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| Company type | Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung |
|---|---|
| Industry | Sports equipment |
| Founded | 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland |
| Founder | Howard Head |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Howard Head (founder) Johan Eliasch (CEO) |
| Products | Sportswear, equipment, footwear |
| Brands | Head Indigo Mares Penn SSI Tyrolia Zoggs[1] |
| Revenue |  $375.4 million (2014)[2] |
 $2.8 million (2014)[2] | |
Number of employees | 2,499 (2014)[2] |
| Parent | Head Austria GmbH Head N.V.[3] (formerly) |
| Subsidiaries | Penn Mares |
| Website | head.com |
Head Sport GmbH is an American-Austrian manufacturing company headquartered in Kennelbach. It owns the American tennis racket brand Head. Head GmbH is a group that includes several previously independent companies, including the original "Head Ski Company" (founded in the United States in 1950); Tyrolia, an Austrian ski-equipment manufacturer; and Mares, an Italian manufacturer of diving equipment.[3]
Head currently produces a wide range of products for skiing, snowboarding, swimming, tennis and other racket sports. Head Ski Company produced one of the first successful metal-wood composite downhill skis, the Head Standard, and one of the first oversized metal tennis rackets.[4]
- ^ "Sports – HEAD". www.head.com. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
- ^ a b c "Annual Report 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ a b "Head N.V. History". Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ^ "Howard Head: Ski and Racquet Revolutionary". Retrieved March 28, 2013.
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