We believe that Brunswick Bowling Products is the right partner at the right time for continuing the traditions of the Ebonite, Hammer, Columbia and Track brands. The EDC, along with other supporting agencies, stand ready to [help] the employees of Ebonite find new career opportunities. We will market their world-class skill set to the companies in our region as well as the new industry prospects that we meet with.
Josh Blanchard, who signed a two-year contract extension with Columbia in October, wrote in a Twitter post, "As someone who has been to the plant many times, my heart goes out to the hard-working men and women who lost their jobs today. The Hammer brand was also the first to produce a urethane two-piece ball. Many of their balls are carbon fiber infused and come with a 3-year warranty.
Brunswick — One of the oldest bowling companies in the world, Brunswick has been making bowling balls since the s. Motiv — The company has been making bowling balls since the s, with graphics that get a lot of attention.
Radical — This high-tech company was founded in by notable bowling ball innovator, Phil Cardinale. They produce bowling balls for all skill levels and are dedicated to helping bowlers who want to improve their score and level of play. Roto Grip — Since it was founded in , Roto Grip has been an innovator in the bowling ball industry, producing high performance balls that BowlerX. Storm — They released their first bowling ball in the s and have been going strong ever since.
Storm balls are used by many professional bowlers. If you need more information, give us a call at A part of your purchase will be given back to the sport of bowling through our support of local, regional and national events across the United States. We thank you! At this point, Faball Enterprises of Md. The problems at Faball followed years of strong growth. Baldwin remembers 13 years ago when business was flourishing with back orders.
Faball made a daring marketing decision with its Hammer balls. It became the first industry manufacturer to put its logo on the side of the ball, so it would face TV cameras when the bowler was at the approach. That helped the company compete on a new level. The Baltimore manufacturer further developed its Hammer bowling ball line, resulting in a six-ball line.
Faball also was the first company to develop the two-piece bowling ball, a high performance ball with an outer shell and weight block in the middle. Although there are no official numbers for the bowling ball industry, Mark Miller, a communication spokesman for the American Bowling Congress, said Faball is still considered one of the five "big players" in the industry.
Competitors include Richmond, Va. The American Bowling Congress, the industry's governing body since , estimates 79 million bowlers play at least once a year in the United States; 4. Baldwin would not reveal the total number of balls that Faball manufactures or how much of the market the company controls, but according to figures from Bowlers Journal International, a trade publication, the entire industry sells 2.
From Baldwin's experience, high-average league bowlers will buy from four to 10 bowling balls a year because the balls are constantly changing. Faball has developed four new reactive resin balls, the 3-D line and the Nova line, to add to the hundreds of balls already on the market.
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