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Where is Stiga table tennis from? ›

Building world champions since 1944

It has become a classic all over the world. All blades are manufactured onsite here in Eskilstuna, Sweden.

Stiga started the production of table tennis products in 1938 and the production of hockey games in 1944. The production of table is now operated under the brand "Stiga Sport", and it has been manufacturing tennis products since 1944. It started the production of table hockey games in 1957 and it was a huge success.

Founded in Sweden in 1934 by Stig Hjelmquist, STIGA has decades of experience in designing and manufacturing gardening tools. With a drive for quality, performance and convenience, STIGA listens to its customers to design equipment that helps people love their gardens and enjoy taking care of them.

Gibb, a British table tennis enthusiast, who discovered novelty celluloid balls on a trip to the US in 1901 and found them ideal for the game. This was followed by E.C. Goode who, in 1901, invented the modern version of the racket by fixing a sheet of pimpled, or stippled, rubber to the wooden blade.

The brand ATCO is part of the company STIGA Group (formerly GGP Group), that also includes the four local brands Mountfield, STIGA, Alpina and Castelgarden.

The Stiga brand is widely recognised as having some of the highest quality mowers on the market to date. Stiga mowers are well-engineered and are designed to cut any lawn condition with precision, speed and comfort, making your gardening chores an absolute breeze.

STIGA table tennis bats are graded according to a 5-star rating system, whereby 5 signifies the best performance characteristics and 1 signifies a simpler bat. Your choice of bat will depend on your experience and playing level.

The STIGA Clipper Classic table tennis blade is famous throughout the world for its speed and is appreciated particularly by players who want extra power behind their stroke.

A wine cork for a ball.

Of course, enterprising types soon attempted to develop the game into a product, and one of the first, only a year after David Foster's 1890 Parlour Table Games arguably invented the basic format, was the Gossima, developed and patented by John Jaques of London.

STIGA's competitors and similar companies include EarthWay Products, Hozelock, Einhell Germany and Brudden.

Where is the STIGA headquarters? ›

The STIGA Group head office is located in Veneto, northern Italy. The office is surrounded by greenery in the beautiful walled town. More than 1500 people from all over the world work at The STIGA Group HQ.

We are The STIGA Group

The STIGA Group is a leading European producer and distributor of garden tools, machinery and equipment. We are made up of five premium brands combining 90 years' experience: STIGA, Alpina, Mountfield, Castelgarden and ATCO.

Ivor Montagu (1904-1984): Founding Father of Table Tennis. To read the full-text of this research, you can request a copy directly from the author.

Many scientific studies said that table tennis is the most difficult sport to practice because of its complexity in the use of muscles, more than the 80% from feet to neck.

Atari founder Nolan Bushnell created Pong, his version of this concept, as an arcade game. A small company at the time, Atari began manufacturing the games in an old roller skating rink, and by 1972 the company had sold more than 8,000 Pong arcade machines. In 1975 Atari turned Pong into a console system game.

STIGA was founded in Sweden in 1934 and has made quality its strong point ever since.

Although its name may sound Chinese, the sport of table tennis (ping pong, Pīngpāng qiú, 乒乓球) did not originate in China; invented as an after-dinner diversion in late-19th century England, it made its way into China through the Western settlements via Japan and Korea only in 1901.

We are The STIGA Group

We are made up of five premium brands combining 90 years' experience: STIGA, Alpina, Mountfield, Castelgarden and ATCO. Today, STIGA Group sells over one million quality gardening tools every year.