Donic Table Tennis

In 1889, the merchant Friedrich Bensinger founded the “Rheinische Gummi-uno-Celluliod-Fabrik” (Rhine-Rubber and Celluliod Factory) together with banks Hohenemser and the brothers Lenel in Mannheim-Neckarau, Germany. First bats were made of materials like pig skin, cork and sandpaper. Only since 1902 was a rubber coating used for bats.