The West Bend Company manufactured aluminum cookware and electrical appliances, but also made two-stroke cycle engines, including outboard boat motors.
[citation needed] Clayton Jacobson II used a West Bend 2-stroke motor to power the first stand-up Jet Ski.
The engine division of West Bend was sold to Chrysler, then to Brunswick, and finally to US Motor Power.
In 2001, Regal Ware, Inc. of Kewaskum, Wisconsin, acquired certain assets of the West Bend Company.
In 2003, Regal Ware sold the Small Kitchen Appliance Division of the West Bend Company to Focus Products Group LLC.