Bombardier Recreational Products or BRP is a Canadian company (once part of Bombardier Inc.) that traces its roots back to the year 1942 when Joseph-Armand Bombardier founded L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec.

In 2003, Bombardier Inc. sold its Recreational Products Division to a group of investors: Bain Capital (50%), Bombardier Family (35%) and Caisse de Dépôt & Placements du Québec (15%).

The newly formed company was named Bombardier Recreational Products) and it included all the activities started 60 years earlier by its founder. As of October 6, 2009[update] it had about 5,500 employees working; its revenues in 2007 are above US$2.5 billion. BRP has manufacturing facilities in six countries, Canada, the United States (Wisconsin, Illinois, North Carolina), Mexico, Finland, Austria, and China. The company’s products are sold in more than 80 countries, 18 of which have their own direct sales network.

BRP has a long legacy of innovation and holds the brands: Can-Am (ATV & Spyder Roadster), Sea-Doo (PWC and SportBoats), Lynx, Ski-Doo, Evinrude Outboard Motors, Johnson Outboards and Rotax.

Source: Wikipedia