OtterBox LifeProof
Global electronics-accessories manufacturer OtterBox announced Wednesday that it has purchased TreeFrog Developments Inc., doing business as LifeProof. LifeProof, a brand that became explosively popular in the last two years within the marine industry, started in 2009 in San Diego.
“The joining of OtterBox and LifeProof is a way to combine two great brands and provide customers with even more great products, services and choices for smartphone accessories,” OtterBox CEO Brian Thomas said in a press release.
LifeProof also sells a waterproof iPad case — important to boating anglers who want to take advantage of the many Bluetooth capabilities of today’s chart plotter/fish finders.
OtterBox says LifeProof’s 250 employees will join OtterBox and remain in San Diego for the foreseeable future. For more information, visit otterbox.com; also, check out the other major waterproof cases available to anglers in Sport Fishing‘s May Gear Guide column (pages 26-29), republished digitally here.
