  asics is a japanese athletic equipment company which produces footwear and sports equipment designed for a wide range of sports, generally in the upper price range. the name asics is an acronym for the latin phrase anima sana in corpore sano which translates as "a healthy mind in a healthy body." in recent years their running shoes have often been ranked among the top performance footwear in the market. asics bought the outdoor brand haglÃ¶fs on july 12, 2010, for sek1,000,000,000 ($128.7&nbsp;million). ==history==  asics ltd. began as onitsuka co., ltd on september 1, 1949. its founder, kihachiro onitsuka, began manufacturing ba
Athletic_shoe_brands Companies_based_in_Kobe Companies_established_in_1949 Shoe_brands Shoe_companies_of_Japan Sporting_goods_manufacturers_of_Japan Sportswear_brands