Head (sporting goods manufacturer)
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1950 |
| Seat | Amsterdam , Netherlands and Kennelbach , Austria |
| management | Johan Eliasch |
| Number of employees | 590 |
| sales | EUR 358.67 million (2013) |
| Branch | Sporting goods manufacturer |
| Website | www.head.com |
Head ( proper spelling HEAD ) is an international sporting goods manufacturer based in Amsterdam (parent company Head NV) and in Kennelbach ( Vorarlberg , Austria , Head International GmbH and Head Sport GmbH). HTM Sport GmbH ( Head Tyrolia Mares ) is based in Schwechat .
history
The American Howard Head (* 1914 in Philadelphia ; † 1991) developed the first ski with a sandwich construction. In 1947 he was still working as an aircraft engineer and was skiing for the first time. He was disappointed with the heavy and stiff material of the skis, which were made entirely of wood. As a result, he quit his job at the Glenn L. Martin Company and put all his energy and experience into the development of new technologies for ski production: Today this is known and common as the "metal sandwich construction".
In 1950 he founded Head Ski Company, Inc.
The company now also produces tennis , squash and badminton equipment. The formerly independent Italian diving equipment company Mares has been a separate brand of the Head Group since 1996 .
Further brands are Tyrolia and Penn , so that the entire group operates as Head Tyrolia Mares (HTM group). This was in the meantime owned by the Austrian Austria Tabak in the 1990s . Head NV is a stock corporation listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange (HEAD) and NYSE (HED) .
Production facilities
The skis are now manufactured in Kennelbach , part of the production has been outsourced to Budweis (Czech Republic) in recent years ; the production of bindings and ski boot engineering takes place in Schwechat . Tennis rackets and shoes are produced in the Far East.
Products and brands
- Head ( skis and ski boots, snowboard equipment, tennis / squash / badminton and racquetball rackets)
- Production began in Austria in 1988 and achieved worldwide success with the Titanium clubs.
- The production of tennis rackets has meanwhile been relocated from the two European locations in Kennelbach (Austria) and Budweis (Czech Republic) to China.
- Head / Penn ( tennis and racquetball balls)
- Penn (Pennsylvania Rubber Company) was founded in Jeannette, Pennsylvania in 1910 . In 2006, Head tennis balls were launched.
- Tyrolia (ski bindings)
- The company, which was originally part of metal processing, was founded in 1847 and began producing ski bindings in 1928, from 1949 under the name Tyrolia . In addition to Head, it also produces for the ski brands Fischer and Elan .
- Mares and Dacor ( diving equipment )
- Mares has been part of the HTM group (Head-Tyrolia-Mares) since 1996 and Dacor since 1998.
- Scuba Schools International (SSI) diving training organization
- SSI was founded in 1970 and has been part of the HTM Group since January 1, 2014.
Sporting successes
The company equipped well-known ski racers such as Didier Cuche , Patrick Ortlieb , Hermann Maier , Bode Miller and Anja Pärson , examples of current alpine skiing professionals are Ted Ligety , Anna Veith and Lara Gut-Behrami . In tennis, Novak Đoković , Andy Murray , Tomáš Berdych and Marija Sharapowa are also well-known active players, Andre Agassi achieved his greatest successes with rackets from the Head brand. In 1992 with Patrick Ortlieb and Marc Rosset , athletes equipped with Head won the Olympic gold medal in both sports.
Web links
swell
- ↑ Head is optimistic about 2009
- ↑ KSV - Austria company profiles
- ↑ Head Locations at www.head.com
- ↑ Wirtschaftsblatt ( Memento from December 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), New HEAD racket has hit
- ↑ Head press release (PDF; 103 kB) of April 22, 2005: HEAD is reducing tennis production in Austria and the Czech Republic
- ^ Hugin Ad Hoc: Head NV
- ^ Head , company history
- ↑ Head instead of Atomic ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on sport.orf.at
- ^ Die Presse from June 20, 2007: Hermann Maiers Headquarters
- ↑ Miller scores first overall World Cup victory for HEAD (February 13, 2008)
Remarks
- ↑ This year specification is a 1912 resulting post-dating, as the existing 1855, 1902 Vienna, Kaiserstraße 85, in the Thurnmühle , Schwechat, then: Schwechat, Tyroliaplatz 1 or Castle Mill Road 1, moved Company: Klein Schwechat No. 89 today. Wiener Metal goods, buckle and machine factory (formerly: Ferdinand Schar and Comp. ) Acquired the privately owned buckle and metal goods factory Albert Sauer's widow Johanna Sauer, Graz , founded in Graz in 1847 and incorporated it into the Schwechat operation. - See: Business Newspaper. (...) Acquisition of a metal goods factory. In: Prager Tagblatt , morning edition, No. 178/1912 (XXXVII. Year), June 30, 1912, p. 12, column 2 middle, (online at ANNO ). , as well as Thurnmühle .