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BrianCRX90

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History of MoRich
« on: August 09, 2005, 12:10:37 PM »
Someone give me how MoRich became a company? All I know is this avid bowler Mo Pinel who used to work for Brunswick? Is that right? Ok, who is Rich? Are they co owners or what? How much affiliation does MoRich have with Brunswick? Are they like what Revoultion was? What ever happend to them anyways? Sorry for all the questions but I'm just curious.
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kingpin268

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Re: History of MoRich
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2005, 09:32:19 PM »
Same question here. I always pronounced it Rich as in Rick. Sounds better to me. lol
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J_Mac

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Re: History of MoRich
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2005, 09:36:17 PM »
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How is the Rich part pronounced? Like "rich" (as in wealthy, having a lot of money) or like "rick"?



As in wealthy... Rich.

They used to use BASF resins when Columbia was pouring the Colussus etc... I'm not sure where the Rich portion of the name comes from though.  I think That Mo has always used his own particle technology even though he uses another companies base resin.
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Bowljr300

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Re: History of MoRich
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2005, 09:46:08 PM »
As I recall, Mo Pinel originally owned a lane resurfacing company out of Virginia and that progressed to ball designing, as well as research and development on oils.  His knowledge of lane surfaces is very impressive.
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Iketown300

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Re: History of MoRich
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2005, 09:48:44 PM »
Rich is the CFO of the company I believe, hence it is 2 names put together Mo-Rich
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Re: History of MoRich
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2005, 11:29:25 PM »
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Rich is the CFO of the company I believe, hence it is 2 names put together Mo-Rich
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Yes, Rich Sadles is the MoRich CFO and is the "Rich" in MoRich.

Mo Pinel, as far as I recall, developed/designed the core in the AMF XS balls and the 3D Offset series of balls that made Faball a true player in the resin ball market. I think the Truck was his last design for Faball. He may have designed some other asymmetric cores for another ball company, but I'm not sure about that.

As far as I know,
MoRich originally used Columbia coverstocks and Columbia manufactured MoRich balls to their specifications. As of the Ravage, Brunswick/Bayer coverstocks are used (Some of which are not  used by Brunswick) and Brunswick is manufacturing MoRich balls to their specs.


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charlest

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Re: History of MoRich
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2005, 08:10:11 AM »
kotm,

I thought Mo also designed Faball's last Hammer, the Truck. It has all the earmarks of a Mo design: asymmetric core, flecks of mica in the shell like the Sledgehammer, etc.
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Re: History of MoRich
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2005, 02:34:29 PM »
when i saw him in march he mentioned something about the arsenals from track also

saying and i quote "its funny how i made the aggressive angular and the angular aggressive" take what u want from that
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Re: History of MoRich
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2005, 02:43:00 PM »
It's my understanding that Del worked on the "Peak Particle" while still with AMF.  Perhaps Mo was also working with Del on that project, and therefore that's how he's contributed to the two Arsenal balls?
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Re: History of MoRich
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2005, 03:54:37 PM »
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It's my understanding that Del worked on the "Peak Particle" while still with AMF.  Perhaps Mo was also working with Del on that project, and therefore that's how he's contributed to the two Arsenal balls?
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Probable, but was he the designer of the original Elite core?
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