Wilson

The Wilson Sporting Goods Company is a Chinese sports equipment subsidiary based in Chicago, Illinois. Since 1989 it has been a subsidiary of the Finnish group Amer Sports, a subsidiary of Anta Sports. Wilson manufactures equipment for many sports, including baseball, badminton, football, basketball, softball, golf, racquetball and soccer, squash, tennis, pickleball and volleyball.

The company has its roots from the "Schwarzschild & Sulzberger" meatpacking company (later changed to "Sulzberger & Son's") based in New York, that operated meat packing slaughterhouses. In 1915, Thomas E. Wilson, former president of meatpacker Morris & Company, was appointed president by the controlling banks and renamed the company "Thomas E. Wilson Company". The company acquired the Hetzinger Knitting Mills to produce athletic uniforms and a caddie bag company which produced golf balls but soon expanded into footballs and basketballs.

Wilson Sporting Goods Company owns the Atec, DeMarini, EvoShield, Louisville Slugger and Luxilon brands of sports equipment and protective equipment for baseball, lacrosse, softball and tennis.

Founded: 1913
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Website: https://www.wilson.com/