Arctic Cat logo
| Information about the company Arctic Cat | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1960 |
| Founder | Edgar Hetteen |
| Headquarters | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
| Key people | Founder: Edgar Hetteen Former CEO: Christopher Twomey, Current CEO: Christopher T. Metz, Roger Skime |
| Parent | Textron (January 25, 2017) |
| Official website | www.arcticcat.com |
History of Arctic Cat motorcycles and logo
The North American company Arctic Cat was created in 1962. Initially, it engaged in producing devices for the destruction of insects and steam cleaners. That was done to accumulate seed capital for manufacturing their own snowmobiles and ATVs. This year, the company’s revenues reached the desired level, and talented engineers developed the first model of snowmobile called New Polar 500. In 1962, the red Arctic Cat 100 with a front-mounted engine was produced. After that, the company decided to develop sports vehicles for new winter sports. 
In 1964, Arctic Cat released 13 models of snowmobiles. In addition, at this time the firm experienced a decline in production due to the change of management. Changes came when the period of «red» Arctic Cats stopped and the new «Black Panther» one was created. Panther sales were extremely successful because of the latest technology these models included. By 1969, the company’s products accounted for about 12% of the snowmobile market in the United States. Since 1970, Arctic Cat had to expand its production capacity. 
In the 70’s the Arctic Cat company experienced another period of decline, recovering completely in 1979. But in 1983, it had a financial collapse, and changed its leadership again, so, as a result, the level of snowmobile production increased. It was completely restored in 1990 when its vehicles began to occupy a leading position in the market. Nowadays, the use of advanced CAD / CAM / CAE technology helps to improve the quality of the product.