Head factory in Austria - Racquets made by hand says Ernests Gulbis
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-UMM...eature=channel

At 5:40

QC must be crazy good there...

They do the same in China and I guess any other country which produce tennis rackets.

This is why I hate Head as a company. The pros can get the high quality racquets made in Austria but the everyday rec player can only get the sheet made in China.

And with Wilson the pros can get the sheet made in China as well as a rec player.:)

What makes you think "made by hand" is better? Machines seem more dependable than most of the people I know.

Head is from Austria?

Sure. What did you think?

60 frames a year get broke? Surprising, considering he rarely makes it past the 2nd round in tournaments. :)

He breaks them during practice then! :twisted:

That's probably why...

I have posted before photos of the Head factory in Austria. If there is interest I will post them again.

please!!!:)

Compare this to that Prince video in China..........

Wow! Really awesome stuff there!

thank you very much vsbabolat,really very interesting

great photos VS Babolat!
 

:cool: loved the photos...I worked for Head 1989-96, Had my own sports agency In Oz. Always wanted to visit the factory in Kennelbach. Interested to know vs did you manage to get a tour there? Or are the photos from another site?
Thanks.

There's a post somewhere in the racquet forum that has footage of the Prince factory.

Exactly the same stuff, mostly handmade.

I'm looking for the link.

Edit; Found it: http://www.facebook.com/video/video....6165511&ref=nf

Anyone got the link to the video of the prince factory when it posted a few months back?

:lol:

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Why hate head because of that? Why waste more money on people who are the targets of the market as opposed to people who are advertising the product. Also it takes so much time do you know how much money they would lose? Besides a handful of the people on the board, no one really is good enough to need complete matched and high grade racquets.

When they had the microgel line, if you bought the Instinct, about 1/2 of them were still made in Austria. I don't believe any other model was. I'm a dealer, and it just seemed that some came from China and some from Austria. Anyone else aware of this?