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Radio Flyer is an American toy company best known for their popular red toy wagon. Radio Flyer also produces scooters, tricycles, bicycles,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Radio Flyer Classic Red 10-Inch Bicycle with Chain Drive )〕 horses, and ride-ons. The company was founded in 1917 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. ==History== Antonio Pasin started building wooden toy wagons in Chicago in 1917, selling them to area shops. His business grew until the ''Liberty Coaster Company'', named in honour of the Statue of Liberty was formed in 1923. The demands for these original wooden wagons, dubbed the "Liberty Coaster," quickly outpaced production. Incorporating the mass manufacturing techniques of the auto industry, Pasin began making metal wagons out of stamped steel in 1927. In 1930, the company was renamed ''Radio Steel & Manufacturing''. The renamed company produced steel-bodied wagons and used assembly line manufacturing techniques. The new ''Radio Flyer'' wagons were named as a tribute to two famous men of the day: Marconi and Lindbergh.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1367#p70969 )〕 Italian inventor and engineer Guglielmo Marconi developed, demonstrated, and marketed the first successful long-distance wireless telegraph and in 1901 broadcast the first transatlantic radio signal. Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic in 1927. Combining those two marvels, Pasin christened his new metal wagons "Radio Flyer". In 1933, Chicago was the host of the World's Fair, Century of Progress, and Radio Steel was asked to be a part of the celebration. Antonio Pasin took on major debt to fund the construction of a 45 foot tall wood and plaster Coaster Boy statue depicting a boy riding a Liberty Coaster wagon. Below the Coaster Boy exhibit Pasin sold miniatures for 25 cents. During World War II, steel was essential war material; from 1942–1945, the company shifted production to portable five gallon ''Blitz cans'' for the US Army. In 1987, Radio Steel changed its name to Radio Flyer after its popular flagship little red wagon.〔 Today, the company produces a wide range of children's products, including scooters, bicycles, tricycles, ride-ons, horses, and wagons. Robert Pasin, Antonio's grandson, has been CEO since 1997.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ey.mobi/US/en/About-us/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year/US_EOY_RTPS_2009_Pasin )〕 In 1998 the company partnered with Kaleidoscope to create a new product line that included tricycles, scooters, children's bicycles, a foot-powered red roadster and a pedal-powered race car. In 2015, Fortune named Radio Flyer number one in the top 25 best small businesses to work for. 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「Radio Flyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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