The companies include Prince, Nordica, Rollerblade, Ektelon, Kastle, Asolo, and Killer Loop. Prince Sports Group, Inc. develops and markets tennis, squash, and badminton racquets. Current racquet manufacturing processing utilizes continuous hot melt or drum wound prepreg, cut into bias angled strips and rolled into tubes, which are placed into female molds and internally inflated to produce a hollow racquet frame structure.
All manufacturing is vendor-based outside the United States.
Their research and development department is involved with composite materials and processing as part of product development, specifying all material and process parameters for racquets. Research activities are focused on production cost reductions in the areas of racquet frame molding and finishing. Ektelon , an affiliated company, designs and markets racquet ball racquets and accessories, which are manufactured outside the United States, using carbon, glass, and aramid-epoxy prepregs.