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.
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Alex and Carson King officially joined King Technology — makers of FROG water care products — in 2017 and 2019, though Carson jokes that as third-generation family business members, they unofficially started at birth.
King Technology, Inc., makers of FROG water care products, announced the appointment of Mike Noer as its new president and CEO, effective April 16.
Many founding members of manufacturing companies and retail stores are not only alive and well but actively participating in those same businesses. However, no one can work or live forever.
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Joe King has been in the pool and spa industry for most of his life — and much of that…
This year has been a transformative one for those in the hot tub industry who have found themselves having to adjust to a post-pandemic world. For many, that has meant preparing for sales to return to normal or pulling back on production rates, but for the staff of King Technology, it has meant opening an entirely new $14.5 million facility in a new town.