Stiga is a trade mark for various products.

GGP Sweden AB

GGP Sweden AB, previously named Stiga AB, is a maker of lawn mower

Lawn mower

A lawn mower is a machine that uses a revolving blade or blades to cut a lawn at an even length.Lawn mowers employing a blade that rotates about a vertical axis are known as rotary mowers, while those employing a blade assembly that rotates about a horizontal axis are known as cylinder or reel...

s, snow blower

Snow blower

A snow blower or snow thrower is a machine for removing snow from an area where it is not wanted, such as a driveway, sidewalk, roadway, railroad track, rink, runway, or houses...

s, chainsaw

Chainsaw

A chainsaw is a portable mechanical saw, powered by electricity, compressed air, hydraulic power, or most commonly a two-stroke engine...

s, and other lawn machinery with the trade mark Stiga. The company is from 2002 a part of GGP Group.

Table tennis, table hockey and snowracers

The Stiga trade mark for table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

 supplies was sold to Sweden Table Tennis AB in the 1980s. In May 2006 Sweden Table Tennis AB also bought the Games division from GGP Group. Stiga Games is well-known for their table hockey

Table hockey

Table hockey can refer to:* Miniature ice hockey games in general, see Table hockey games* The competitive sport organized by the International Table Hockey Federation, see ITHF table hockey* Air hockey...

 games that are made in Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

. The Games division also make snowracers in Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

. Stiga is a large manufacturer of table tennis equipment and sponsors the Swedish National Table Tennis team.

Other uses

In Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, stiga has become a genericized trademark

Genericized trademark

A genericized trademark is a trademark or brand name that has become the colloquial or generic description for, or synonymous with, a general class of product or service, rather than as an indicator of source or affiliation as intended by the trademark's holder...

 for a snowracer. This is a child-sized downhill racing sled

Sled

A sled, sledge, or sleigh is a land vehicle with a smooth underside or possessing a separate body supported by two or more smooth, relatively narrow, longitudinal runners that travels by sliding across a surface. Most sleds are used on surfaces with low friction, such as snow or ice. In some cases,...

equipped with two longer skis and a shorter ski at the front controlled by a steering wheel.

External links

• Stiga - Main site
• Stiga Games - Games division
• Stiga Ukraine - Stiga in Ukraine