| Globeride, Inc. | |
| Native Name: | グローブライド株式会社 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Type: | Public KK |
| Hq Location City: | Higashikurume, Tokyo, 203-8511 |
| Hq Location Country: | Japan |
| Key People: | Akihiko Kishi (Chairman) Kazunari Suzuki (President) |
| Industry: | Sports equipment |
| Revenue: | JPY 85.7 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 808 million) (FY 2017) |
| Net Income: | JPY 2.5 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 23.5 million) (FY 2017) |
| Num Employees: | 5,848 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2018) |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
, formerly until 2009, is a Japanese manufacturing company that produces fishing equipment in addition to tennis, golf and biking gears. Globeride's fishing products, sold under the Daiwa brand, account for the majority of its sales, including rods, reels, lines and fishing-related apparels (such as polarized sunglasses). The company also offers licensed Prince brand tennis gear, G-III brand golf gear, Bottecchia bicycles and other outdoor products.[3]
Founded by engineer Yoshio Matsui (Japanese: 松井義男, 1906-1983) in 1955 as and then formally established in 1958 as,[4] the company renamed itself Globeride on October 1, 2009.[5] The company operates from offices throughout Japan and internationally from subsidiaries in Australia, France, Germany, Mainland China and Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States. The British subsidiary, Daiwa Sports Ltd., was established in 1977 and production commenced the following year with the production of fishing rods and golf clubs.[6] [7]
Globeride has fishing (Edwin, Snow Peak, Daiwa), golf (Fourteen, Roddio, G-III, ONOFF), racket sports (Prince) and cycle sports brands (Bottecchia, Focus Bikes, Corratec) in its portfolio.