AMF is an acronym for American Machinery and Foundry, founded in 1900 and was once one of the largest recreational equipment companies in the United States. Its sole remaining asset is the AMF Bowling Corporation founded in 1936 and headquartered at 8100 AMF Drive in Richmond Virginia 23227. AMF Bowling employees 16,000 people and operates worldwide. AMF itself up until the mid-1980's once produced the following leisure equipment: tennis racquets, snow skis, lawn and garden equipment, wheelgoods, Ben Hogan golf clubs, Voit inflatable balls, exercise equipment, Hatteras Yachts, SCUBA gear, and once owned Harley Davidson Motorcyles. In 1985 AMF was bought out by Minnesota based MINSTAR, Inc and all its parts were then sold off and AMF ceased to exist.
AMF can also stand for
- ACE Mobile Forces , a brigade-sized multinational crisis reaction unit of NATO
- The Arab Monetary Fund
- The company AMF Bowling Worldwide [1]
