Hmmm was apacs ever legitimately a UK brand? The parent/operating company at present is clearly a malaysian company. Some companies like to register their businesses in other more developed countries as a short cut to gain some brand prestige, with the ownership and base of operations still in their own country. Always thought this was the case with apacs, but then again i was completely out of badminton from 2000-2008 or so, so my knowledge if the brand doesnt go back too far.
. Thats what i've been thinking too....and apacs is big locally in malaysia. and it seems apacs and pro ace is related
Hart is definitely Indonesian origin, from Rudy HARTono's name but the brand belongs to my friend in Surabaya. He orders his rackets to manufacturers in China and distribute it himself here in Indonesia.
(arbi) haryanto - arbi flypower. rackets seemed ok, a bit on the stiff side, around 50-100$ range, but not too many models. i see their shuttles being used a bit too.
Rex-Professional was from the Netherlands, is sold by badmintonarena.nl In the Netherlands was also ESPE (Suchart Paleewong) and the LeVeL brand.
