BRP develops and manufactures powersports vehicles such as Ski-Doo, Lynx, Sea-Doo, Can-Am as well as Rotax engines
BRP Inc.
Valcourt (CA) · Palm Bay (US) · Sophia Antipolis (FR) · Kottingbrunn (AT) · Gunskirchen (AT) · Rovaniemi (FI) · Taipei (TW) · Juárez (MX)New on Amplifa
About BRP
BRP Inc. is an independent Canadian company headquartered in Valcourt, Quebec, that creates innovative ways to move people on snow, water, asphalt or terrain – even in the air. The product portfolio includes the Ski-Doo and Lynx brands (snowmobiles), Sea-Doo (personal watercraft and pontoons), Can-Am (ATVs, side-by-sides and 3-wheel vehicles) as well as Rotax engines for karts, recreational aircraft and marine propulsion. The business is complemented by its own parts, accessories and apparel offering as well as the development of electric models of the existing product lines. The company was formed in 2003 through the spin-off of Bombardier's recreational products division and traces its founding history back to 1942 (L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée). With around 17,000 employees worldwide, several design and research centers on five continents and twelve manufacturing facilities in Canada, the USA, Austria, Germany, Finland, Mexico and Australia, BRP serves customers in 110 countries.
- Site
- Valcourt
- Processes
- Parts, accessories and apparel business, Development of electric product models, Dealer network and distribution via distributors
- Founded
- 1942
- Employees
- approx. 17,000
- Industries
- Powersports, Snowmobiles, Personal watercraft/pontoons, ATV/Side-by-Sides, 3-wheel vehicles, Rotax engines (karts, recreational aircraft, marine propulsion)
- 01
Product Development & Design
- 02
Manufacturing
- 03
Parts, Accessories & Apparel
- 04
Dealer Network and Distribution via Distributors
Sites
Valcourt
CAHeadquarters, R&D, product development
Palm Bay
USDesign & Innovation Center
Sophia Antipolis
FREuropean Design & Innovation Center
Kottingbrunn
ATEV R&D Center (e-drive and transmission development)
Gunskirchen
ATR&D Facility (powertrain development)
Rovaniemi
FIR&D Center (Lynx snowmobile development)
Taipei
TWR&D Facility (electronics engineering, supply chain integration)
Juárez
MXProduction site (since 2007)
Components
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 1937
J.-A. Bombardier receives a patent for the first snow vehicle, developed in Valcourt, Quebec
- 1942
Foundation of L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée
- 1959
Launch of the Ski-Doo snowmobile
- 1968
Industry's first Sea-Doo PWC
- 1970
Acquisition of the Austrian brand Rotax
- 1989
Acquisition of Nordtrac Oy and the Lynx brand
- 1998
Bombardier enters the ATV market
- 2001
Acquisition of the Evinrude and Johnson brands
- 2003
Bombardier sells its recreational products division; BRP becomes an independent company; launch of the Ski-Doo REV platform
- 2007
Launch of the Can-Am Spyder (3-wheel); first manufacturing facility in Juárez, Mexico
- 2010
Entry into the side-by-side market
- 2013
BRP initial public offering (IPO)
- 2014
Launch of the Sea-Doo Spark
- 2018
Acquisition of Alumacraft and Manitou; listing on the Nasdaq
- 2019
Acquisition of the Australian boat builder Telwater
- 2020
Realignment of the marine strategy; discontinuation of Evinrude E-TEC production; launch of BRP Experiences
- 2021
Launch of the Sea-Doo Switch pontoon
- 2022
Launch of electric Can-Am motorcycles; acquisitions of Great Wall Motor Austria, Pinion GmbH (Germany) and Kongsberg powersports operations (Shawinigan)
- 2023
Launch of electric Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles; BRP turns 20
- 2025
Announcement of the sale of the marine businesses to focus on powersports; unveiling of the electric Can-Am Outlander ATV