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Biography"Founded by William J. Voit – the son of German-American immigrants – Voit began its journey as a humble tire retreading company in Los Angeles, California. With a passion for invention and delight in California’s sunny beaches, William J. Voit, developed and patented an all-rubber inflatable ball with an air retention valve that gave way to the first rubber beach ball.With the success of the rubber beach ball, Voit underwent a dramatic transition and throughout the 1930s and 40s Voit introduced a number of patents that revolutionized the way we play. Chief amongst these innovations, Voit developed a process of vulcanization that allowed leather to be fixed onto a separate rubber bladder; a crucial step in the development of the modern basketball."--https://voit.com/pages/story
