Head (company)

Head Sport GmbH
Company typeGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
IndustrySports equipment
Founded1950; 74 years ago (1950) in Baltimore, Maryland
FounderHoward Head
Headquarters,
Key people
Howard Head (founder)
Johan Eliasch (CEO)
ProductsSportswear, equipment, footwear
BrandsHead
Indigo
Mares
Penn
SSI
Tyrolia
Zoggs[1]
RevenueIncrease $375.4 million (2014)[2]
Decrease $2.8 million (2014)[2]
Number of employees
2,499 (2014)[2]
ParentHead Austria GmbH
Head N.V.[3] (formerly)
SubsidiariesPenn
Mares
Websitehead.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]

  1. ^ "Sports – HEAD". www.head.com. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  2. ^ a b c "Annual Report 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  3. ^ a b "Head N.V. History". Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  4. ^ "Howard Head: Ski and Racquet Revolutionary". Retrieved March 28, 2013.