ADIDAS
Adidas was founded in 1924 by adolf dassler and are now the largest sportswear manufacturer in europe. the biggest sport they deal in is football with a whole range of adidas football boots like the adidas predator worn by players such as david beckham, stephen gerrard and michael ballack

CALCIO ITALIA
The Calcio Italia football Company was established in 1992 and is firmly established in Holland as a high quality pro brand, and is quickly becoming a popular boot brand throughout Europe.

Calcio Italia only makes Professional quality football boots, using the finest leather available and produced by hand In Italy. The boots are classic in design and colour with the key importance being shown to superior performance, fit and comfort.

CANTERBURY
Canterbury started in 1904, deep in the Canterbury province of New Zealand, John Lane, Pringle Walker, & Alfred Rudkin started making woolen garments.
Before long, they were making uniforms for the Army during the First World War, & such was their reputation for tough, durable kit, the legendary New Zealand All Blacks rugby team asked them to produce a rugby kit to play in.
The rest as they say, is history:
Canterbury of New Zealand outfitted the New Zealand All Blacks team for over 75 years & is now the largest dedicated rugby brand in the world, partnering the South African, Australian, Irish, Scottish, & Japanese national teams & a host of leading club sides including
European Champions London Wasps

GILBERT
GILBERT continues to lead the way in ball technology and design, and to maintain the high standards set by James Gilbert over 180 years ago. The new Xact ball delivers the best performance from a rugby ball and was used successfully throughout the 2003 World Cup. As a result, New Zealand and the British and Irish Lions switched to the GILBERT ball joining England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, South Africa and a host of other rugby nations, clubs and tournaments world wide. Looking to the future, the 2007 World Cup has been played again using a GILBERT ball.

GILBERT have recently branched into Team wear and currently sponsor a number teams across the country, as well as some of the games fastest emerging countries.
Gilbert dont just do a range of rugby balls they also do rugby boots and rugby protection.

GRAY NICOLLS
H.J. Gray and Sons was founded in Cambridge by world rackets champion H.J. Gray in 1855 and soon built a reputation supplying rackets to University players such as Ranjitsinjhi and the future King Edward VII. The company is owned and controlled by the Gray family to this day. L.J. Nicolls started making bats in 1876 in his workshop in Robertsbridge, East Sussex; where the company is still based today; and supplied WG Grace with his record-breaking bat with which he scored his 100th century and made 1000 runs in May 1894.

Gray-Nicolls was formed in the 1940's by the merger of two well known cricket bat manufacturers H.J.Gray and Sons, and L.J. Nicolls. At this time the company also acquired the famous brands of Shaw and Shrewsbury and Wainwrights. England captain Wally Hammond and Australian star Keith Miller used Gray-Nicolls.

The brand went from strength to strength in the 1950's and 60's and at one stage the captains of all 5 test playing countries (Ted Dexter, Richie Benaud, Frank Worrell, John Reid, Trevor Goddard) all used Gray-Nicolls. Major innovations included the revolutionary "Steel Spring" and the first shoulderless "Superlite" bat.

In the 1970's Gray-Nicolls were the first to introduce coloured labels. Top Cricketers using the trend-setting Gray-Nicolls red flash included the Chappell brothers, Clive Lloyd, Tony Greig and Barry Richards. In 1974 the company broke new ground with the introduction of the revolutionary scoop bat. A new Gray-Nicolls factory was opened in Melbourne to supply the growing demand from the Australian and New Zealand markets.

Expansion in the 1980's and 1990's meant Gray-Nicolls had to move to larger premises in Robertsbridge. New innovations included the Dynadrive, Sabre and Millennium bats. Famous names such as David Gower, Robin Smith, David Boon, Javed Miandad, Sunil Gavaskar and Jeff Dujon used Gray-Nicolls and Brian Lara scored the highest ever first class (501) innings with the Scoop 2000.

