Technogym consolidates its leadership in the area of “wellness” through the acquisition of a 40% stake in Starpool, an Italian company that markets swimming pools, saunas and Turkish baths which had sales of €6.5 million in 2005. The Italian company saw its revenues increase by 21 percent last year to €275 million, and they are up by nearly 30 percent for the first half of this year. The biggest increases were registered in such markets as the Japan, the USA and the Far East generally. The UK grew into the company’s largest market, ahead of Italy. Company officials attribute the success to the launch of innovative products such as the Kinesys system and Cardiowave. Launched in Europe at FIBO last year and in the USA at the IHRSA show this year, the latter is a patented cariovascular system that simulates skating, grouping three movements into one.