HISTORY


  • 1971 ~ 1980

    Birth of Nassau, Korea's leading sports brand


  • 1981 ~ 2000

    Globalization


  • 2001 ~ 2009

    Starting afresh, Nassau in transition


  • 2020 ~

    Nassau chasing dreams소

1971
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1980

  • - 1971 Sebang Trade Co., Ltd. founded
    - 1972 Obtained export license from Ministry of Commerce and Industry
    - 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
    - 1976 Approved by United States Tennis Association (USTA) and Korea Tennis Association (KTA)
    Started production of woven felt tennis balls
  • - 1977 Started production of needle felt tennis balls
    - 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)

1981
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2000

  • - 1980 Selected as an official match ball of the 2nd divison of Argentine professional soccer leauge
    - 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)
    - 1985 Won Korean Industrial Standardization Award from Korea Institute for Industry
    - 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
  • - 1988 Selected as official tennis ball of Australian Open
    - 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
    - 1995 Selected as official soccer match ball of KFA soccer leagues
    - 1997 Approved by International Basketball Federation (FIBA)

2001
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2020

  • - 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
    - 2011 Official sponsor to Gwangju Sangmu Football Club
    - 2016 Wining Shot became the official match ball of several amateur tennis games
  • - 2017 Selected as official soccer match ball of KFA, FA CUP, K3, U and Youth leagues.
    - 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