In 2006 we celebrated our 25 year anniversary.

In June 2006, Kegel launchs a robust, new website! The site includes better navigation, a fully stocked pattern library, free KOSI basic download and distributor portal.


The World's First Battery Powered Combination lane machine the Kustodian ION is introduced at Bowl Expo in Orlando!
Infinity becomes the next generation Sanction only lane conditioner to hit the market after Offense HV.


The Kustodian PLUS is introduced.
Prodigy is introduced as the first lane conditioner for both Sanction and Wick/Pad lane machines.


Kegel moves to a brand new 75,000 sq ft facility in Lake Wales, Florida!
New Kegel Training Center Opens


Kegel Training Center opens in the Philippines.
Kegel sponsors the High Roller Bowler of the Year Award. The High Roller Bowler of the Year Award is given to the top bowler in 3 different categories.


Kegel launches many web initiatives including a new company website and the Kegel Online Support Forum.
The addition of C.A.T.S. will help reveal many unknowns and speculations about ball speed, trajectory and angle of entry & ultimately translating to ball reaction forecasting.
Lane Maintenance Central updates the Mobile Support Vehicle. This 30' ft trailer is stocked with all the parts necessary to completely rebuild any type of lane machine from the ground up. The trailer is manned year-round by various LMC technicians that can service all lane machine and maintenance needs.


Sanction Technology becomes available at an affordable price with the new Kustodian™. A simpler version of The Sanction Standard™, The Kustodian™ uses a smaller processor to lower the cost making Sanction Technology easier to justify for bowling centers of all sizes.
KBT releases Offense™ to compliment the very popular Defense™ line of conditioner. Offense™ is the first conditioner manufactured using "High Sheer Dispersion" mixing technology. It is also groundbreaking in the way it was tested in the field for over 6 months until the product performed in every environment.


Kegel introduces The Sanction Standard™. This amazing machine is Kegel's most advanced lane machine to date. It was designed utilizing years of customer feedback about areas they thought needed to be improved.


We introduced the 28' Kegel Mobile Support Vehicle giving Kegel technicians the ability to visit bowling centers and provide service to their lane machine on-site.
Kegel opens KBT (Kegel Bowling Technologies), which is the chemical manufacturing division of Kegel.
KBT launches its first line of lane conditioners- Defense™. This revolutionary product, helps bowling centers combat the aggressiveness of today's bowling balls.
Kegel continues its busy year by forming the Foundation. The Foundation is a membership organization created to help return integrity to our sport. The Foundation continues to stay focused on research and education to help standardize bowling worldwide.


The DBA® Arrow™ is released to give centers an economical strip-only machine to compliment the DBA® Excel™ and the DBA® Dart™.
Kegel reintroduces Sanction Technology in the DBA® Phoenix-S™ Tournament Edition also sold as the Sanction Machine II™. This combination Sanction Technology machine helps jumpstart Kegel's dream of having a common standard in bowling.
1997 Kegel opens The Kegel Training Center otherwise known as HERBIES - Bowling Center in the Sky! This private 10-lane facility is the first of its kind, and features State-of-the-Art Technology that takes the learning experience to another level. Kegel aims to learn as much as possible about the ever-changing bowling environment to help them provide the players with a fair and equitable lane condition.


Kegel adds the fourth lane machine to its lineup with the DBA® Dart™. This is the most economical machine that Kegel has ever designed. The DBA® Dart™ targets small centers and is also used for run fill patterns. Kegel takes control of lane maintenance industry with the introduction of The DBA® Phoenix™. This is the first combination machine by Kegel, which has the ability to clean and condition a lane in about 1 minute. The DBA® Phoenix™ is Kegel's best selling lane machine to date.


The release of the DBA® Excel™ offers bowling centers a more affordable option to condition their lanes with. This oil only machine conditions similar to the DBA® LaneWalker™ only it does not include the walking function.


Kegel compliments the DBA® LaneWalker™ with the addition of the DBA® LaneWalker LCM™. It is used to clean the lanes before the DBA® LaneWalker™ follows and conditions.


Kegel teams up with DBA® to help market, sell, and promote lane machines designed by Kegel. Kegel develops and releases the DBA® LaneWalker™. This revolutionary lane machine moves from lane to lane all by itself. This technology allows lane maintenance personnel to focus on other responsibilities while the machine does all the work.


Kegel begins selling The Sanction™ Machine. It is the first lane machine designed by Kegel and also the first lane machine to feature Kegel's patented Sanction Technology.


The Kegel Bowling Center is a Bowler's Journal International Award Winner for Renovation and Design.


Kegel introduces N P S™ - No Pin Slide to help solve the problem of sliding pins on the pin-deck. Kegel releases "The Master Key™", which is a more affordable and efficient model of the initial "Key™" design.


Kegel purchases Ridge Lanes located in Sebring Fl, and renames it The Kegel Bowling Center.


"The Key™" Lane Cleaning Tool is introduced to the bowling world. It successfully helps bowling centers clean their lanes quickly and economically.