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Landscape Structures Inc., founded in 1971 by Barbara and Steve King, is a playground design firm based in Delano, Minnesota. Landscape Structures has designed, manufactured and installed more than 80,000 playgrounds worldwide. They have installations in every state of the US plus Washington, D.C.; globally in Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, United Arab Emirates, and Uruguay. Originally manufactured of wood, now they primarily utilize steel, aluminium and polyethylene while continuing to develop products using recycled or reclaimed industrial and post-consumer waste. ==Innovations== *First fitness trail system, 1977 *First enclosed-trolley Track Ride, 1980 *First in industry PVC coated benches and tables, 1982 *First transfer system for providing access to play structure for children in wheelchairs, 1993 *First to use fully enclosed bolt links to replace S-hooks on swings, 1992 *First segmented multi-directional open slide, 1994 *First to use sliding footers on slides to allow plastic parts to expand and contract, 1994 *First U.S. playground equipment manufacturer to achieve ISO 9001 Certification, 1996; Certified to ISO 9001:2000 standard, 2003 and ISO 9001:2008, 2009 *First U.S. playground equipment manufacturer and seventh company in the state of Minnesota to achieve ISO 14000 Certification for conservation and recycling process, 1998, and the updated 14001:2004 standard, 2005 *First to use injection molding around steel cables to produce flexible climbing material as part of a system, 1999 *First to offer Recycled Permalene® panels with 73% post-consumer content, 2010 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Landscape Structures」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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