A.E. Schmidt Billiards Competitors

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Headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, Escalade Sports is a publicly-traded (NASDAQ: ESCA) manufacturer of consumer sporting goods and recreational products. As a multi-category industry leader, Escalade Sports markets its products under multiple consumer brands distributed through major sporting goods retailers, mass merchandisers, specialty dealers, and online retailers across the United States and internationally. The company’s involvement in sporting goods spans nearly 100 years since its founding in 1927 as Indian Archery and Toy Company. Today, Escalade Sports competes in a dozen categories including basketball, table tennis, archery, darting, fitness, pickleball, game room, billiards, outdoor lawn and tailgate games, and playground equipment. Our brand portfolio includes 46 industry-leading brands including Goalrilla, Goaliath, and Silverback residential, in-ground basketball hoops; STIGA and Ping-Pong table tennis tables & accessories; Bear Archery and Trophy Ridge archery equipment; Arachnid and Accudart darting; Onix pickleball; the STEP and LIFELINE fitness products. At the heart of every brand within the Escalade Sports family is a promise to deliver innovative, high-quality products to help families be active and enjoy serious play together. Escalade Sports operates several manufacturing and operational facilities across the United States, Mexico, and China. The company’s products can be found online and in-stores at retailers including Amazon, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Walmart, Academy Sports, and more.

As kids growing up in New Mexico, Butch and Donny worked for their dad setting up and re-covering pool tables. Their dad had a shop in every house they ever lived in. Little did they know they were learning a trade that would carry them through the rest of their lives. In the summer of 1969, Butch moved to California. Donny decided to follow in 1972. That's when the Olhausen boys started their own company, moving and re-covering pool tables. They also delivered new tables for a small manufacturing company in San Diego. They charged $12 to deliver and install a new table, using Butch's classic '59 El Camino. Then came what they thought was a great opportunity. The owner of the manufacturing company that they delivered for offered to sell them the business for $1000 and take a note back on the inventory. So in 1973, they took everything they had and bought the company lock, stock and barrel. The company they bought was making about 35 tables annually. The first year, their goal was to somehow double the business and sell 70 tables. Within two years, they were selling over 300. Olhausen Billiard Manufacturing, Inc. is now selling almost 30,000 tables a year in their 250,000-square-foot facility in Portland, Tennessee. Still family-owned and operated, Olhausen has consistently pursued a tradition of dedication to Quality, Service, Selection and Value. These attributes and four generations in the business have earned their company the title of "The Best in Billiards."