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Gebr. Wetzlar C.V. (Wetzlar Bros.), the predecessor of Joba Leisure B.V., was established in 1923 by the father and uncle of Mr. Kurt Wetzlar, and was at that time located at the Prinsengracht 205, in the centre of Amsterdam. As early as 1923, Gebr. Wetzlar C.V. started to produce billiard articles by turning billiard balls from elephant ivory tusk... s. In July 1938, after a traineeship of one year, Mr. Lex Bary - the father of Joba Leisure B.V.'s present managing director, Mr. Jerry Bary, - was sent to East Africa to purchase ivory for Gebr. Wetzlar C.V., which was to be used partly for the production of billiard balls, and other billiard items like cue tip ferrules, rings and inlays for cues, and diamonds for billiard tables. On July 7, 1967, the company Wetzlar Ivory N.V. was established, which traded in ivory and billiard articles, among other indoor sporting goods, games and equipment. In fact, this company was the basis for the present-day Joba Leisure B.V. Under the leadership of Mr. Kurt Wetzlar, the company was confronted with an ever-increasing demand for billiard articles, and from 1969 onwards, not only balls, but cues, cloths, chalks and other billiard items were traded. Since Wetzlar Ivory was specialised in billiard and ivory articles already, tremendous efforts were immediately made to meet this growing demand, and an active distribution network was set up, extending over a number of West-European countries. The company had 4-5 employees at that time, and already sold thousands of cues every year, each, being top-quality products. From 1970, the year in which the present Managing Director of Joba Leisure B.V., Mr. Jerry Bary, joined the company, the demand for billiard items had grown to such an extent that a separate department was established to exclusively deal with the purchase and sale of billiard articles. The assortment of billiard articles had by then grown to over three thousand different items, of which the company-owned quality brands of Adam and Buffalo had been established throughout ...Read More