Molten Corporation

Molten Corporation
Native name
株式会社モルテン
Company typePrivate KK
IndustrySports equipment
Founded1 November 1958; 66 years ago (1958-11-01)
Headquarters
Yokogawa Shin-machi, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, 733-0013
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Kiyo Tamiaki
(President and CEO)
Products
List
Number of employees
3,900 (consolidated, as of 31 March 2015)
Websitemolten.co.jp
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

Molten Corporation (株式会社モルテン, Kabushiki-gaisha Moruten) is a sports equipment and automotive parts company based in Hiroshima, Japan.

Molten is mostly known for manufacturing balls for several team sports, with a range of products that includes American footballs, association footballs, basketballs, dodgeballs, handballs and volleyballs. Notably, Molten basketballs are the official balls for all FIBA worldwide competitions,[3] and numerous domestic leagues outside of North America.

Molten is also the official volleyballs producer for USA Volleyball and the NCAA men's and women's championships.[4]

  1. ^ "Corporate Profile". Molten Corporation. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Company Overview". Bloomberg Businessweek. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  3. ^ FIBA and Molten unveil basketball for WC2019 on FIBA website
  4. ^ List of official equipment suppliers on NCAA.com, 28 Sep 2019