrity of your water, and the Exclusive XL Heat Exchanger is an innovation that allows heated water to pass through the system, while never touching the element eliminating failure due to corrosion. These are just a few of the elements that have placed us as an industry leader in advanced technology and reliable service. Today, we are the worlds' largest manufacturer of acrylic spas and home resort products.

The possibilities are endless - Cal Spas the innovator of home resort products invites you to vacation everyday without having to leave the comfort of your own home.

Exclusive Features - Cal Spas has a 40-acre manufacturing facility located in Southern California which employees more than 500 people. Recognized as a community leader, bringing economic growth and development to Southern California. Cal Spas is honored to be an exclusive sponsor of the arthritis foundation Joints in Motion campaign. Cal Spas joins forces with the "Joints in Motion" program to help sponsor and support research for the cure and prevention of arthritis.

Cal Spas is committed to 100% customer satisfaction by providing the finest made products available in the market place today. Our commitment is backed by over twenty-two years of innovation, and a manufacturing team that strives to be on top of the market.  Cal Spas the Logical Choice in Changing the Way you Feel.

Cal Spas manufactures a premier line of portable, inground, ported and swim spas. Retail prices meet every consumer budget, from $2,999 to $8,999 in the portable spa line. Products are distributed to all markets in the pool industry, retailer and home builders stores, direct to consumers, or through the company's authorized network of distributors.

Shiva Noble, executive vice president, says Cal Spas offers a complete line of home resort products to enhance the home and provide consumers with a vacation from the harshness of the everyday world. "In these uncertain economic times it's important to offer price points so every consumer can add to the aesthetic beauty and value of their home, and at the same time treat themselves to a spa vacation 365 days a year," She says.

"Our engineering department works around the clock to provide our production line with the most innovative, efficient, and exclusive quality products available on the market. Our 'product team' meets weekly to share ideas, make suggestions, and brainstorm on our next features and enhancement." Noble says for more then 22 years Cal Spas' manufacturing philosophy has been to build a quality product that in turn creates the lifelong happy consumer. "We feel we've revolutionized the spas industry with innovative features that enable our product to stand alone with its class and style," she says. "We use only the highest grade manufacturing materials and are the only exclusive manufacturer to advertise the use of General Electric pumps." 

The company shares an exclusive relationship with G.E. Motors, and noble says it's the only spa manufacturer that can advertise with the G.E. name. "The combined efforts of Cal Spas and G.E. bring good spas to life," she says. "Our components include the G.E. dually Motor, Cal Zone Quest 2000 Ozona or, XL-heat Exchanger with a lifetime guarantee, True Blue Safety Suction Shutdown System, T145 Frame G.E. Motors, Fibersteel Construction, Eliminator Double Seal Wet end, Cal Balance Magnetizer, and a newly introduction Bio-Clean Anti Bacteria Filter.

Vita Spas

In 1974 Co-founders Bill Mathews and Henry Dormoy launched DM Industries. Shortly after start-up, they added an additional partner, Eric Dormoy (Current President and sole owner of DMI). For the first 10 years they focused on the manufacture of marble vanities and bathtubs, which they sold directly to the South Florida Builder. In 1984, faced with competition from vacuum formed acrylics, they started designing bathtub and spa molds, purchased the necessary capital equipment and jumped into the race of supplying retailers with bathtubs and spas (hot tubs). The first few years, like many new businesses, was a learning experience. In the late 1980's they separated the marketing of their bath and spa efforts.

With this newly defined focus, the both the bath (Vita Bath) and spa (Vita Spa), in-spite of the declining economy of the early 90's, started growing.

Today, with nearly 350 dealers (worldwide) - 300 in the United States, Vita Spa has earned the reputation as one of the Industry leaders.

Vita Bath, never wanting the label of little brother, has also grown to worldwide status with such prestigious clients as Marriott (MORI), Disney Resorts, Ameri-host and many others.

