Chronicle

01.10.1998 Start as Kieffer Sales and Service GmbH
January 2001 starting with riding safety vests
01.04.2002 Renamed USG United Sportproducts Germany GmbH in order to offer a larger range of goods and to open up international markets
October 2006 Foundation and start of the training and testing phase of the Tekna production
September 2008 Tekna launch at spoga horse Fall
September 2010 Market launch LeTek (Tekna and leather saddles as hybrid)
January 2013 Winner of the BETA International Innovation Award in section Safety and Security
2013 Acquisition of the 8,000 square meter company premises and real estate in Birstein, Hessen
2014 Start of the new construction of the administration on the company premises
January 2015 Winner of the BETA International Innovation Award in section Safety and Security
March 2015 USG win's the Safety Innovation Award on the Equitana
January 2016 Move into the new administration rooms at the company premises in Birstein
November 2016 USG wins the "Golden horse" in the section safety in the "Cavallo" readers' survey
September 2017 World-leading Tekna distributor
March 2017 USG wins the Safety Innovation Award on the Equitana
January 2018 Tekna sales expansion in the Unite Kingdom
September/ October 2018 USG celebrates its 20th and Tekna its 10th anniversary
October 2018 USG wins the "Golden horse" in the section safety in the "Cavallo" readers' survey