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  • King Technology Receives 2026 Business Attraction Project Award for New Missouri Distribution and Manufacturing Facility

    ByEditorial Staff

    King Technology, a third-generation, family-owned leader in water care innovation and makers of FROG water care products, has received the 2026 Business Attraction Project Award from the Economic Development Council of St. Charles County.

  • Joe King

    ByEditorial Staff

    In the ’70s, hot tubs were more of a curiosity than an industry. In the fall of 1978, Joe King was in southern England, studying business marketing management and trying to imagine a future that didn’t automatically lead to his family’s company in Minnesota.

  • Joe King — Hot Tub Hall of Fame

    ByMegan Kendrick

    Joe King’s life in the pool and spa industry began before he even had a driver’s license. As a teenager, he worked alongside his father, servicing swimming pools and learning firsthand the value of clean water, customer trust and hard work. That experience planted the seeds for what would become King Technology, officially founded in 1979 by King and his father, Lloyd, who had invented a brominator small enough for a hot tub.

  • 2025 Hot Tub Hall of Fame Inductees

    ByEditorial Staff

    The Hot Tub Hall of Fame was established in 2024 through a partnership between SpaRetailer magazine and the International Hot Tub Association. Created to celebrate the pioneers and visionaries of the industry, the Hall of Fame shines a spotlight on the people whose passion and dedication have shaped the way the world experiences hot water. Honorees come from every corner of the hot tub world.