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Rantzows Sport AB

...... was founded and are situated in Sweden, since 1926. Our business is developing, manufacturing and selling sports equipments. We are also doing installations, services and safety inspections of gymnastic- and sports arenas with our own installation people. Our main customers are communities, schools and sport clubs. While working close together
with sportsexperts, designers and architects, we can always offer the market an actual and complete range of sportsproducts.

We are the biggest player on the market and we have a turnover of around 15 million Euros and we are 65 employees. The catalogue of ours of almost 250 pages is sent out to approximately 22 000 customers.

Rantzows Sport AB has a affiliate in Latvia as well, but we are owned by the company Kerko Sport OY in Finland. We also have a sister company in Norway, IFAS Sport. The name of the concern is Kerko Sport Group and we are totally around 120 employees and have a turnover of approximately 34 million Euros. We have for some years exactly the same catalogue in all three countries and it is distributed in around 55 000 copies in Scandinavia. This makes us one of the biggest suppliers in the whole Europe of sport equipment!

In the end of year 2007, we will start a division with Swimmingpool and Swimequipment. Meet us for the first time at FSB in Colonge Oct 31 - Nov 2.

We also welcome you to our main web-site - Qlick (only in swedish)

Anti-Wave story

Anton Kajlich, an All American water polo player at UC Berkeley and a member of the Czechoslovakia’s national team for much of the 1960s, founded AntiWave in 1977. Over the years, this combination of Vaupell’s molding (in USA) and manufacturing expertise and Anton’s continued design and development work has placed AntiWave at the forefront of our market.  With an approach founded on an insistence on quality, value for money, service and innovation, AntiWave continues to challenge competitors and consumers alike: How good do you want to be?

A major milestone in our growth came in 1994 with the introduction of the unique "Supertensioner". This turnbuckle tensioning device not only eliminates all of the annoyances associated with the antiquated take up reel and wrench design, but it also greatly reduces the hassles associated with moving lane lines in and out of pools.  Following up on this achievement was the introduction of the “ForeRunner” racing lane.  The lane’s discs combine a unique design that directs waves downward into the water, with an increased size - 4.75 inches in diameter, compared to the standard 4 inches.  The result is a wave-quell effect second to none.  Building on the success of this design, the 6-inch “Maximum” lane was developed for international competition, with a record-setting launch at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.  Those Olympic games showcased not only our racing lanes, but also the introduction of our  “Odyssey” floating water polo goal.  Combining form with function, it is simply the finest floating goal on the market.  2002 saw the introduction of the “Club” floating goal, a derivative of the “Odyssey” design, and the “Ultimate” lane storage reel.  Both heralded a new standard of quality and value.  The “Universal” wall goal was introduced in 2005, and is a "one-size-fits-all" design to suit the shallow or deep end.  In 2006 we introduced a new line of Starting Platforms, all superbly designed and made of hand-laid fiberglass for optimum quality and durability.

For 2007, we have added a range of Water Polo Balls, plus two very exciting new Folding floating polo goals.  The “FlipFloat” is a full-size competitive goal, similar to the very popular “Club” goal, but with the added advantage that it folds flat for storage.  The “Flippa” goal has the same design concept, but at seven feet across is ideal for junior water polo, practice, or residential pools.