Johnson Health Tech
multinational company
Johnson Health Tech. Co., Ltd. (JHT; Chinese: 喬山健康科技; pinyin: Qiáoshān Jiànkāng Kējì) is a multinational company engaged in the manufacturing and sale of exercise equipment. It is headquartered in Taichung, Taiwan. JHT's products include treadmills, stationary bicycles, elliptical trainers, weight training machines etc. The company has manufacturing plants in Shanghai and Taiwan, and R&D centers in Shanghai, Taiwan, and North America. It is the winner of two Taiwan Excellence Awards.
Brands
The brands owned by Johnson Health Tech are:
Johnson Fitness & Wellness: A Cottage Grove, Wisconsin-based personal fitness and wellness retailer that sells treadmills, ellipticals, exercise bikes, home gyms and accessories.
Horizon Fitness: A Cottage Grove, Wisconsin-based company that manufactures treadmills, stationary bicycles, elliptical trainers for domestic use.
Advanced Fitness Groups (AFG): Also a Cottage Grove, Wisconsin-based subsidiary that acts as a semi-exclusive name brand for Sears (in the United States) and Canadian Tire (in Canada)
Matrix Fitness: A company that manufactures exercise equipment for commercial use.
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