Arctic Spas

Blue Falls Manufacturing was founded in the late 1980s as Koko Beach Hot Tub Manufacturing in Edmonton, Alberta. It was purchased in 1997 by its current owners, who were, at the time, employees of Blue Falls. The new owners soon began producing the Arctic Spas brand.[5]

In 2001 the company moved to Thorsby and constructed a 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m²) facility (later expanded to 100,000 square feet (9,300 m²)), largely because land for a new factory was much cheaper in Thorsby than in Edmonton.[5] In 2003, the company purchased a 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m²) facility in Coleman, Alberta to manufacture some of their models.[6]

The company relies on winter climate branding and energy-efficient technology; testing by provincial authority Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (then the Alberta Research Council) determined that Arctic Spas hot tubs were thirty percent more energy efficient than the competitors that they tested.[6]

In early 2013 they launched a brand of swimming machine, called the All Weather Pool.[7]

• June 2003: Recognized by Profit Magazine as being in the top 100 of Canada's Fastest Growing Businesses[9]
• June 2004: Ranked by Profit Magazine as one of Canada's 100 Fastest Growing Businesses[10]
• June 2005: Profit Magazine ranks BFM among Canada's Fastest Growing Businesses
• September 2005: Owners named Ernst & Young 2005 Entrepreneurs of the Year (Prairies Region, Manufacturing Category)
• January 2006: Ranks as one of Alberta's 50 Fastest Growing Companies
• February 2006: Named one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies[11]
• May 2006: CAD designer Pete Van't Hoff wins International Business Award (Best Product Developer)[12]
• June 2003 – 2012: Arctic Spas wins 5-Star Best Of Class Awards for the Pool & Spa Industry[13][14][15][16][17][18]
• October 2019: EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 Prairies winner [19]

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