Nivia Sports

Nivia Sports[1]
Private
Industry Sports Equipment
Founded 1934
Founder Nihal Chand Kharbanda
Headquarters Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Vijay Kharabanda
(Chief Managing Director)
Rajesh Kharabanda
(Managing Director)[2]
Number of employees
 2000 [3]
Website www.niviasports.com

Nivia Sports is an Indian sports equipments manufacturer based in Jalandhar, Punjab under the banner of FreeWill Sports Pvt Ltd.[4] The firm makes equipments like footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for football, cricket, hockey, badminton, basketball, tennis. It has partnered for many national sport events in India.

History

FreeWill Sports Pvt Ltd was incorporated in 1934 in Sialkot by Nihal Chand Kharbanda. In 1962, Vijay Kharbanda joined his father in business and set up Nivia Sports. The 1947 partition of the country saw the campany shift its base from Sialkot to Mumbai and from Mumbai to Meerut finally settling in Jalandhar. In the year 1962, the present CMD of the company, Vijay Kharbanda, joined with his father and started manufacturing a full range of leather hand stitched balls,[5] soccer, volleyball, handball, basketball under Nivia Sports.

Sponsorship

Nivia Sports have been kit sponsors for many sports teams over the year including I-league teams, Mumbai FC and DSK Shivajians.[6]

Basketball

Nivia Basketball

Nivia makes hand made balls. A basketball starts as a blob of rubber and squeezed through a machine over and over to flatten it to 0.5 - 1mm. Then it's cut & molded into round shape. This is the bladder that holds air. Bladders are inflated and woven by nylon thread around them. It strengthens the balls and helps stay around. When the mummy-looking balls got their skins they finally starts looking like basketballs. Rough edges are smoothed and lines are drawn by hands using one careful stroke at a time. Before the balls are ready for the courts, they are checked for air leaks for 24 hrs. A sample goes through a shooting test. The ball is shot at a speed of 25 mph at an iron plate of thickness of 1 inch for 2000 times. Then its diameter is measured in several spots to see if the ball kept its round shape. Finally after quality checks, balls are deflated for dispatching to tournaments. Covering the entire processes, in every 3 seconds Nivia makes 1 ball. CNNMoney takes through the making of basketball in Nivia's factory situated at Jalandhar (Punjab), India. [13]

Football

Clubs

Tournaments/Leagues

Former Sponsorships

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