Today, DM Industries having spanned 4 decades in business, has four different divisions. Adding to Vita Spa and Vita Bath, we have Tecron a kitchen and bath counter top product and keeping with our theme of health and relaxation, we have Shower Plus, a division that produces unique shower massaging systems.

Dominick Austin, Director of Marketing for Vita Spa, concludes that with nearly 100 manufacturers between the US and Canada, with, in many cases, little separation between quality, reliability and warranty, successful manufacturers are those that are most focused on the needs and wants of the consumer - specifically if such features and benefits are unique to their particular brand.

Vita Spa has been at the fore front of spa and hot tub innovation. In over 20 different cases, they were the first or the only manufacturer to introduce a product innovation. Such innovation's include Our Exclusive H.E.E.T. (high efficiency energy transfer) system, which actually heats the spa while filtering - this happens without the use of a heater - Its "Free Heat". Or, Vitaroma, our "above - the - water" aroma therapy system. It introduces aroma therapy instantaneously at water level - without interference from the spa waters chemicals.

Says Mr. Austin, such innovations come from two means.

CREATIVITY: At Vita Spa our sales and engineering staff has over 300 years of industry experience. We spend a great deal of time thinking about ways to make the Vita Spa Experience a special one.

LISTENING: Probably more than anything, we listen. Every spa we sell is accompanied by an OFI (opportunity for improvement). We welcome comments from our customers. Obviously we aren't able to act on all of them, but from the suggestions of others has come many a good idea.

Gulf Coast Spas

Web site is Gulf Coast Spas.

Hydro Spas

Since 1975, Hydro Spa has been designing and building the finest quality spas on the market.  Handmade by skilled technicians, using the finest materials available, you can take comfort knowing  that our reputation is only as solid as your satisfaction with our product.

Rated as five-star "Best of Class" by Poolandspa.com, customers all over the country have spent over the last two decades discovering how good it feels to enjoy the comfort and quality of a Hydro Spa.

Hydro Spa offers the ultimate combination of luxury amenities, ease of use and intuitive design.  With a wide array of models to choose from, all backed by the Hydro Spa name and reputation, we're sure you'll find the spa of your dreams.

To select and bring home your Hydro Spa, contact your local Hydro Spa dealer by visiting www.hydrospa.com. 

Dimension One Spas

Product lines: Dimension One Spas ®, @Home Hot Tubs ®, Aquatic Fitness Systems(tm)

Since the late 1970s, Dimension One Spas has led the industry in the design and manufacture of the most advanced spas in the world with major breakthroughs in hydrotherapy, water management and ease of operation.

• DIMENSION ONE SPAS
  Dimension One Spas has transferred years of experience, innovative designs and incomparable technology into a full line of hydrotherapy spas. Spas that take care of themselves. Spas that conform to the human figure. Spas that are environmentally friendly, yet never sacrificing in
  quality. Whether you indulge in the luxury of a Chairman II or the simple serenity of a Diplomat, all spas come standard with superior features like a patented water management system, energy-conserving equipment and fully-adjustable, hydrotherapy jets.
• @HOME HOT TUBS
  Spending a little time in the hot tub together is an ideal way to set aside time to talk and interact with the ones you love: your family, your friends. Dimension One Spas has created the affordable @Home Hot Tubs specifically for busy, healthy families. While bringing you together, your @Home hot tub provides the tension-releasing hydrotherapy you need to relax at the end of a rough day. Whether you invite friends to socialize in the roomy Sojourn HP or share an intimate
  evening for two in the Companion HP, we have the @Home hot tub to fit your family's needs.
• AQUATIC FITNESS SYSTEMS
  So much more than a "swim spa," an Aquatic Fitness System by Dimension One Spas is a lap pool, a treadmill, a circuit training station, a rowing machine and a home hydrotherapy spa all rolled into one amazingly diverse body of water. Not everyone has space in their backyard for a full-size pool,but it's much easier to find a spot for a Dimension One Aquatic Fitness System. Whether in the 19-foot AquaPro(tm), the 16-foot AquaFit(tm) or the 19-foot AquaFit(tm) Dual Temp, you can enjoy the same healthy benefits of a swimming pool plus enough exercise and hydrotherapy options to keep your whole family aquacizing every day.

