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Just out of curiosity, I was trying to understand a bit of the business of table tennis equipment - specifically, rubber manufacturing. I know there are a small number of rubber factories that manufacture for different brands, according to different specifications as to pimple geometry, sponge hardness/density, tension, rubber formulas, etc. My incomplete list of manufacturers is the following:
- Tamasu Company Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. They own Butterfly, and produce their own rubbers.
- Shanghai Double Happiness Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China. They own DHS and produce their own rubbers.
- Tianjin Rubber Industry Research Institute, Tianjin, China. They produce rubbers for Friendship/729 (others?). RITC in 729 rubbers stands for "Rubber Institute Tianjin China". Also, "729" gets the name because the company was launched in September, 1972.
- ESN German Table Tennis Technology GmbH, Frankfurt (Hofheim), Germany. Produce rubbers for TIBHAR, Yasaka, Andro, Stiga, Donic, Joola, GEWO, XIOM (others?).
- Daiki Rubber Co. Ltd., Saitama, Japan. Produce rubbers for Nittaku, Victas, Stiga, Mizuno, JUIC, (Neottec?).
- Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd., Nagoya, Japan. Produce rubbers for Mizuno.
Please help me with anything important that I may have missed in my google searches, or with any wrong or inaccurate information in this short list. Also, if anyone knows where the (very good!) Neottec rubbers are manufactured (if not Daiki) please confirm.
I realize a lot of people don't care about this and just want to play, but a few who are interested in the business side of things may be curious. I have not seen a comprehensive list of rubber manufacturers, so I thought we might be able to put one together as public information.
- Tamasu Company Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. They own Butterfly, and produce their own rubbers.
- Shanghai Double Happiness Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China. They own DHS and produce their own rubbers.
- Tianjin Rubber Industry Research Institute, Tianjin, China. They produce rubbers for Friendship/729 (others?). RITC in 729 rubbers stands for "Rubber Institute Tianjin China". Also, "729" gets the name because the company was launched in September, 1972.
- ESN German Table Tennis Technology GmbH, Frankfurt (Hofheim), Germany. Produce rubbers for TIBHAR, Yasaka, Andro, Stiga, Donic, Joola, GEWO, XIOM (others?).
- Daiki Rubber Co. Ltd., Saitama, Japan. Produce rubbers for Nittaku, Victas, Stiga, Mizuno, JUIC, (Neottec?).
- Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd., Nagoya, Japan. Produce rubbers for Mizuno.
Please help me with anything important that I may have missed in my google searches, or with any wrong or inaccurate information in this short list. Also, if anyone knows where the (very good!) Neottec rubbers are manufactured (if not Daiki) please confirm.
I realize a lot of people don't care about this and just want to play, but a few who are interested in the business side of things may be curious. I have not seen a comprehensive list of rubber manufacturers, so I thought we might be able to put one together as public information.