Ciaran Lynch
36+ years experience in the tennis industry. Previously CEO of Textech Industries. Prior to that, worked at Bank of Ireland corporate lending.
Why TTI Sports International?
TTI Sports International has an impressive history as the world’s leading supplier of woven and needled tennis felt. Giving tennis ball manufacturers a range of felt options has helped define TTI’s global dominance in the tennis felt market. Our textile technology expertise allows us to create advanced specialty felts.
TTI Sports International works with individual customers to design felts that meet specific performance criteria. Customers who require engineered felt for specific court surfaces can count on TTI to meet their needs. The selection of the ideal raw material, proper blends, and unique felt finishing ensure optimum felt performance.
Year in and year out, TTI Sports continues to be the number one choice of Penn, Wilson and other premiere tennis ball makers.
80
Market Share
60
Experience Making Tennis Felt
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Increase in the Manufacturing Capacity in just 3 years
About TTI
Trusted Supplier
Wilson
The official ball of the U.S. Open since 1979
Penn
America's #1 selling tennis ball
Dunlop
Trusted in more than 30 worldwide professional events, including the ATP Masters 1000 Series
Srixon
America's #1 selling tennis ball
Dunlop
Trusted in more than 30 worldwide professional events, including the ATP Masters 1000 Series
Srixon
Manufacturing tennis balls since 1930 in Japan and enjoy the leading share of the Japanese tennis ball market
Babolat
Made its first venture into the world of sport in 1875, when tennis and badminton were still in their infancy
Yonex
A world leader in golf, tennis and badminton equipment
Capabilities
Weaving
Tournament Grade tennis felt is produced on traditional high-speed weaving looms using both projectile and rapier looms.
High performance woven, woolen felts are the result of custom fiber blends and specialty finishing including napping, fulling, and dyeing.
Innovative product development has incorporated various specialty fibers into these woven felts in order to improve performance.
Needling
The needling process is versatile and offers a wide range of weight and density for felt used on championship grade balls.
The precision needling process uses specialty felting needles to accomplish the mechanical interlocking of the fibers, resulting in a compacted, felted material.
The versatility of the needling process creates the possibility for innovative felt design.
Acrylic Non-Woven
Offered as a lower cost, non-woven alternative, this product is made with solution dyed fibers in a blend of acrylic and polyester.
– Scrim-less design that requires no finishing.
This product is normally used for low cost, pressure-less tennis balls.
– No pressurized packaging is required.
History
TTI Sports International has an impressive history as the world’s leading supplier of woven and needled tennis felt– we began making tennis felt in the 1960’s; in the 70’s we made the transition from white to fluorescent yellow felt; in the 80’s we introduced a high-quality, non-woven, needled punched tennis felt.
In the 90’s, as more tennis ball manufacturers moved to Asia, TTI Sports set up factories in Thailand and China. Our Asia initiative provided ball manufacturers an efficient supply chain.
Giving tennis ball manufacturers a range of felt options has helped define TTI Sports global dominance in the tennis felt market. Our textile technology expertise allows us to create advanced specialty felts.
TTI Sports works with individual customers to design felts that meet specific performance criteria. Customers who require engineered felt for specific court surfaces can count on TTI Sports to meet their needs. The selection of the ideal raw material, proper blends, and unique felt finishing ensure optimum felt performance.
The result of our commitment to quality and innovation? Year in and year out, TTI Sports continues to be the number one choice of Penn, Wilson and other premiere tennis ball makers.
Meet Our Team
John Stankiewicz
35+ years in finance and operations in the technical textile industry
Vincent Gallacher
Senior Vice President of Product Development & Innovation – Over 10 years experience developing technical textile products. Previously spent 20+ years in engineering management in the semiconductor industry
David Huang
Asian sales director. 15+ years with TTI sports specializing in the tennis industry
Steve Judge
Over 46+ years with Tex Tech. 25+ years exclusively within the Tennis division
Stephen Rogers
15+ years leading the Asian manufacturing operations. Located in Bangkok
Lisa Bowman
20+ years experience with Tex Tech Previously worked at Builders Federal in Thailand Located in Thailand
Alan Keenan
Alan has been managing construction projects for over 15 years. Alan is currently based in Thailand and overseeing phase 4 of TTI Sport’s on-going expansion program
Joanne Thomas-Kemp
Jo has over 20 years’ experience in international sales and racket sports product management, supporting customers and partners to drive growth and bring innovative products to market
Press Releases
TTI Sports Officially opens its state of the art facility in Thailand
View photos of the official opening of our state of the art facility in Thailand.
Strait Lane Announces Acquisition of TTI Sports International
DALLAS, TX – July 7th, 2021 – Strait Lane Capital Partners, LLC (“Strait Lane”), a family-owned private investment firm, is pleased to announce its acquisition of TTI Sports International, Ltd. (“TTI”). The transaction was
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