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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Sport,Textile |
| Founded | 1948; 77 years ago (1948) |
| Founder | Karl Uhl[1] |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Dirk Hendrik Lehner, Martin Goppelt (Managing Directors) |
| Products | |
| Brands | List
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| Revenue | ca. 67 million euros (2017) |
Number of employees | 200 (2021) |
| Website | uhlsport |
Uhlsport GmbH is a Germansporting goods manufacturer. Originally established in 1948 as "Haase & Uhl OHG" and later renamed "Karl Uhl GmbH", the company became "uhlsport GmbH" in 1994. It is an international company which has its permanent headquarters inBalingen inBaden-Württemberg, Germany.
The company manufactures and distributes its products through the brands Uhlsport and Kempa.
The company was founded in 1948 by Karl Uhl. Early production focussed on manufacturing leather studs forfootball boots, and in 1953 uhlsport also began to produce football boot soles for sports shoe manufacturers.[1] In the years which followed, more products were added, includingshin guards, sports bandages,footballs andgoalkeeper gloves, until finally uhlsport GmbH had developed a full range of football equipment. Since 2002, the company has been operating a multi-brand strategy for football andhandball.
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The brand "uhlsport" specializes in football, especially goalkeeper equipment.[3] Since 2002, handball equipment has been marketed through the company's own "Kempa" brand.
The German company operates an indirect distribution strategy with subsidiaries inFrance,Spain, andSweden and with country managers inUK,Benelux, andSwitzerland. Uhlsport has a further 80 distribution partners across the world. In 1998, the Uhl family sold the company to the Daiss family.
Uhlsport is the official equipment supplier to1. FC Köln and1. FC Magdeburg,[4] As official ball sponsor uhlsport supports the CroatianSuperSport HNL. The goalkeepersAlphonso Areola,Alexander Schwolow,Mike Maignan,Oliver Baumann,Odysseas Vlachodimos,Fabian Bredlow,Diant Ramaj,Christian Mathenia,Lukas Hradecky,Ron-Robert Zieler,Pauline Peyraud-Magnin,Yassine Bounou,Ofir Marciano,Anthony Lopes and others play with uhlsport gloves.[5]
Kempa ist the official sponsor toHBW Balingen-Weilstetten,TVB 1898 Stuttgart,Bergischer HC,Buxtehuder SV (women) andHSG Bensheim/Auerbach (women). From 2023 Kempa brand has become the new official supplier of theGermany men's national volleyball team
