The German brand was founded in Saarbrücken in 1969 by defensive player and Hungarian singles and doubles champion TIBor HARangozo. The loyalty to the city persists as TIBHAR is the main sponsor of the Bundesliga team 1 F.C. Saarbrücken TT. TIBHAR also supports many international events including the 2011 World Championships in Rotterdam and the 2014 and 2015 European Championships. TIBHAR has an outstanding line of products including the Evolution, Aurus and Quantum rubber series, as well as the highly popular Grass D.TecS long pips, and the Fortino, Samsonov Force Pro Black Edition, Stratus Power Wood, and Drinkhall blades. TIBHAR sponsored players include former world #1 Vladimir Samsonov (3-time European champion; winner of... 28 ITTF world tour singles events; 2016 Olympics semi-finalist), Bernadette Szocs (2018 Europe Top 16 and 2017 T2 women’s singles winner), Emmanuel Lebesson (2016 European Men’s singles champion), Tomislav Pucar, Darko Jorgić, Paul Drinkhall, Shang Kun, Chen Chien-An, as well as rising stars including Tomas Polansky and Cristian Pletea. Did you know that TIBHAR has sponsored Vladimir Samsonov from the very beginning of his professional career?     Show more Show less