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Baseball glove company brings manufacturing back to USA

Posted 11/24/2008 - 8:43 PM : Viewed 16245 times.
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In August 2008, Akadema Inc did what very few American companies do these days. They brought American manufacturing home and created jobs for American craftsmen. Since the 1950's the American baseball glove manufacturing industry has shrunk from an estimated five thousands jobs to less then fif......
Baseball glove company brings manufacturing back to USA

Video: Akadema Plant Churning Out Bats

Posted 6/26/2008 - 9:34 PM : Viewed 10683 times.
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Ever wonder how baseball bats are made? Come with PressPassTV as we check out Akadema, a company that makes a variety of baseball products, as they show us the process involved in making bats for the little league kids and the big league pros.
Video: Akadema Plant Churning Out Bats

The Way It Should Be Done

Posted 4/23/2008 - 11:14 AM : Viewed 3078 times.
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The other surprise requires a bit of backstory. Some time over the summer I was on the john, and I was reading a newspaper article about a baseball equipment company that uses interesting technology in their products. Most baseball gloves look the same, but Akadema explores different ways of shaping......
The Way It Should Be Done

NJ company revives Ken-Wel gloves

Posted 4/7/2008 - 2:43 PM : Viewed 3019 times.
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Ken-Wel lives. And Scott Fiesthumel has something to do with it. Ken-Wel, the sporting goods company that was founded in Gloversville during World War I before spending decades making its products in New Hartford and Utica and then gradually running out of gas nearly 50 years ago, has been r......
NJ company revives Ken-Wel gloves

CoachYouthSports.com Now Offers Combat Baseball & Softball Products

Posted 1/26/2008 - 2:39 AM : Viewed 6641 times.
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Sparta, NJ (PRWEB) January 25, 2008 -- CoachYouthSports.com, a leading provider of youth coaching materials, proudly announces the expansion of its offerings to include Combat Baseball and Softball products. Combat has the hottest composite bat in the industry, the Combat B1 DaBomb and the new Comba......
CoachYouthSports.com Now Offers Combat Baseball & Softball Products

Akadema, A Company to watch in 2008

Posted 1/3/2008 - 9:28 PM : Viewed 6334 times.
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Scores of businesses made big news in 2007, growing through mergers and acquisitions, shrinking to become more efficient, struggling to survive. Up-and-coming local companies also began to flex their muscles, gaining market share through good timing, new products and innovation. Looking to the year ......
Akadema, A Company to watch in 2008

Akadema starting to hit their stride

Posted 11/6/2007 - 8:13 PM : Viewed 1469 times.
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Some batters are mighty particular about their pitches, only swinging at those squarely down the middle. In the business world, companies often excel with a similarly narrow approach to targeting markets. But Lawrence and Joe Gilligan decided early in the evolution of Akadema -- their 10-year-old......
Akadema starting to hit their stride

Akadema Sponsored Baseball tourney set for Ubly Homecoming

Posted 7/14/2007 - 5:46 AM : Viewed 8822 times.
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A new and exciting event has been added to the Ubly Homecoming. Ubly High School varsity baseball coach Jim Becker has helped coordinate the Fight Against Cancer Baseball Tournament. “It doesn’t get any better than summer baseball,” said Becker. “We’re just hoping to have some fun, competitive g......
Akadema Sponsored Baseball tourney set for Ubly Homecoming

'Step Up to the Plate'

Posted 5/21/2007 - 1:45 PM : Viewed 4224 times.
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“Step Up to the Plate” for a chance to win an expenses-paid trip to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. Presented locally by the Grand Rapids Area Library, together with the Baseball Hall of Fame and the American Library Association, the contest was created to ......
'Step Up to the Plate'

James Jones Earns Akadema Baseball Rookie of the Week Award

Posted 3/27/2007 - 1:46 PM : Viewed 2907 times.
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After a strong performance in the Blackbirds’ first home series of the season, Long Island University first baseman James Jones (Brooklyn, N.Y.) was named the Akadema/Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week. The freshman hit .545 over three games last week, including a 3-for-4 performance in Long Is......
James Jones Earns Akadema Baseball Rookie of the Week Award
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