The
Voit

Voit Corporation is a sporting goods company founded by German
American entrepreneur William J.
Voit

Voit of Worthington, Indiana
(1880–1946).
Contents
1 History
2
Voit

Voit sponsorship in football
3 References
4 External links
History[edit]
Voit

Voit began in
Los Angeles

Los Angeles in 1922 as a tire retreading products
factory.[1] In the late 1920s
Voit

Voit developed and patented the first
full-molded, all-rubber inflatable ball and the first needle-type air
retention valves. They also developed highly accurate pocket and wrist
watches during this period.
In 1931,
Voit

Voit developed and patented the first all-rubber athletic
balls, including the process of vulcanization which allowed a material
to be fixed onto a separate rubber bladder. In the same year, it
changed names from the W. J.
Voit

Voit Corporation to
Voit

Voit Rubber
Corporation.[2]
Later in the 1930s,
Voit

Voit developed the process of icosahedron winding,
which allowed balls to be machine wound with nylon threads over the
bladder, providing both strength and consistency in shape and
permitting mass production by a machine processed.
Those
Voit

Voit patents and products made possible greatly increased
athletic and recreation activity in the school systems, and led to
universal use of a new type of product that now dominates sales in its
field.
In 1957, the company was purchased by AMF.[1]
Other developments and patents later in the 1950s and 1960s included:
The
Swimaster line of professional dive equipment.
Voit

Voit was one of the
five original USA diving gear makers: US Divers, Healthways, Voit,
Dacor, Swimaster.
Voit

Voit scuba gear got a tie-in in the
James Bond

James Bond movie
Thunderball (film).[3]
The Equi Staff line of professional golf equipment (which included the
innovation of the "Power Plugs" or screws to adjust the balance of
golf clubs).
The first rubber-bodied water polo ball (which was adopted as the
official ball of college, international and Olympic competitions).
Voit

Voit V-Shock digital watch
V-Shock, introduced in the late 1990s, was Voit's inexpensive
alternative to the
Casio

Casio G-Shock watches. They have since been
discontinued.
Voit

Voit sponsorship in football[edit]
Official match ball for
Liga MX

Liga MX and Liga FPD.[4][5]
Liga MX's referees
Oscar (Conejo) Pérez
References[edit]
^ a b LaGanga, Maria L. (September 29, 1987). "
Voit

Voit Workers Recall a
Bygone Industry".
Los Angeles

Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ "History". Voit.com. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
^
Voit

Voit Scuba Gear
^ "
Liga MX

Liga MX presenta balón para Apertura 2017". ESPN Deportes. 18 June
2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ Molina, José Pablo (20 June 2017). "El Campeón abre en Guadalupe".
El Guardián (Costa Rica) (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2017.
External links[edit]
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