1976: ERIMA as Adidas subsidiary

Erich Mak sells ERIMA for reasons of age and lack of an available successor. Adidas purchases the highly profitable company with around 600 staff at the time. The wing becomes the brand logo of the company for the first time. Thanks to specially negotiated contracts some teams appear in ERIMA or Adidas jerseys on alternate weeks.

1980-1996: From the safety pin to multiple team sports

For ERIMA the creed of the 1980s safeguards the quality. ERIMA offers an ever-increasing range of high-quality products for diverse sports, such as football, swimming, track and field athletics, gymnastics, handball, tennis, cycling races, bowling, basketball or jogging.

1993: Difficult times

During this period the company's profits mainly come from the textile production for Adidas. The production outsourcing to Asia a few years later nearly caused the disappearance of the long-established Swabian company.

1996: New beginning

Adidas hires Wolfram Mannherz to fundamentally redevelop the crumbling company. The "red ball" becomes the new brand logo. The wing is replaced for the moment, but soon celebrates its comeback.

Since 2000: Sports associations trust ERIMA quality

In 2007 the German Shooting Federation follows the German Gymnastics Association (2003) as official ERIMA partners. The German Volleyball Association, the German Canoe Association, the German Skating Union, the German Roller Skating and Inline Hockey Sports Association, the German Tennis Federation, as well as the Austrian Olympics Committee, are added over the years.

2004: The establishment of the modern by relying on tradition

The previous "red ball" brand is replaced with the notorious "wing" adapted to modern times. The modern brand image builds on the company's proud history steeped in tradition, thus creating a communicative focus for the future.

2014: DThe constant drive for innovation

Innovation is an important pillar of the ERIMA identity. The football world début, the ERIMA HYBRID TRAINING, is the first ball which combines the advantages of adhesive and hand-stitched technology. The innovative football impresses with an extremely robust polyurethane outer skin, specially protected seams and the "Soft Touch" technology which improves playing properties.

2016: Gold, Silver & Bronze in Rio

ERIMA athletes stand out at the Olympic Games in Rio. The athletes in canoeing, shooting and modern pentathlon compete for medals in ERIMA. With 14 medals, ERIMA is number 1 on the German medals table of suppliers.

2017: Close connection

Up to 2017 Fabian Hambüchen is the ERIMA face in gymnastics. In 2013 Elisabetz Seitz is added as a brand ambassador. The new ERIMA gymnastics team is now completed with the Olympic bronze medallist Sophie Scheder, the multiple German champion Lukas Dauser and the young talent Tabea Alt.
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1900-1928: The early years of a never-ending story

In a company's history there are many changes and further developments, but at ERIMA there is always one constant: The love for sport. This passion has accompanied us since day one and is an integral element of the ERIMA identity. Remigius Wehrstein sets up the sportswear factory of knitwear for gymnastics, track and field athletics and fencing in Reutlingen. The foundation for the ERIMA brand has been laid.

1928-1936: New owner

The company changes ownership. It is then renamed "R. Wehrstein & Co. Sportfabrik Reutlingen". A few years later the three bosses are bankrupt.

1951-1954: Birth of the traditional name ERIMA

The company is named after its owner ERIch MAk and gets a new logo. The brand name used henceforth establishes itself on the market. The ERIMA brand name is associated with first-class sports textiles and is thus set on a path of growth and expansion. A second pillar is developed with the swimwear area.

1960-1972: Gold, Silver and Bronze winners shimmer in ERIMA

Sporting successes have shaped the ERIMA brand right from the start: Rome, Tokyo, Mexico City and Munich – ERIMA is regularly represented on the podium wherever the Olympic flag is hoisted and athletes from all nations compete for Gold, Silver and Bronze. ERIMA is the official supplier of German athletes at all four Olympic Games.

1960-1980: ERIMA is omnipresent

FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, VfB Stuttgart, 1. FC Cologne, 1. FC Kaiserlautern, Eintracht Frankfurt and many more – in the 70s and 80s ERIMA supplies almost the entire football Bundesliga. Also at that time many successful clubs from the German handball and volleyball scene chase points and titles in ERIMA gear.