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expected to continue to grow considerably, he said. MacDowell is executive
vice president of sales, business development and marketing. He also oversees Flexi-Roll Sports Shandong Ltd.,
Dollamur’s joint venture in China that
provides mats for the Southeast Asia,
Australia and New Zealand markets.
“Over the past decade, Gary has
helped Dollamur build a meaningful
global presence and expand the company’s international market significantly,” said Don Ochsenreiter, Dollarmur’s
new president and CEO.
Ochsenreiter was previously president and CEO of Burton Golf, the leading manufacturer of custom golf bags.
Like Dollamur, Burton is the worldwide
leader in each of its market segments,
Ochsenreiter says.
“Our board recognizes his business
development skills and wants to double
the company again. Gary will also lead
our efforts to develop new products and
new markets for our products,” Ochsenreiter said. “We’re a tag team. We’re
looking to take Dollamur to the next
level. We still have a lot of market opportunity internationally and in new
segments. Our strategy is to be the mat
provider at every single leading regional,
national and worldwide competition.”
Dollamur Sports Surfaces was formed
from Spieth Anderson, a manufacturer
of specialized gymnasium and sports
equipment with headquarters in Ontario.  In 1971, the late Murray and Dolly
Anderson partnered with Spieth Holztechnik in Germany. Three years later
Spieth Anderson began manufacturing
the Spieth product line in North America. The company was purchased in 2012
by the ABEO Group and is now known
as SA Sport.
In 1996, Murray and Dolly’s son, Jeff
Anderson, opened the Spieth Anderson
USA sales office and warehouse in Fort
Worth. He renamed the business Dollamur, a combination of his parents’
names, Dolly and Murray.
“Jeff moved the company here because U.S. distribution had started to
become larger,” MacDowell said. “Fort
Worth is centrally located and is near D/
FW Airport. It made sense for production to be done here.”
MacDowell’s background includes
teaching, banking and management at
Motorola in Fort Worth. Before joining Dollamur, he had owned his own
business manufacturing wireless paging
devices; he later sold that business. In
2005, MacDowell and several partners
in a private equity firm bought Dollamur.
“Until 2005, the company had stayed
with the three core products – cheerleading, gymnastics and wrestling,”
MacDowell said. “They did very little
internationally. We began to get into

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the martial arts segment and continued
to expand the international dealer network. The joint venture in China was
formed in 2010 and the company really
began to grow.”
Originally located in three buildings
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