please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message aldila inc. type subsidiary industry sporting goods genre golf founder jim flood headquarters poway california united states key people peter r. mathewson products carbon fiber products including golf club shafts and ice hockey sticks number of employees over 1 400 parent mitsubishi rayon website www.aldila.com aldila inc. is a sports equipment manufacturing company based in poway california united states . the company specializes in oem and consumer golf club shafts but also manufactures other carbon fiber products . aldila manufactures oem shafts for many of the major golf club manufacturers including callaway taylormade and ping in addition to a range of aldila branded consumer shafts . production of shafts takes place outside of the united states vietnam and china while prepreg production occurs in poway . as the global economic downturn continued in late 2008 aldila reduced its workforce in light of diminishing prospects for the golf industry going into 2009 . 1 2 aldila is an italian word meaning the next life the after life or above and beyond depending on the context in which it is used . contents 1 sponsored tournaments 2 advisory staff 3 notes 4 external links sponsored tournaments edit aldila sponsors the aldila juniors at oak tree in the american junior golf association . 3 advisory staff edit aldila has contracted the services of many professional golfers on an advisory basis . players past and present who have worked with aldila are listed below . 4 stuart appleby boo weekley nick price rich beem heath slocum paula creamer gary mccord peter kostis notes edit dorman larry november 18 2008 . storms on the horizon of the golf industry . the new york times . retrieved 2008 01 06 . golf industry in trouble as economy worsens . msnbc . december 3 2008 . retrieved 2008 01 06 . tournament title sponsors . ajga . archived from the original on 22 april 2008 . retrieved 2008 04 21 . stuart appleby signs for aldila . today s golfer . august 23 2007 . retrieved 2009 01 10 . external links edit official aldila website this united states manufacturing company 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 aldila & oldid 738754231 categories companies based in san diego county californiasporting goods manufacturers of the united statesgolf equipment manufacturersgolf in the united statespublicly traded companies of the united statescompanies formerly listed on nasdaqunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2009all articles needing additional referencesall 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 add links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 21 37 . 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