equipment genre manufacturing founded delano minnesota 1971 1971 founder barbara king and steve king headquarters delano minnesota united states area served worldwide key people steve king chairman pat faust president services park & playground design revenue 900 mil number of employees 300 website playlsi.com landscape structures inc. founded in 1971 by barbara and steve king is a playground design firm based in delano minnesota . landscape structures has designed manufactured and installed more than 80 000 playgrounds worldwide . they have installations in every state of the us plus washington d.c. ; globally in australia belgium cambodia canada china colombia france germany great britain guatemala honduras india ireland israel italy japan mexico netherlands portugal puerto rico russia south korea saudi arabia singapore spain united arab emirates and uruguay . originally manufactured of wood now they primarily utilize steel aluminium and polyethylene while continuing to develop products using recycled or reclaimed industrial and post consumer waste . contents 1 innovations 2 awards 3 philanthropy 4 notes 5 external links innovations edit first fitness trail system 1977 first enclosed trolley track ride 1980 first in industry pvc coated benches and tables 1982 first transfer system for providing access to play structure for children in wheelchairs 1993 first to use fully enclosed bolt links to replace s hooks on swings 1992 first segmented multi directional open slide 1994 first to use sliding footers on slides to allow plastic parts to expand and contract 1994 first u.s. playground equipment manufacturer to achieve iso 9001 certification 1996 ; certified to iso 9001 2000 standard 2003 and iso 9001 2008 2009 first u.s. playground equipment manufacturer and seventh company in the state of minnesota to achieve iso 14000 certification for conservation and recycling process 1998 and the updated 14001 2004 standard 2005 first to use injection molding around steel cables to produce flexible climbing material as part of a system 1999 first to offer recycled permalene panels with 73 % post consumer content 2010 awards edit 1992 barb and steve king were named minnesota s entrepreneur s of the year by ernst and young inc. magazine and the law firm of gray plant mooty . 1 2 1994 barb king who served as president was selected as the small business administration s small business person of the year for the six state midwest region . 2004 was awarded manufacturing company of the year by the minnesota association of manufacturers . 2005 christian peterson award . 3 2006 waste wise leader . 4 2007 received active workplaces funding from blue cross blue shield of minnesota for its healthy living initiatives . 2007 king pavilion at iowa state university s college of design was named for barb and steve king . 5 2008 mn work life champions . 6 2008 received the tekne green award for manufacturing environmentally preferable playgrounds . 7 2009 high economic vitality business of the year . 8 2010 named to top workplaces in the twin cities metro area by star tribune . 9 philanthropy edit co founder barbara king set up the s jai foundation to find solutions for childhood obesity using education and opportunity to encourage wise health and nutrition choices by children and adults in the community . notes edit the hottest entrepreneurs in america . regional entrepreneurs of the year . christian peterson award . waste wise leader pdf . king pavilion . mn work life champions . green award pdf . high vitality business of the year . top workplaces . external links edit corporate website sajai foundation website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title landscape structures & oldid 743033499 categories companies based in minnesota navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 10 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view