A group of Hedstrom Corp. managers formed a firm to buy one of the defunct toymaker's ball plants. Ball Bounce & Sport Inc. paid $8 million for the factory in Ashland, Ohio, that employed 160 ...

Ball, Bounce and Sport, Inc. In 1982, Jim Braeunig started with Ball, Bounce and Sport, Inc., a subsidiary of Hedstrom, as a factory manager. Through the two decades following, Braeunig moved up in ...