Michael you say 'Ron thompson and small name brands break'are you willing to substantiate this allegation?
Ron thompson is part of Svendsen Sport A young genius businessman with the name Lars Erik Svendsen founded Svendsen Sport 26 years ago. It all started from the cellar of his parent?s house, with some fly imports from Britain, a few cane rods were added and some fly tying material. Few people realized that this was the start of a tackle empire.
Today 26 years later and with brands like Scierra, Ron Thompson, Eiger, Imax, ProLogic and the European agency for Okuma, Svendsen Sports is one of the largest fishing tackle and outdoor clothing manufactures/distributors in Europe.
One of the most important milestones for the company took place in 1991, when Svendsen Sport, with Lars in the driving seat, was appointed European agent for Okuma. That was when the export business really took off. 2002 was a fantastic year, where over one million Okuma reels were sold.
In 1995 the company opened in Sweden, closely followed by Germany in 1997, United Kingdom in 1998, France in 2000 and in 2001 offices were opened in Holland and Belgium.
When the offices opened in Great Britain 6 years ago, we had only 2 staff, operating out of a 3,000 sqft warehouse in Pontypridd, just outside Cardiff. The business grew very quickly and today our warehouse is 30,000 sqft and we employ over 25 staff.
One of the best achievements for us here in the UK was when Ron Thompson was voted the best Beach Caster Rod and when Scierra TI+ was voted best salmon rod in the 2002 Emap awards.
We have been asked on countless occasions - ?When will you have a web site?? - So, here it is. I wish you a very warm welcome to the 2004 Svendsen Sports web site.