Victor Rackets Industrial Corporation (stylized as VICTOR) is a Taiwanese manufacturer of sporting equipment with products ranging from badminton and squash rackets, sportswear, shoes, shuttlecocks, and other equipment for the sport.[2] Its products are among the ones approved by Badminton World Federation for international tournaments.[3]
History
Victor was founded in 1968 by Chen Den-li, producing badminton shuttlecocks which in two years topped the sales in Taiwan.[4] It expanded its distribution to Europe after Guido Schmidt started the distribution with VICTOR Sport Vertriebs GmbH as the trademark rights holder for the continent.[5] In 1992, Victor opened its production center in Nanjing, Jiangsu.[6]