sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message brine type subsidiary of new balance industry sporting goods founded 1922 as the w.h. brine company founder w.h. brine headquarters milford massachusetts products footwear apparel sports equipment number of employees 87 slogan find your game website brine.com warrior sports inc. doing business as brine is a sporting goods manufacturer in the united states . it manufactures lacrosse soccer volleyball and field hockey equipment . it markets its products under its own brand as well as in the crease for goals and goal accessories . the company was founded by w.h. brine in 1922 as the w.h. brine company . it was privately owned by the brine family and named brine inc. before it was acquired by new balance on august 4 2006 . contents 1 history 1.1 foundation 1.2 1950s 1.3 1960s 1.4 1970s 1.5 cascade 1.6 recent years 2 external links history edit foundation edit brine was founded in 1922 by w.h. brine as the w.h. brine company . it started as a small sports equipment and uniform company . they sold to private schools and regional camps quickly growing to a major manufacturer of lacrosse and soccer equipment . 1950s edit during the 1950s brine focused on lacrosse . lacrosse sticks were all wooden at the time and the only company producing them was chisholm lacrosse which was located on the st. regis reservation cornwall island canada . with the encouragement and assistance from a. macdonald murphy of governor dummer academy ferris thomsen coach of penn and princeton and mort lapointe of bowdoin college the brine family began to explore the possibilities of manufacturing lacrosse sticks . 1960s edit brine started to manufacture soccer balls and equipment in the 1960s . it was the first company to cover the ball with synthetic leather to make it more durable . it was also the first to make a perfectly round bladder and the first to unconditionally guarantee a ball . 1970s edit attempting to make a lacrosse stick that was durable and easy to make the brine family experimented with laminated wood plastic fiberglass and aluminum but could not find a material that met the performance standards . they continued to experiment and eventually found surlyn a dupont plastic to have the necessary properties to survive the intensity of lacrosse . brine then developed a molding technique that was the basic draft shape of the standard in modern sticks . cascade edit main article cascade lacrosse in 1986 bill brine left the family s company and founded cascade now the largest lacrosse helmet and eyewear company in the world . recent years edit brine started an apparel line and a line of volleyball equipment in the 1990s . in 2000 it released a full line of field hockey equipment . brine began to make lacrosse helmets and eyemasks in 2003 . also in 2003 brine acquired in the crease a lacrosse goal and accessories company based in penn yan new york and in 2004 it began making athletic footwear . on august 4 2006 new balance acquired brine and shortly after that the name was changed to brine corp. from brine inc. external links edit brine official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title brine brand & oldid 670515270 categories sportswear brandscompanies established in 1922clothing companies of the united stateslacrosse equipmentshoe companies of the united statessporting goods manufacturers of the united statescompanies based in massachusettshidden categories articles lacking sources from august 2013all articles lacking sources 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 8 july 2015 at 13 25 . 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