company
HISTORY
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1971 ~ 1980
Birth of Nassau,
Korea's leading sports brand -
1981 ~ 2000
Globalization
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2001 ~ 2009
Starting afresh,
Nassau in transition -
2020 ~
Nassau
chasing dreams
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1971
Sebang Trade Co., Ltd. founded
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1972
Obtained export license from Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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1973
Development of tennis balls started
An area of 26,000㎡ for a factory in Bucheon purchased
production of tennis balls started -
1975
Building of factory in Bucheon completed
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1976
Approved by United States Tennis Association (USTA) and Korea Tennis Association (KTA)
Started production of woven felt tennis balls
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1977
Started production of needle felt tennis balls
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1978
Entered technology alliance with Irumagawa, Japan for laminated balls of soccer, volleyball, basketball and handball
Changed business name to Naasau -
1980
Approved by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
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1980
Selected as an official match ball of the 2nd divison of Argentine professional soccer leauge
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1982
Entered technology alliance with ALDILA, USA for rackets
Started production of table tennis rubber -
1983
Graphite racket developed
Approved by International Tennis Federation (ITF)
Approved by Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB)
Approved by International Handball Federation (IHF) -
1984
Approved by Korean Industrial Standard (KS)
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1985
Won Korean Industrial Standardization Award from Korea Institute for Industry
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1986
Selected as official tennis ball for United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA)
Selected as official balls for tennis, soccer, handball, volleyball in 1986 Seoul Asian Games 1986 -
1987
Designated as excellent sporting goods manufacturing company by Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Selected as official tennis ball of 1988 Seoul Olympic Games
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1988
Selected as official tennis ball of Australian Open
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1989
PT. Nassau Sports Indonesia established
Designated as Korean World-Class Product manufacturing company by KOTRA -
1990
Building of PT. Nassau Sports Indonesia’s factory completed
Selected as official tennis match ball for Australian Open
Approved by Korean Industrial Standard (KS)
(PT.NASSAU SPORTS INDONESIA)
Won Industrial Service Medal from Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) -
1993
Selected as official soccer match ball of KFA soccer leagues
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1995
Selected as official soccer match ball of KFA soccer leagues
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1997
Approved by International Basketball Federation (FIBA)
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2002
Approved by International Handball Federation (IHF)
Selected as official tennis ball for 2002 Busan Asian Games
Selected as excellent sporting goods manufacturing company by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism -
2008
Official sponsor to Gundes Liga (Army soccer league) for celebrating 60th anniversary of Korea's independence
Selected as official tennis match ball of Tennis Association of Sport for All -
2009
Selected as official soccer match ball of KFA, FA CUP, K3, U and Youth leagues
Selected as Quality approved manufacturer by Research Institute of Sports Science, Korea Sports Promotion Foundation -
2010
Selected as an official match ball of Soccer Associations of Seoul-si, Gwangju-si, Kangwon Province, Daejeon-si and Southern Gyeonggi province
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2011
Official sponsor to Gwangju Sangmu Football Club
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2016
Wining Shot became the official match ball of several amateur tennis games
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2017
Selected as official soccer match ball of KFA, FA CUP, K3, U and Youth leagues.
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2018
Entered into contract for soccer balls with KFA for their commercialization business
Launched sporting facility business
Entered into MOU with National Olympic Committee Kenya
Entered into MOU with The Association For International Sport for All (TAFISA)
New brand launched in collaboration with Dellanuri
Entered into a Marvel character licensing agreement -
2019
Selected as official match balls of K5, K6 and K7 of KFA
Entered into sponsorship agreement with 9 city and provincial soccer associations out of 16
(Gyeonggi, Chungbuk, Chungnam, Gyeongbuk, Gyeongnam, Jeonnam, Daejeon, Busan, Ulsan)
Selected as official match ball of the Little K league of National Youth Soccer Education Service (NYSES) -
2020
Selected as official soccer match ball of KFA,
K3 and K4 leagues
Entered into agreement with Korea Amateur Tennis Organization (KATO) for official match ball