Har-Tru Acquires Treadblaster

December 9, 2016 | By New York Tennis Magazine Staff

Har-Tru has announced that the company has acquired Treadblaster from Medora Corporation.  It is the only shoe cleaner of its type on the market.  Treadblaster features a patented design that shoots pressurized jets of water into the soles of shoes to clean out lodged clay, dirt, and debris, all without allowing any over-splash.

“There is no doubt that Har-Tru is the right home for the Treadblaster” says Tracy Lynch, Har-Tru’s Director of Sales.  “We are always trying to serve tennis court owners by creating better places to play the game.  Our HAR-TRU surface is immensely forgiving and superb for keeping tennis players healthy, but the material can wander off on the soles of tennis shoes and end up in places you don’t want it.  Treadblaster may be the best product we have for solving that problem.”

Treadblaster was developed by Joel Bleth, Co-Founder, President & CEO of Medora Corporation. In 1986 he was seeking a solution to his 10-year-old daughter’s consistently muddy shoes.  Several years later, with the assistance of company scientists in the water laboratory, Treadblaster came to life. 

Har-Tru first brought the product to the tennis world in 2008 and it sold extremely well alongside the company’s other shoe cleaning mainstays such as the Tennie Two Step and the Har-Tru Shoe Brush.  Many facilities combined all the products together at a shoe cleaning station.  Then Medora Corporation pulled the product for a year or two while rebuilding the molds and improving the design.  Treadblaster was sold direct to the tennis industry between 2011 and 2016 before making its way back to Har-Tru.

“Har-Tru offers an extensive line of court equipment and accessories for clay and hard courts and we are always eager to add products to our line that can help others best maintain their tennis courts” says Sandy Hunt, Har-Tru’s Product Manager. “Treadblaster is a perfect fit for this.  It does an incredible job of keeping tennis players’ shoes clean and this, in turn, keeps tennis facilities clean.  Plus, we think there is a great potential fit for other sports as well, such as golf.”

Har-Tru will begin selling the product immediately through its network of contractors and distributors.  The product will also be available online at hartru.com beginning in February.


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