Acushnet Company

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Acushnet Company is a US company with headquarters in Fairhaven , Massachusetts (USA) and the parent company under which the golf brands Titleist , FootJoy , Kjus and Pinnacle are combined. She is a daughter of Fila .

Brands and Meaning

With the various brands, the group is broadly positioned. Titleist is a leader in golf balls and produces the full range of golf clubs. FootJoy is recognized as the market leader in golf shoes and golf gloves. For several years now, golf clothing has also been brought onto the market under this label. The Swiss clothing manufacturer Kjus has been part of the group since 2019. Only golf balls are sold under the Pinnacle label. Acushnet was the first golf equipment supplier to achieve annual sales of one billion US dollars in 2002. Alongside Callaway and TaylorMade / adidas , Acushnet is still one of the leading golf equipment manufacturers today.

history

The Acushnet Company was founded in 1910 by Phillip E. "Skipper" Young in Acushnet, Massachusetts (USA). The then Acushnet Process Company initially only produced products made of rubber, including water bottles and bathing caps. In 1932 the company had two divisions: rubber and golf. Both were very successful. In 1935 the first Titleist golf ball was made.

The rubber division was sold in 1985 as a result of the concentration on the golf division. In the same year, the golf shoe manufacturer Footjoy was bought by General Mills. In 1995, Cobra Golf was bought by American Brands, a group of companies based in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, and incorporated into its subsidiary Acushnet.

In March 2010, Cobra Golf was sold to PUMA .

In May 2011, Acushnet was acquired by sporting goods manufacturer Fila for $ 1.2 billion .

In 2019, the group was able to buy Kjus, an up-and-coming clothing company for snow and golf clothing.

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  2. ↑ Acushnet Announces Sale to Fila Korea ( English ) golfwrx. May 21, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  3. ^ Rainer Rickenbach, Rainer Rickenbach: Hünenberger sportswear Kjus is American. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .