Episode 136: The LaMotte Company - A Century of Innovation with Richard LaMotte
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Episode Summary:\\xa0
Today\\u2019s guest takes us way back to 1919 when his company was started by his grandfather just after the Great War. He walks us through the many innovative ideas and products that the LaMotte Company has had over that time, what sparked those ideas, and the amount of work that it took to make it all happen.\\xa0
We go through LaMotte\\u2019s pretty incredible list of accolades, including everything from blood kits, soil kits, phenol red, DPD, colorimeters, test strips, to their\\xa0WaterLink\\xae Spin Touch\\xae.\\xa0
Richard LaMotte became involved in the family business in 1984\\u2014another LaMotte on the long list of 15 family members who have been actively involved so far\\u2014and today he serves as the V.P. of Sales and Marketing.\\xa0
Topics Discussed:\\xa0
- 01:31\\xa0- How\\xa0The\\xa0LaMotte Company began\\xa0
- 08:37\\xa0- Introducing the first portable pool test kits in the U.S.\\xa0
- 10:58\\xa0- Steven Seagal using LaMotte test kits\\xa0
- 15:56\\xa0- The original use for soil tests after the Dust Bowl\\xa0
- 19:30\\xa0- Phenol red and why LaMotte began producing it\\xa0
- 22:31\\xa0- Making the switch to DPD for drinking water and swimming pools\\xa0
- 27:33