Head (company)
| Company type | Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung |
|---|---|
| Industry | Sports equipment |
| Founded | 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland |
| Founder | Howard Head |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Howard Head (founder) Johan Eliasch (CEO) |
| Products | Sportswear, equipment, footwear |
| Brands | Head Apeks Aqualung Aquasphere Indigo Mares Penn SSI rEvo Tyrolia Zoggs |
| Revenue | $375.4 million (2014) |
| $2.8 million (2014) | |
Number of employees | 2,499 (2014) |
| Parent | Head Austria GmbH Head N.V. (formerly) |
| Subsidiaries | Penn Mares |
| Website | head.com |
Head Sport GmbH is an American-Austrian manufacturing company headquartered in Kennelbach. It owns the American tennis racket brand Head. Head GmbH is a group that includes several previously independent companies, including the original "Head Ski Company" (founded in the United States in 1950); Tyrolia, an Austrian ski-equipment manufacturer; and Mares, an Italian manufacturer of diving equipment.
Head currently produces products for skiing, snowboarding, swimming, tennis and other racket sports. Head Ski Company produced one of the first successful metal-wood composite downhill skis, the Head Standard, and one of the first oversized metal tennis rackets.