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In 1981, they created the second urethane ball in the market, and Hammer was born. Hammer was the first to put a logo on the side of the ball. After a PBA player was featured in a tournament telecast using the ball with its visible claw hammer logo, sales exploded. The Hammer brand was also the first to produce a urethane two-piece ball.
Ebonite International was a parent company that oversaw the manufacture of bowling balls [1] and bowling equipment. Their headquarters and primary manufacturing facility was located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky before closing on November 15, 2019.
Easton Sports, Inc. originated in the archery company Jas. D. Easton, Inc., which was founded in 1953 by James Douglas "Doug" Easton (1907–1972). In 1922, while recuperating from a shotgun accident, Easton read the book Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Saxton Pope , and soon began making bows and arrows.
Track was a company involved in the manufacture and sales of bowling balls and ten-pin bowling related accessories. The company was purchased by Columbia Industries and subsequently transferred to Ebonite International of Hopkinsville, Kentucky when the latter acquired the former in February 2007.
Brunswick had begun assembling bowling equipment in Dublin in 1959, but it closed its Italian factory in 1966 and the Dublin facility in 1972. Then, in 1973, it entered into a manufacturing joint venture with Fuji Kikai-Hiroshima. In 2005 Brunswick moved its bowling ball production to Reynosa, Mexico, and in 2006 it closed the Muskegon plant. [9]
The USBC and World Bowling promulgate bowling ball specifications. USBC specifications include physical requirements for weight (≤16 pounds (7.3 kg)), diameter (8.500 inches (21.59 cm)—8.595 inches (21.83 cm)), surface hardness, surface roughness, hole drilling limitations (example: a single balance hole including the thumb hole for "two-handed" bowlers [3]), balance, plug limitations, and ...