type private industry sporting & recreational goods founded 1936 headquarters litchfield illinois products quad skates inline skates skating accessories other sporting goods website www.rollerderby.com roller derby skate corp is an american manufacturer and distributor of sporting goods specializing in quad skates inline skates ice hockey skates skateboards skating accessories and recently through its acquisition of 360 inc. sporting goods for water sports including body boards surfboards and swim products . roller derby sells products under the brands roller derby california advanced sports pacer labeda and 360 inc. it is the second largest supplier of inline skates to the u.s. market . they have just introduced a labeda skate that is designed for roller derby . roller derby is the largest manufacturer of roller skates in the united states . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit roller derby was founded in 1936 by oscar seltzer the brother of roller derby pioneer leo seltzer as a manufacturer of boots for roller and ice skates . company logo . initially the company had a single plant in litchfield illinois . the company opened an additional assembly plant in california in 1953 followed by offices warehouses and a distribution center in atglen pennsylvania in 1971 . the company eventually moved manufacturing operations overseas first to taiwan then to mainland china . its u.s. manufacturing facilities were converted to offices warehouses and distribution centers . the company is still based in litchfield illinois . see also edit roller derby skateboard competitors k2 skates riedell skates rollerblade salomon group no longer in skate business references edit 1 history of roller derby skate corp. 2 hoovers external links edit roller derby homepage . roller derby historical society of montgomery county illinois this article about an industrial 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 roller derby brand & oldid 738583044 categories privately held companies based in illinoisindustrial 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 add links this page was last modified on 9 september 2016 at 21 01 . 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