Create a national and world Tianlong sports brand
Before the founding of New China. There are a few craftsmen in the Shanghai Street Alley. The tennis balls picked up by the children who are caddies on the tennis courts imitate the tennis balls in a gourd style. They are all handmade, and they can only make three or five balls a day. , Sell it to players and earn some money to make a living. After liberation, under the guidance of the government, these small proprietors united and established a small workshop-style factory called Tianfeng Badminton Factory, which was later renamed Xingjian Tennis Co., which was used for badminton and tennis. There were 13 workers at the beginning. . The production equipment is very rudimentary.
The tennis balls produced by the Xingjian Tennis Cooperative are called "Xingjian" brand, and the monthly output is only 600. At that time, the technician in the cooperative was Qiu Zaide, who was a rubber worker. He was learning by doing. The enlightenment teacher was a newspaper bought from an old bookstand. There was an article "How to Make Tennis". He studied hard and became a talent by himself. The first qualified tennis ball was made in 1956. It is also China's first goal.
In 1957, a public-private joint venture was established. After the joint venture, there were 40 workers in the small factory. The "Xingjian" card was changed to "Aviation card". It was taken by the Shanghai Light Industry Import and Export Corporation. I hope this small factory will fly like an airplane and export its products to all parts of the world.
In 1959, the first National Games. Approved by the National Sports Commission, the "Aviation" brand tennis ball is used in the National Games. Thus ended the history of all competition tennis relying on imports.
In 1960, the Shanghai Tennis Factory was established on the basis of a cooperative.
At the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. China's tennis has entered a period of hibernation, but "aviation" brand tennis has entered international competitions and became famous all over the world. It was exported to more than 50 countries in the world in the 1970s.
In the 1980s, the "Aviation Championship" brand tennis ball became the ball for the China Davis Cup and Confederations Cup. At that time, her quality was as famous as the world brand Dunlop Slesinger. It is a pity that in the late 1980s, the quality of "Airline" brand tennis deteriorated sharply, but now "Airline" brand tennis is hard to see in the market.
In 1987, Wenzhou Tennis Factory was established. It was the second domestic enterprise producing tennis balls in China at that time, and it was also a private enterprise. In 1988, the Wenzhou Tennis Factory was renamed Tianlong Tennis Co., Ltd., and in 1989 the trademark "Tianlong" was registered. Since then, Tianlong brand tennis has quickly occupied the domestic market and sold to all over the world. In the late 1990s, Tianlong Tennis Co., Ltd. established Tianlong Group. Its economic strength, production scale and tennis manufacturing technology have been the first in China for the first time. .
Entering the new century, with the rapid development of China's economy, tennis has rapidly become popular on the land of China. In recent years, more than a dozen tennis companies have been born, and the manufacturing technology has become more and more advanced. As a representative of the tennis manufacturing industry, Tianlong Group has taken a step forward. In 2005, Tianlong Industrial Park was built and only four CNC tennis production lines in the world were introduced. The output and quality have been improved. Through cooperation with national science and technology units, a series of new tennis products have been continuously developed. Participated in the drafting and review of the national standard of "Tennis" as a major participant in 2008 and 2009. The national standard of "Tennis" has now been published.
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