In Asia, it has 45 outlets in Taiwan, 80 in China, 102 in Thailand and 11 in Malaysia.
Last year, JHT raked in sales of US$267 million, a rise of 32.8 percent from a year ago.
The figure was the highest among the top-five firms, with No. 4 Precor seeing 20.3 percent growth, and No. 1 Icon reporting a decline of 5.3 percent.
For the first half of the year, JHT's sales hit US$127 million -- amounting to annual growth of 15.2 percent -- and saw a 20 percent increase in after-tax net profit at US$15 million.
Last month, the company sealed new deals totaling US$42 million to supply equipment to the largest department-store company in the US, Sears Holdings Corp, as well as to Canadian Tire Corp, Canada's largest auto parts and household goods retailer.
JHT is poised to overtake Icon to become the world's leader in the fitness equipment industry by 2008, Lo said.
With this ambitious goal in mind, the company will be opening a second Chinese factory in November.
Spanning around 150,000m2, the plant is the result of a US$20 million investment to produce strength machines, such as plate loads and free weights.
Lo is busy catching up to his company's global peers, but he has also laid out plans for JHT after 2010.
He has gathered a team of staff to study potential opportunities relating to health, especially health supplements, which will take the firm's business to new heights.
"To enjoy a long life, we need to live healthily by exercising and eating healthy food," he said.
"Fitness is my long-term job. I am not only working for the sake of money, but also calling out to others for a healthy lifestyle," he added.
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