Jacuzzi

**Jacuzzi** chi American private company ku ma manufactures Kpai eyi markets hot tubs, pools, kpai ami bath products kibọ. Ma chẹ má nwụ atodu the Jacuzzi hydrotherapy products. Company lẹ chẹ ni headquarter nwu yi Irvine, California. Ọnwụ chi  largest hot tub manufacturer ki di Europe ki ni factory mi ẹjọ, eyi ki nana tule Chaka efu Italy.

Má company lẹ efu ọdọ 1915 by seven brothers ki kwi Jacuzzi family efu Berkeley, California. Má chẹ ni  products ojoji agunu pumps atodu agricultural use. Efu ọdọ 1948, Jacuzzi chi ọna water pumps to treat a family member's rheumatoid arthritis. Water pumps lẹ chi niche medical product gbogbo wi ẹgba ku má integrated ti efu recreational hot tub efu ọdọ 1968. Alu ki popularity eyi hot tubs lẹ chanẹ enana, Jacuzzi created more models that were more advanced. Jacuzzi chi family-run gbogbo wi ẹgba ọdọ 1979, oñwu taku má ri ọwọ ida ẹgba wewe, taki ami abo  Investindustrial du la efu ọdọ 2019.

## History

### Beginnings
Jacuzzi chi ami ọmaye ẹnẹkẹlẹ mebie efu Jacuzzi family chanẹ nwu: Giocondo, Frank, Rachele, Candido, Joseph, Gelindo kpai Valeriano, Kuma kwi Casarsa della Delizia efu northern 
Italy. Their original last name was Iacuzzi, ama ami first two brothers immigrated kwi Italy loti the US efu ọdọ 1907, immigration staff misspelled their name as "Jacuzzi". Ọgbọdu ama ọmaye ẹnẹkẹlẹ mebie le immigrated ẹgba ọdọ 1910. Ami abo akwọra lẹ kibọ immigrated ti U.S. ẹgba ki ami ọmaye le ni contract ku ma provide propellers nwu U.S. atodu World War I planes.

Jacuzzi chanẹ alụ ichi machining company. Ami ọmaye le ch'ukọlọ oji citrus farm eyi an early aviation inventor. Má kaki ma bumá develop aviation products, creating an early wood propeller that was curved instead of flat kpai ọnwụ madu chekwu efu World War I. Oka efu ámi propellers kuma che is now either in storage at or on loan from the Smithsonian Institution. Amá nwọ chi oka efu ami first fully-enclosed cabins nwu airplanes, kumadọ ki Jacuzzi J-7, kuma du transport mail.

Efu ọdọ 1921, a mail plane crashed, ki ọgbọdu abo kuma d'efu nwụ lekwu, including Giocondo Jacuzzi.
The brothers subsequently abandoned the aviation industry manyu ma nwago ami product ojoji wewe, eyi ejodud ki successful chi water pump created by Rachele Jacuzzi efu ọdọ 1926.
product line lẹ mu nagbada ti variety of pumps.

### Hydrotherapy
Efu ọdọ 1948, Candido Jacuzzi developed an improved full body hydrotherapy pump, the J-300, to treat his son's (Ken Jacuzzi) rheumatoid arthritis agbada hospital visits, alu kuma ki positive response nwụ Hurbbard tank kekele ki di Herrick hospital yi Berkeley. He patented the pump efu ọdọ 1952 manyu onwu ma chanẹ nyaja nwụ efu ọdọ  1955 ti ọdọ 1956 ichi eyi therapeutic aid. Pump lẹ chi portable device ki neke jẹnwu  regular bathtub du ji ri da ti spa.

Kwi ọdọ 1968, ma fi whirlpool bath chedufu, ki Chi jets that mixed air kpai water. Product ki dẹyi (kuma dọ ki Roman Bath) chi Roy Jacuzzi chi ọna nwu, a 3rd-generation member eyi akwọra unyi lẹ. This is considered the first whirlpool tub designed for relaxation, rather than for medical use. Jacuzzi di celebrity Jayne Mansfield kpai abo kibọ ki market the tubs, ki jẹnwu Ni popularity efu ami Hollywood movie stars. Adiko ẹgba 1970s, Jacuzzi products were featured on Queen for a Day kpai ami TV shows kibọ kpai ijẹnwu ki nyọgba efu California. Company lẹ chanẹ ni larger models ki neke fit to ẹnẹ ka le. Má nwọ dị filters kpai heaters manyu, atodulẹ tub lẹ need kuma tomi nwu agbasi ku ma du chekwu no. From 1970, family-sized spas were producted.

Efu ọdọ 1989, Jacuzzi ni abo ukọlọ mi 2,200 . Kwi abakwanẹ Jacuzzi ata li ọwọ ami contractors kpai builders, ama ẹgba ọdọ 1993 í chane'ta li ọwọ ami  retailers. Adiko ẹgba Ababa 1990s Jacuzzi chanẹ nyaja ugbọda US, especially in Italy and Spain. Adiko ẹgba uchanẹ 1990s,  ukpẹreji  sales ma chi ọdọda US.

Jacuzzi was influential in the trend towards larger and more luxurious bathrooms.

### Changes in ownership
Efu ọdọ 1979, machẹ ni 257 Jacuzzi family members kuma bi ọwọ efu Jacuzzi brand kpai machẹ ni growing number of disputes agbada má. Onwu taki  Kidde mi business lẹ dula kpai $70 million. Ojile abo akwọra unyi Jacuzzi lẹ kwibefu nwu , except Roy Jacuzzi, ki gwugwu uñwa head of the hot tub kpai bath division. Efu ọdọ 1987, Kidde was acquired by Hanson PLC. Efu ọdọ 1995 Hanson spun off Jacuzzi kpai ami brands omunẹ tefu public company Kuma dọ ki U.S. Industries. USI fi odu ma rida ti Jacuzzi Brands efu ọdọ 2003. This was in turn bought out by Apollo Management, and then by Investindustrial in 2019.

Acquisitions Kwi ẹgba 1990s chi Haugh Products (above-ground pools), Sundance Spas, Gatsby Spas, Zurn Industries (toilets, sinks), Hydropool (hot tubs), Liners Direct (bath products), BathWraps (shower and bathtub renovation). Adiko ẹgba 1990s, Jacuzzi chẹ ji omẹ ololo  Kpai ma ta more than $600 million worth of businesses. The business segment producing industrial, irrigation, well water, submersible, and centrifugal systems was sold to Franklin Electric efu 2004. The plumbing division, Zurn Industries, ku ma ta efu ọdọ 2007 nwụ $950 million. Ami brands ma ajọyi chi ThermoSpas, Sundance Spas, kpai Dimension One.

## Gallery

File:HISTORIC picture of whirlpool bath.jpg|Historic whirlpool bath, circa 1969
File:Jacuzzi Lowboy Advert -historic.jpg|Historic Lowboy advertisement, circa 1970


## References

## Further reading
*  Self-published.
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## External links

* Jacuzzi corporate website (US)
* Jacuzzi Spa and Bath Ltd (UK)