Joola
| Joola Tischtennis GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| Seat | Siebeldingen , Germany |
| management | Michael Bachtler |
| Branch | Sports equipment |
| Website | www.joola.de |
The Joola table tennis GmbH (proper spelling "JOOLA Tischtennis GmbH") is a created in in the 1950s, company that in the market with various table tennis articles is represented. In addition to table tennis tables that are manufactured in the Siebeldingen plant, Joola also sells table tennis bats , table tennis balls , textiles and shoes.
The company name (company) is composed of the words JOO ss and LA ndau.
Company history
The first table tennis tables were manufactured for the sports department of the Jooss department store in Landau in 1952. The owner at the time, Karl Frey, expanded this division. Two years later the "table tennis production" became an independent department of the department store. Due to the constant expansion, the Landau location no longer offered enough space and in 1963 the company moved to Godramstein . With the relocation to Godramstein and the separation from the parent company, Joola became its own company. Despite the addition of further buildings in Godramstein, the limits of possible capacity were reached in 1970. Therefore, in 1973 the company moved to a newly built plant in Siebeldingen. The new plant has a total area of 3700 m², divided into 1800 m² production, 1200 m² storage and 700 m² administrative space. In 1979 Karl Frey was replaced by Michael Bachtler as managing director. Bachtler had been running the majority of the business since 1968. The company name in Joola Tischtennis GmbH was a result of the takeover by the US company Sport Squad at the end of 2018.
Product use
Joola products have been used in the following international competitions (selection):
- Olympic Games : 1996, 2000, 2004
- Paralympic Games : 1992, 2000, 2004
- Commonwealth Games 2010
- Asian Games 2006
- World Championships : 1989
- European Championships : 1992, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2011
- Asian Championships : 2000, 2009
- African Championships : 2003
literature
- Manfred Schäfer: More than just business in mind , DTS magazine , 1996/6, page 42
- Dietmar Kramer: No Compromises , DTS magazine , 2000/2, pages 30–31.
- Dieter Gömann: JOOLA ranking list and TTR values introduced in TTVN , explanation of TTR and QTTR, magazine tischtennis , 2011/9 regional north, page 5
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Landau District Court file number: HRB 32586, announced on August 14, 2019
- ^ Karl Frey, * 1903; † January 19, 1991; DTS magazine , 1991/2 page 44
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2019/1 page 7