Biography"[In] 1946 Kyozo Sasaki, the founder of SSK, established a sporting goods shop in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto. 1975 Sasaki Industry Co., Ltd was established in Takefu, Fukui Prefecture to produce sportswear. 1977 Echo Sports Co., Ltd was established to retail SSK brand sporting goods. 1978 The Dimple-processed baseball glove was developed...1983 The use of dimple-processed baseball gloves was officially approved by the U.S. major leagues...2004 Signed the distribution agreement with New Era Cap Company Co. for Japanese market. New Era headquartered in the US is the official supplier of Major League Baseball Cap."--https://www.ssksports.com/profile/history.html
