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and or by introducing a disambiguation page or discuss this issue on the talk page . december 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message stiga is today a trademark for various products . from the origin its a swedish company from tran s sm land j nk pings l n started in 1934 . today it is part of the global organisation of global garden products ggp in italy . the first product series for table tennis made since 1934 are now separated in stiga sports ab after the change to ggp . the company name is derived from the first company owner stig hjelmquist . stiga table hockey game contents 1 history 2 stiga sports ab 3 global garden products sweden ab 4 other uses 5 references 6 external links history edit from stigma to stiga and today global garden products 1934 on march 6 1934 stig hjelmquist received a loan of 4000 swedish crowns in tran s sweden . his company name had the name firma fabriksprodukter which later became stiga ab . 1 1938 the first products became table tennis products which still known worldwide . first brand name was stigma which became stiga later on . 1949 the company name was changed from stigma to today s name stiga . 1954 in the 1950s stig hjelmquist imported the first lawn mowers with horizontally rotating blades from united states which was the begin of today s product series . already end of the 1950s stiga sold riding lawn mowers . 1971 stiga expands outside sweden and opens offices in london united kingdom and helsinki swed helsingfors finland . 1976 on june 4 king carl xvi gustav opens the new 18 000 square meters plant with a total size of 34 000 square meters . this was the largest plant in scandinavia for motor operated lawn mowers . 1978 stig hjelmquist retires after being executive president of the company for 44 years . 1981 stiga changes the company structure to sport weapon and garden . 1986 stiga is the largest producer of lawn mowers . 1994 stiga celebrates 60 years . this year the world s first battery operated riding lawn mower is sold . 1997 after several years expansion stiga now exists globally in about 40 countries . 2000 stiga cooperates with castelgarden spa italy and alpina professional & garden spa italy and initiates the new new headquarter global garden products ggp veneto italy . ggp acquires mountfield a well known brand in england . 2014 stiga celebrates 80 years with ny product design and optimized communication towards customers in the shops . four anniversary models are sold . stiga sports ab edit stiga sports ab is most known for its table tennis equipment . 2 table tennis products are the very first products of the company from the start in the 1930s . today stiga sports ab product range is no longer part of the ggp sweden ab and is located in eskilstuna sweden . 3 a subsidiary has been started in china to meet the demands of this market . stiga sports products are today sold in 140 countries worldwide . 4 global garden products sweden ab edit ggp sweden ab previously named stiga ab is a maker of lawn mowers snow blowers chainsaws and other lawn machinery with the trade mark stiga . in 2002 the company became part of global garden products italy s.p.a located in castelfranco veneto a municipality of the province of treviso in the veneto region of northern italy . 5 ggp sweden ab is today s official name but products are solder under the brand stiga . 6 the company is still located in tran s. biggest competitor is the husqvarna group with its headquarters in stockholm and huskvarna j nk pings l n . other uses edit stiga snowracer in finland stiga has become a genericized trademark for a snowracer . this is a child sized downhill racing sled equipped with two longer skis and a shorter ski at the front controlled by a steering wheel . citation needed references edit all entries of section history from http www.stiga.se om stiga vaar historia.html stiga to sponsor world team cup table tennis events . www.sportspromedia.com . retrieved 21 september 2015 . http www.stiga.se om stiga kontakt.html http stigatabletennis.com en about stiga stiga history stiga history part 3 table tennis . www.pingpongruler.com . retrieved 26 february 2016 . http www.stiga.se external links edit official website stiga games games division stiga ukraine ukraine seller table tennis stiga table tennis stiga this sweden related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title stiga & oldid 729989587 categories manufacturing companies of swedensporting goods manufacturers of swedentool manufacturing companies of swedenswedish brandssweden stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2015all articles needing additional referencesarticles with topics of unclear notability from december 2015all articles with topics of unclear notabilitywikipedia articles lacking focus from december 2015all wikipedia articles lacking focusall articles with unsourced statementsarticles 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