Globeride

{{Short description|Japanese company}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2018}}

{{Infobox company

|name = Globeride, Inc.

|native_name = グローブライド株式会社

|native_name_lang = ja

|logo = Globeride company logo.svg

|logo_size = 250px

|type = Public KK

|traded_as = {{TYO|7990}}

|ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|JP3503800009}}

|foundation = {{Start date and age|1958}}

|hq_location_city = Higashikurume, Tokyo, 203-8511

|hq_location_country = Japan

|key_people = Akihiko Kishi
(Chairman)
Kazunari Suzuki
(President)

|industry = Sports equipment

|products = {{unbulleted list|Fishing equipment|Golf equipment|Tennis equipment|Cycle sports goods}}

|revenue = {{increase}} JPY 85.7 billion (FY 2017)

(US$ 808 million) (FY 2017)

|net_income = {{increase}} 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

|homepage = {{URL|http://www.globeride.co.jp/}}

|footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.globeride.jp/ir/company/ |title=Corporate Profile |publisher=Globeride Inc. |accessdate=August 3, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://markets.ft.com/data/equities/tearsheet/profile?s=7990:TYO |title=Corporate Profile |work=Financial Times |accessdate=August 3, 2018}}}}

{{nihongo|Globeride, Inc.|グローブライド株式会社| Gurōburaido Kabushiki-gaisha}}, formerly {{nihongo|Daiwa Seiko Corporation|ダイワ精工株式会社|Daiwa Seiko Kabushiki-gaisha}} 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.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.tackletradeworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Daiwa-Feat.pdf |title=Feel The Earth – Daiwa Feature |magazine=Tackle Trade World |publisher=David Hall Publishing |pages=88–89 |date=June 2016 |access-date=August 3, 2018}}

Founded by engineer Yoshio Matsui ({{lang|ja|松井義男}}, 1906-1983) in 1955 as {{nihongo|Matsui Manufacturing|松井製作所|Matsui Seisaku-sho}} and then formally established in 1958 as {{nihongo|Daiwa Precision Works Corporation|大和精工株式会社|Daiwa Seiko Kabushiki-gaisha}},{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=874305|title=Company Overview of Globeride, Inc.|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|accessdate=July 21, 2018}} the company renamed itself Globeride on October 1, 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.fisco.co.jp/uploads/globeride20170727_e.pdf |title=Globeride, Inc. Company research and analysis |first=Fumiya |last=Mizuno |date=July 27, 2017 |publisher=FISCO Ltd. |accessdate=July 21, 2018}} 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.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Strange |title=Japanese Manufacturing Investment in Europe: Its Impact on the UK Economy |date=September 11, 2002 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-95113-0 |page=120}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tackletradeworld.com/1977-to-2017-daiwa-sports-40-years-and-counting/ |title=1977 to 2017 – Daiwa Sports: 40 Years and counting |date=September 15, 2017 |work=Tackle Trade World |publisher=David Hall Publishing |accessdate=August 3, 2018}}