- Jofa
Jofa, originally short for "Jonssons fabriker" (Jonssons factories) is a maker of sporting equipment for sports such as
ice hockey ,bandy ,horseback riding , based inMalung ,Sweden .Niss-Oskar Jonsson founded Jofa in 1926. It can be considered an offspring of the hide industry in Malung; the company's first products were made out of leftovers from the hide industry, and the first factory was located in an old tannery.
During
World War II Jofa grew because of large orders ontent s anduniform s from the Swedish military.The first step towards their most successful product was taken in 1963, when they started making
hockey helmet s. They also manufacture other ice hockey equipment, such asice skates andhockey stick sSince 2004, Jofa is a part of
Reebok , which in turn is a part ofAdidas since 2006.The founder Niss-Oskar Jonsson died in 2002 at the age of 92 years.
External links
* [http://www.jofa.se/ Home page of Jofa]
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