Don't settle for second best. Only Dimension One spas attends to your total well-being, mind, body and spirit. See why Dimension One delivers a higher degree of indulgence at www.d1spas.com

Hawkeye Manufacturing

Hawkeye Manufacturing is home to three quality brands of spas designed to accommodate any budget and satisfy even the most demanding spa buyer. Hawkeye is located in Richmond, VA and takes pride in customer service and delivering a durable, stylish, and reliable product.  With over ten distinguished Hawkeye models, there are a variety of sizes, layouts and pump/jet configurations to choose from. All Hawkeye spas are manufactured with top quality components and are covered with a full coverage warranty.  

Barefoot Spas are the cure for the ordinary. With the exclusive Mitsubishi Evolution touch screen control system, luxury and dependability are meshed together in a complete package. Features such as moisture barrier base, 24-hour circulation pump and full foam insulation are standard features on every Barefoot spa.

Great Atlantic Spas priced with a value conscious consumer in mind. Built to the same standards as other Hawkeye Manufacturing brands, Great Atlantic Spas do not sacrifice quality with their affordable pricing. 

All spas produced by Hawkeye Manufacturing, Inc. are available in an array of colors and feature Lucite Microban acrylic. Cabinet choices include durable mahogany and maintenance free TruGrain* synthetic. These fine brands are available solely through Hawkeye Manufacturing's nationwide network of authorized dealers. Visit www.hawkeyemfg.com to find a dealer in your area. If you discover a dealer is not in your immediate area, please contact us directly at info@hawkeyemfg.com for more information.

Thermo Spas

Hot Tubs from Thermo Spas are the most luxurious and affordable in the world! Hot tubs manufactured by Thermo Spas are custom built to match your needs and budget, and there is a wide variety of hot tubs, spas, swim spas, and options to choose from. A designer, manufacturer, and retailer of hot tubs for more than 20 years, Thermo Spas' substantial growth and success is due to its dedication to providing its customers with the best portable hot tubs and customer service in the spa industry. Every hot tub spa is carefully custom built to meet your specifications and budget, and then it is delivered and installed at your convenience. Hot Tubs built by Thermo Spas also lead the industry in new, innovative technology, which has helped to elevate today's hottub to a reliable, efficient, and amazingly affordable consumer appliance. Thermo Spa's leadership in the entire spa industry has been recognized with many awards for consumer education and technological achievement, including being named a Best Buy by Consumers Digest Magazine.

Arctic Spas

Arctic Spas®, engineered for the world's harshest climates®, are truly among the finest spas available. Because we manufacture our spas in Canada, they are designed to withstand the severe northern elements, and that translates to your guarantee of reliability, economy and peace of mind, no matter where you live.

Every Arctic Spa is a work of distinction. By combining the most advanced spa technology with world-class construction techniques, we offer you the highest standards of quality and engineering available. Our attention to detail contributes to your complete comfort and enjoyment. Every Arctic Spa is engineered for ease of use, strength and carefree maintenance to deliver a lifetime of pleasure.

Performance and reliability is the Arctic Spas Customer Guarantee. If your spa cannot be repaired under our extensive warranty, Arctic Spas will replace your spa with a new one. Our philosophy guarantees customer satisfaction. These are the words we stand behind in writing.

Canadian-built with the world's finest materials and advanced technology to withstand even the harshest weather conditions - Arctic Spas are built to perform beyond your expectations, now and for years to come!

Visit www.arcticspas or call 1-800-777-1577 to locate your nearest dealer and receive a brochure.

Dynasty Spas

Our goal at Dynasty Spas is simple: to deliver the best spa experience possible. We have successfully helped redefine spa ownership by making the purchase and maintenance of a spa simpler and more affordable, while delivering models that set an industry standard for quality construction and durability.

