Outboard Marine Corporation: Difference between revisions

<!-- Moved logo to the infobox [[File:Outboard Marine Corporation (logo).png|thumb|alt=OMC's logo|OMC's logo]] -->'''Outboard Marine Corporation''' ('''OMC''') was a maker of [[Evinrude Outboard Motors|Evinrude]], [[Johnson Outboards|Johnson]] and Gale Outboard Motors, and many different brands of boats. It was a multibillion-dollar Fortune 500 corporation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uimreg.lx2.sportcentric.com/admin/person/biography/1705 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-01-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225100832/http://uimreg.lx2.sportcentric.com/admin/person/biography/1705 |archive-date=2016-02-25 }}</ref> Evinrude began in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] in 1907. OMC was based in [[Waukegan]], [[Illinois]].<ref name="my.boatus.com">{{cite web|url=http://my.boatus.com/consumer/OMCBankruptcy.asp|title=OMC Bankruptcy Sets Consumers Adrift|publisher=My.boatus.com|access-date=2013-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111184037/http://my.boatus.com/consumer/OMCBankruptcy.asp|archive-date=2013-11-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> They also owned several lines of boats such as [[Chris Craft]], [[Lowe Boats]], [[Princecraft]], Four Winns, SeaSwirl, Stratos, and Javelin. OMC was also a parent company to Ryan, which made lawn mowers.