The story
6 March 1934, Stig Hjelmquist founded in Tranås the company Firma Fabriksprodukter, that will later become Stiga.
1938 Production of the first articles that would make Stiga world-famous: the table tennis products.
1938 The new company name Stigma, later on changed to Stiga, was founded.
1943 Stiga started to produce equipment for table tennis under their own management. Mainly it was so called complete games with rackets, net, attachment system and ball.
1949 Sees a change of name from Stigma to Stiga.
1957 Production of the first table hockey game.
1971 Stiga was established abroad and sales offices in London and Helsinki were opened.
1976 (4 June) King Carl XVI Gustaf inaugurated Stiga's new factory of 18 000 m2, and with its total of 34,000m2 becoming, at the time, the largest factory in the Nordic countries for the manufacturing of motor driven lawn mowers.
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1981 The company is reorganized to better reflect Stiga's operations, creating three divisions: Sports, Gun and Garden.
1994 Stiga celebrates its 60th anniversary.
1997 Stiga has representation in around 40 countries, including in New Zealand, North America, South America and Eastern Europe.
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