The new Millennium saw the introduction our unique Carbon & Titanium handles. Successive England Captain's Michael Atherton & Nasser Hussain proudly used Gray-Nicolls throughout their careers. More runs were scored with Gray-Nicolls bats than any other brand in the 2003 World Cup. Andrew Strauss, Matt Hayden, Mohammed Yousaf, Ram Sarwan and Daniel Vettori are all set to represent Gray-Nicolls into the future.

HI-TEC
HI-TEC SPORTS was founded in 1974 in the appropriately named village of Shoeburyness, in Essex, England. Our original success grew from the breakthrough design and development of Hi-Tec's first ever shoe, THE HI-TEC SQUASH, specifically designed for the then fast growing game of squash. An industry benchmark then and now, few shoes in athletic footwear history have recorded unit sales of over 18 million pairs worldwide to date. The Hi-Tec Squash remains Britain's all time best selling sports shoe model to this day.

It was not until 1982 that the Hi-Tec brand name and logo were globally launched as a result of our decision to become a major worldwide sports brand. The innovative, successful global development of our brand became a casebook study at the Harvard Business School. Today we are proud to report that there are over 500 Hi-Tec styles being commercialised throughout 80 countries world-wide, under the Hi-Tec Outdoor, Hi-Tec Court, Hi-Tec Golf, Hi-Tec Sport, Urban collections and Magnum brands. A whole family of great products for sports and footwear enthusiasts.

In the United Kingdom our commercial strategy has consistently been to focus on the mid-price market segment, and as a result Hi-Tec has secured wide and varied distribution to include both sportswear retailers and general "high-street" shoe shops. This aggressive distribution orientation has positioned Hi-Tec as one of the four unit volume leaders throughout the UK sports shoe market consistently over the last ten years.

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MIZUNO
Since its founding in 1906,Mizuno have taken special pride and pleasure in being able to take part in the exciting world of sports and in making the entire globe the stage for our activities.

Each and every one of us is guided by the ideal of true sportsmanship. Our corporate philosophy :
"Contributing to society through the advancement of sporting goods and the promotion of sports" is clearly reflected in our strong support of numerous worldwide sports events and in our dedication to advancing sports through cutting edge research and technology.

Our product strategy is to develop products with strong "uniquely Mizuno" features and to market specific sporting goods in the "competitive" , "health" and "environment" fields. Our starting point is the "competitive" field and here,Mizuno will further specialize in event-specific products in order to continue to meet the needs of athletes.

Due to a growing awareness of personal health arising from the graying population, we will also be marketing products and events in the "health" sports field. And in the "environment" fields, since launching the environmental initiative CREW21 in 1991, we have made steady progress towards greater environmental friendliness throughout all of our activities.
Today, the high quality products that only Mizuno can produce,are relied upon by athletes throughout the world. We produce superior quality equipment for serious performance,through the artful combination of technology and craftsmanship.

NIKE
When Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman made this observation many years ago, he was defining how he viewed the endless possibilities for human potential in sports. He set the tone and direction for a young company called Nike, and today those same words inspire a new generation of Nike employees.

Our goal is to carry on his legacy of innovative thinking, whether to develop products that help athletes of every level of ability reach their potential, or to create business opportunities that set Nike apart from the competition and provide value for our shareholders.

It started with a handshake between two visionary Oregonians - Bowerman and his University of Oregon runner Phil Knight. They and the people they hired evolved and grew the company that became Nike from a US-based footwear distributor to a global marketer of athletic footwear, apparel and equipment that is unrivaled in the world.

Along the way, Nike has established a strong Brand Portfolio with several wholly-owned subsidiaries including Cole Haan, Converse Inc., Hurley International LLC, NIKE Golf, and Umbro Ltd.

Our world headquarters is located near Beaverton, Oregon, a suburb of Portland. So while the Pacific Northwest is the birthplace to Nike, today we operate in more than 160 countries around the globe. Through our suppliers, shippers, retailers and other service providers, we directly or indirectly employ nearly one million people.

That includes more than 30,000 Nike employees across six continents, each of whom make their own contribution to fulfill our mission statement: to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

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