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Globeride

Globeride, Inc. (グローブライド株式会社), formerly Daiwa Seiko Corporation (ダイワ精工株式会社) until 2009, is a Japanese manufacturing company that produces fishing equipment in addition to tennis, golf and biking gears. Globeride's fishing products, sold under the Daiwa brand, account for the majority of its sales, including rods, reels, lines and fishing-related apparels (such as polarized sunglasses). The company also offers licensed Prince brand tennis gear, G-III brand golf gear, Bottecchia bicycles and other outdoor products.[3]

Founded by engineer Yoshio Matsui (松井義男, 1906-1983) in 1955 as Matsui Manufacturing (松井製作所) and then formally established in 1958 as Daiwa Precision Works Corporation (大和精工株式会社),[4] the company renamed itself Globeride on October 1, 2009.[5] The company operates from offices throughout Japan and internationally from subsidiaries in Australia, France, Germany, Mainland China and Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States. The British subsidiary, Daiwa Sports Ltd., was established in 1977 and production commenced the following year with the production of fishing rods and golf clubs.[6][7]

Brands

Globeride has fishing (Edwin, Snow Peak, Daiwa), golf (Fourteen, Roddio, G-III, ONOFF), racket sports (Prince) and cycle sports brands (Bottecchia, Focus Bikes, Corratec) in its portfolio.

See also

  • ABU Garcia
  • Comparison of hub gears
  • Penn Reels
  • Shimano

External links

References

  1. Corporate Profile Globeride Inc., retrieved August 3, 2018^
  2. Corporate Profile Financial Times, retrieved August 3, 2018^
  3. Feel The Earth – Daiwa Feature Tackle Trade World, David Hall Publishing, June 2016, retrieved August 3, 2018^
  4. Company Overview of Globeride, Inc. Bloomberg L.P., retrieved July 21, 2018^
  5. Fumiya Mizuno. Globeride, Inc. Company research and analysis FISCO Ltd., July 27, 2017, retrieved July 21, 2018^
  6. Roger Strange. Japanese Manufacturing Investment in Europe: Its Impact on the UK Economy Routledge, September 11, 2002^
  7. 1977 to 2017 – Daiwa Sports: 40 Years and counting Tackle Trade World, David Hall Publishing, September 15, 2017, retrieved August 3, 2018^