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16 Don Ochsenreiter, president and CEO, and Gary MacDowell, executive vice president, Dollamur Sports Surfaces Below: The processes involved in producing the mats. f you’ve never heard of the Dollamur brand, chances are your children, or grandchildren, have. Founded in the early 1970s and headquartered in Fort Worth since 1996, Dollamur Sports Surfaces LP is a global maker and marketer of high performance, made-to-order sports flooring for wrestling, martial arts, CrossFit, gymnastics and cheerleading for competitive and recreational use in events, schools, clubs and homes. Dollamur sports mats are used in elite competitive programs throughout the United States, Europe, Africa, South America, Asia and the Middle East, including numerous national championships and Olympicqualifying tournaments. An innovator and patent holder in the sports flooring industry, Dollamur makes products in Fort Worth and Shandong, China, main- Fort Worth sports flooring maker continues growth Betty Dillard n [email protected] tains offices in the United States and China, and supports dealers worldwide. “Our list of clients is a who’s who list from around the world,” said Gary MacDowell, executive vice president for Dollamur. “Our mats are found at USA Wrestling and World Cup events, at NAGA [North American Grappling Association] and judo tournaments, at state and national gymnastics championships and at the Olympics. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders use Dollamur mats, and we were just at the USASF [U.S All Star Federation] cheerleading finals in Florida.” Dollamur will provide mats for the European cheerleading championships in Germany in June, and recently the president of the French wrestling federation paid a visit to Dollamur. France is bidding for the 2017 World Cup. “Our mission is to be the dominant sports mat company on the planet. We want to be the leader,” MacDowell said. MacDowell joined Dollamur in 2004 as president and chief executive officer. Under a leadership reorganization aimed at positioning the company for significant growth, MacDowell stepped into his new role in February. He’s now focusing on international sales, which have doubled in the past three years and are See Dollamur u 17 photos by Mayda Arista I Welcome mat