Derbystar
| Derbystar Sportartikelfabrik GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1968 |
| Seat | Goch , North Rhine-Westphalia |
| management | Joachim Böhmer and Andreas Filipovic |
| Number of employees | 54 (2016) |
| sales | approx. 18 million euros (2016) |
| Branch | Sporting goods |
| Website | www.derbystar.de |
The Derby Star sporting goods factory GmbH is a German sporting goods company from the Lower Rhine Goch , which the Danish sports equipment Select Sport A / S belongs. The company's focus is on the production of balls for various sports.
history
Derbystar Sportartikelfabrik GmbH originally came from a leather factory in Goch in the Lower Rhine region. In 1963, besides saddles, gaiters and other leather items, balls were also produced here. In 1968 the company's ball department was completely outsourced and the independent company Derbystar was founded. The name is derived from the company's roots: the part of the name “Derby” comes from equestrian sport and “Star” stands for the alleged quality of the products.
Several professional football clubs played with Derbystar balls, such as the teams from MSV Duisburg , Borussia Mönchengladbach , Werder Bremen , Energie Cottbus and Borussia Dortmund . In the 1979/80 season Derbystar provided the match ball for all Bundesliga clubs. This came to an end with the introduction of a uniform match ball for the Bundesliga in 2010.
In 2011 Derbystar is the official league ball in the Dutch Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie (1st and 2nd league in the Netherlands). In 2017/18 the highest divisions in the Netherlands , Finland , Sweden , Iceland , Denmark and Belgium use Derbystar match balls.
In 1995 Derbystar started aid and health programs for the employees in production and since 2005 Derbystar has been a licensed Fairtrade partner. As part of this, the production facility in Pakistan was approved by the FLO ( Fairtrade Labor Organization ).
From the very beginning, Derbystar specialized in the production of hand-sewn leather balls and was one of the first producers to use synthetic materials instead of leather. At the time, this decision was considered to be trend-setting and has established itself over time, so that even today the balls are only made of synthetic materials.
After the balls were initially still produced in Goch, the production relocated to Hungary and then to Pakistan in the early 1970s. Derbystar still has its production facility for balls there and works exclusively with a production partner, Anwar Khawaja Industries (AKI) in Pakistan.
In the meantime, however, the company does not only focus on hand-sewn balls, but has steadily expanded its range. Derbystar now also sells jerseys, goalkeeper gloves, sports bandages and accessories.
From the 2018/19 season, Derbystar will provide the official match ball for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 for 4 years .
Products
- footballs
- Handballs
- Volleyballs
- Basketballs
- Rugby, football, playballs
- Jerseys, suits
- Marker shirt
- Shin guards
- Goalkeeper equipment
- Bags and ball sacks
- Training accessories
- Ball accessories
- Referee accessories
- Player and coach accessories
- Medical products
- Associations
- Protective bandages
- Sports bandages
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Derbystar new Bundesliga ball . Sport1.de , April 24, 2017, accessed April 24, 2017.
- ↑ Stefan Weber: Pick up what the big ones leave behind . Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 21, 2011.
- ↑ Christian Spiller: A well-rounded affair. Retrieved August 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Michael Scheppe: Bundesliga start: Derbystar is a ball supplier. Retrieved August 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Company homepage section 1974
- ↑ The traditional Derbystar brand will in future provide the official Bundesliga match ball . bundesliga.de. Retrieved April 24, 2017