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Coleman Company, Inc. is an American company that specializes in outdoor recreation products. Historically, Coleman was known for camping
Camping

Camping is an outdoor recreational activity.The participants, known as campers, get away from urban areas, their home region or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or more nights, usually at a campsite....
 gear.

It was founded by W. C. Coleman, who began selling lamps in 1900 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Kingfisher, Oklahoma

Kingfisher is a city in and the county seat of Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 4,380 at the United States Census, 2000....
 and moved to Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas

Wichita , is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas, and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas. The 2006 estimated population of 361,420 makes it the 51st largest city in the U.S....
 in 1902.

The Coleman Company's headquarters are in Wichita, and it also has facilities in Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
. There are approximately 1500 employees.

Throughout its history, Coleman has produced a wide variety of equipment primarily aimed at the camping
Camping

Camping is an outdoor recreational activity.The participants, known as campers, get away from urban areas, their home region or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or more nights, usually at a campsite....
 and recreational markets.






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Coleman Company, Inc. is an American company that specializes in outdoor recreation products. Historically, Coleman was known for camping
Camping

Camping is an outdoor recreational activity.The participants, known as campers, get away from urban areas, their home region or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or more nights, usually at a campsite....
 gear.

It was founded by W. C. Coleman, who began selling lamps in 1900 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Kingfisher, Oklahoma

Kingfisher is a city in and the county seat of Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 4,380 at the United States Census, 2000....
 and moved to Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas

Wichita , is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas, and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas. The 2006 estimated population of 361,420 makes it the 51st largest city in the U.S....
 in 1902.

The Coleman Company's headquarters are in Wichita, and it also has facilities in Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
. There are approximately 1500 employees.

Throughout its history, Coleman has produced a wide variety of equipment primarily aimed at the camping
Camping

Camping is an outdoor recreational activity.The participants, known as campers, get away from urban areas, their home region or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or more nights, usually at a campsite....
 and recreational markets. Perhaps their most famous product is the Coleman Lantern, a series of lamps
Kerosene lamp

The kerosene lamp is any type of lighting device which uses kerosene as a fuel. There are two main types of kerosene lamp which work in different ways, the "wick lamp" and the "pressure lamp"....
 that burn kerosene
Kerosene

Kerosene, sometimes spelled kerosine in scientific and industrial usage, also known as paraffin, is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid....
, naphtha
Naphtha

Naphtha normally refers to a number of different flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons, i.e. a distillation product from petroleum or coal tar boiling in a certain range and containing certain hydrocarbons, a broad term encompassing any volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture....
, gasoline
Gasoline

File:GasCan.jpgGasoline or petrol is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture, primarily used as fuel in internal combustion engines.It consists mostly of aliphatic hydrocarbons, enhanced with iso-octane or the aromatic hydrocarbons toluene and benzene to increase its octane rating....
, or propane
Propane

Propane is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. It is derived from other petroleum products during oil or natural gas processing....
 and use one or two mantle
Gas mantle

An incandescent gas mantle, gas mantle, or Welsbach mantle is a device for generating bright white light when heated by a flame. The name refers to its original heat source, existing gas lights which filled the street lighting of Europe and North America in the late 19th century, mantle referring to the way it was hung above the f...
s to produce an intense white light. Coleman also manufactures camp stoves, sleeping bags, cooler
Cooler

A cooler most commonly is an Thermal insulationd box used to keep food or drink cool. Ice cubes, which are very cold, are most commonly placed in it to make the things inside stay cool....
s, hot tub
Hot tub

File:Keystone Day 1 Photo 96.jpgA hot tub is a large home-made or manufactured tub or small pool full of heated water and used for soaking, Recreation, massage, or hydrotherapy....
s, generators, watch
Watch

A watch is a timepiece that is made to be worn on a person. The term now usually refers to a wristwatch, which is worn on the wrist with a strap or bracelet....
es, tent
Tent

A tent is a shelter consisting of sheets of textile or other material draped over or attached to a frame of poles or attached to a supporting rope....
s, and backpack
Backpack

A backpack is, in its simplest form, a cloth sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders, but there can be exceptions....
s among other things. In the past they also sold pop-up travel trailer
Travel trailer

A travel trailer or caravan is a trailer towed behind a road vehicle to provide a place to sleep which is more comfortable and protected than a tent ....
s, SkiRoule snowmobile
Snowmobile

A snowmobile, also known in some places as a snowmachine, is a land vehicle for travel on snow that is commonly propelled by a continuous track or tracks at the rear and steered by skis at the front....
s and the Hobie Cat
Hobie cat

A Hobie Cat is a small catamaran sailboat manufactured by the Hobie Cat Company of Oceanside, California, USA. Begun as a manufacturer of surf boards in the late 1950s, Hobie began manufacturing catamaran sailboats in the late 1960s and has become the largest manufacturer of small catamarans in the world....
 brand of sailboat
Sailboat

A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails. The term covers a variety of boats, larger than small vessels such as sailboards and smaller than sailing ships, but distinctions in size are not strictly defined and what constitutes a sailing ship, sailboat, or a smaller vessel varies by region and culture....
s.

A separate business unit sells home heating and air conditioning
Air conditioning

An air conditioner is an appliance, system, or Mechanism designed to extract heat from an area via a refrigeration cycle. In construction, a complete system of heating, Ventilation , and air conditioning is referred to as "HVAC." Its purpose, in a building or an automobile, is to provide comfort during either hot or cold...
 units.

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