Wilson Sporting Goods

Wilson Sporting Goods Company
FormerlyAshland Manufacturing Company
(1913–31)
Company typePrivate (1913–67)
Subsidiary (1967–present)
IndustrySports equipment
Founded1913 (1913)
FounderNoah Wilson
FateAcquired by Ling-Temco-Vought in 1967, then other owners
Headquarters,
U.S.
ProductsBalls, rackets, shuttlecock,uniforms, apparel
BrandsWilson Staff
$930 million (2010)[1]
Number of employees
1,600[2]
ParentAmer Sports
Subsidiaries
Websitewilson.com

The Wilson Sporting Goods Company is an American sports equipment manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois. Wilson makes equipment for many sports, among them baseball, badminton, American football, basketball, fastpitch softball, golf, racquetball, soccer, squash, tennis, pickleball and volleyball.

The company owns the brands Atec, DeMarini, EvoShield, Louisville Slugger, and Luxilon to provide sports equipment and protective gear for baseball, lacrosse, softball, and tennis. The company has been a subsidiary of Finnish retailer Amer Sports since 1989.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference funding was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "About Wilson Sporting Goods and Sports Equipment". Wilson.
  3. ^ Freudenheim, Milt. Amer Group to Acquire Wilson Sporting Goods, The New York Times, February 21, 1989
  4. ^ "Wilson tennis racket maker Amer Sports files for US IPO, Bloomberg reports". Reuters. 2023-09-06. Retrieved 2023-10-14.

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