Text taken from part of an article written for the Industry New Zealand publication ‘Venture’ (Dec 02-Feb 03).

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When you’re next watching an international field hockey match, chances are the goalies are wearing protective gear made by OBO, a Palmerston North company.

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While watching the 1992 Olympic hockey final held in Barcelona, Simon Barnett listened to his hockey-playing friends criticize the quality of the goal keeping equipment being used. From this, and the wish to defend his existing hockey importing business from competitors with access to foam kickers, he decided that there was an opportunity to enter the goal keeping market on a global scale, utilising modern product design and manufacturing approaches, and using unique and high quality New Zealand made closed cell foam.

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