Our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility is set in the scenic foothills of Eastern Tennessee supporting a community of craftsmen and professionals who have earned a well deserved reputation for their dedication to excellence.

All Dynasty Spas are sold through a network of highly trained dealers throughout North America and Europe. Dynasty Spas have a price range from $2999 for the Recreation Series to over $10,000 for the loaded “Paramount Series”, which includes TV’S, Kenwood™ AM/FM/CD Stereo systems, Sirius™ Satellite Radios, LED lighting and waterfalls.

 Dynasty Spas users and dealers have many patented product related advantages both in the construction and aesthetics of the spa. Every Dynasty Spa features unitized frame construction, for unsurpassed strength and support. The Arctic Foam package which offers an insulation value of R-27. That’s higher than most homes built today and provides tremendous money saving benefits. Reverse Pull neck jets that were designed to give you the ultimate neck and shoulder massage. Lucite™ acrylic surfaces with Microban™, a revolutionary new technology that inhibits the growth of bacteria that causes odors and stains. Our Dyna-Shield™ Cabinet unique to Dynasty Spas is maintenance free.

While there is a wide variety of price and features, the construction and quality standards are the same on every spa regardless of size, number of jets, design or the operating systems. With over 250 years engineering and production experience, every spa is put to a vigorous 145-point inspection. We also maintain a very close eye on all of our suppliers and their components. We feel so confident in our craftsmanship and components that we provide perhaps the best “hassle free” warranty in the industry. We handle all warranty issues in house. That means there is no third party to deal with. We handle all of your needs with the utmost importance it deserves.

With over 100 Spa manufactures between the US and Canada, your choice is vast. We at Dynasty Spas feel that our focus on the wants and needs of the consumer teamed up with a great product and great warranty will provide you with years of fun and enjoyment.

 Dynasty Spas – Your Daily Vacation! ™

Coast Spas

In 1995, the founders of Coast Spas shared a vision to become a manufacturer of hot tubs whose quality would be recognized around the world. Today that vision is reality — Coast Spas leads the industry in innovation, design and quality and has blossomed into a world network of almost 200 dealers.

Coast Spas is not afraid of change. In fact, we enjoy moving at a pace of change that other manufacturers can only dream about. We have numerous patents pending in both the United States and Canada, and have received several awards from the hot tub industry that recognize us for both design and innovation.

With over 20 models of hot tubs available in over 65 configurations, Coast has a hot tub for every lifestyle and budget. As a result, our dealers are very competitive in their markets. And our technological advancement is unmatched — from our 17-inch LCD Screen, Sony® AM/FM/CD/MP3 player and Extreme subwoofer to our DVD player, 24-inch waterfall and fiber optic headrests, we’re the one other manufacturers keep their eye on to see what’s next.

By developing strong working partnerships with our suppliers, Coast Spas adds to the value and credibility of our product. Sony® of Canada, Owens Corning, Waterway Plastics, Aristech Acrylic, Franklin Electric, Tek Tube and Cal Cover are all leaders in their industry, and all have formalized strong partnerships with us to ensure our continued leadership role.

Coast Spas has been honored with various awards that recognize the company’s commitment to being the best it can be. In fact, we were named one of the 50 Best Managed Companies in Canada every year since we received the award in 2000.

The year 2000 was also the year that Coast Spas became one of only five hot tub manufacturers to receive ISO certification. ISO 9001 is an international set of Quality Management System standards that aim to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable regulatory requirements. With us, quality isn’t a last-minute consideration; it’s assured all through the process because it’s built into our system and applied thoroughly and consistently.

We sum it up like this: Coast Spas is committed to providing customers with on-time delivery of defect-free products. We are further committed to a company-wide program for continuous improvement, targeted to perfection. Quality shall, in every case, take precedent over quantity.

As you continue to search for the perfect spa for you and your family, we believe it’s in your best interest to see and experience the Coast difference. Once you do, we believe you’ll understand why we’ve become so popular so quickly. And we believe that at the end of the day, you’ll choose a spa from Coast Spas.

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