1 headquarters taichung city taiwan 2 key people lo kunnan products racquet sports equipment and accessories golf equipment parent kunnan enterprise ltd. slogan it s not rocket science it s racket science website www.prokennex.com prokennex is a taiwanese manufacturer of racquet sports equipment for tennis squash badminton and racquetball . the company enjoyed wide global distribution in the 1980s when manufacturing in taiwan was booming due to domestic economic conditions . parent company kunnan enterprise ltd. has faced financial difficulties since the mid 1990s leading to a contraction of the prokennex name globally . 3 today the company focuses on a niche set of consumers interested in technology advancements in racquet sports . the company focusses on this aspect of its products by promoting itself as a science and design company rather than a standard racket manufacturer . 4 the origins of the company began in 1965 when lo kunnan the son of a plastic toy gun manufacturer began producing wooden badminton racquets in the backyard of his father s house . 5 in 1968 lo moved on to producing wooden tennis racquets followed by aluminum racquets in 1973 . in 1978 lo launched sporting goods company kunnan enterprises ltd. with prokennex as its racquet brand . according to the company website prokennex made history in 1980 by making the world s first mid size graphite tennis racquet followed by the world s first graphite squash racquet in 1983 . 6 references edit about pro kennex taiwantrade getting back into the swing of things sports rackets prokennex official website about pro kennex about us this article about a taiwanese corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title prokennex & oldid 735565808 categories companies based in taichungcompanies established in 1978tennis equipment manufacturerssporting goods manufacturers of taiwantaiwanese brandstaiwanese company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 21 august 2016 at 16 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view