to renew leases, or an attractive sales opportunity." That left 257 AMF bowling centers in the United States and eight in Mexico passing to Bowlmor AMF at the time of the reorganization. Bowling equipment The American Machine and Foundry Pinspotter, developed in 1951 and first marketed in 1952, was one of the first fully automated pinsetters used in quantity in the bowling industry. When Commonwealth Ventures acquired the bowling center and bowling equipment divisions of AMF, Inc. to form AMF Bowling in 1985, its new company was already a major manufacturer of pinsetters, bowling pins, bowling balls, ball returns, lane surfaces, automatic scoring equipment, and other bowling equipment. In 2005, AMF Bowling's equipment division and Italian-based Qubica Worldwide formed a 50/50 joint venture, QubicaAMF Worldwide. The partnership combined Qubica's expertise in automatic scoring technology and AMF Bowling's technology in lane equipment and pinsetters. In 2007, a new company, 900 Global, purchased the rights to sell customized bowling balls with the AMF logo. In February 2014, the principals of bowling ball manufacturer Storm Products, Inc. made a significant investment in 900 Global. With AMF Bowling's exit from bankruptcy in 2013, the 50% interest in the QubicaAMF joint venture was brought under the control of Bowlmor AMF (now known as Bowlero Corporation). In December 2014, the Qubica original founders acquired the 50% interest held by Bowlmor AMF (Bowlero), bringing the manufacturing and marketing of AMF-branded bowling equipment under the full control of QubicaAMF Worldwide. Australia For the history of AMF bowling centres in Australia, see Zone Bowling Australia. In 2017 the company changed owners and was renamed Zone Bowling, or Xtreme Entertainment in New Zealand. United Kingdom For the history of AMF bowling centres in the UK, see Hollywood Bowl Group. See also Automatic scorer Pinsetter Ten-pin bowling References External links AMF Bowling Australia website Timezone Entertainment website AMF Bowling UK website Hollywood Bowl UK website QubicaAMF Worldwide website American Machine and Foundry Bowling alleys Ten-pin bowling Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2012