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In 1975, Attwood purchased the Leisure Products Division of Zurn Industries in Erie, Pennsylvania. This gave the company a successful line of over 100 marine and recreational accessories including many plastic products and the “Crowell” bilge pump. While Attwood had been a major supplier of boat hardware, the addition of Zurn Leisure Products made Attwood a major factor in the after market, allowing Attwood to enter the recreational vehicle field with a broad product line for the first time. The following year, the company erected another 67,000 square feet of warehousing space and added a sophisticated computerized picking system, which cut the time to process an order to a few hours.