England may have performed badly in the recent Ashes and Davies Cup but there is one sporting area where Britain succeeds. Pittards lead the world in making special technical leathers for the widest range of sports from soccer to sailing to golf, horse riding, climbing, running and baseball.
Pittards have developed a range of new leathers with such outstanding technical abilities that they are now being demanded by the world’s top sports people and top national teams.
Only recently the Italian national soccer team announced it would be using Puma boots made specially with Pittards leather. British equestrian hopeful, Olympic silver medallist Jeanette Brakewell, is selecting different Pittards leathers for her gloves, boots and saddles.
60% of top professional golfers are wearing Footjoy or Adidas shoes and gloves made with Pittards leather; US baseball star Barry Bonds who holds the Home Runs record and 90% of other professional baseball players use equipment and gloves made from Pittards leather; the list just goes on.
John Buckley, Pittards group financial director, said: ‘We have invested heavily to develop leathers that retain all the wonderful features of the traditional material but also incorporate outstanding new technical advantages such as water resistance and lightness; scratch resistance; anti-microbial protection; extra durability; additional grip; fire resistance; extra softness and a host of other unique features.
‘These additional properties are increasingly being seen as giving an edge to world class performers and undoubtably our growing involvement with leading sports goods companies such as Adidas, Nike, Footjoy and Puma is contributing to our overall success.’
