Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted tosses a pigskin following ribbon-cutting ceremonies Monday at the new Wilson football factory in Ada. Members of the Ada High School grid squad watched as Husted, a ...

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Every NFL football is born at the Wilson factory in Ada, Ohio, a small town an hour south of Toledo. It’s here that more than 100 employees cut, sew, lace, and inflate 4,000 footballs every day ...

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ADA, Ohio — The Wilson Football Factory is one of the first things that come to mind when people think of Ada, Ohio. Thursday morning, officials at Wilson showed off their brand-new factory ...

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The football trade is what sets Ada apart from Alger and Dunkirk and McGuffey and other towns in Hardin County, marked by miles of corn and soybean fields. Wilson pride is evident all over town.

How long has Wilson made footballs for the NFL? Since 1941, Wilson has made every football used by the league. Its factory in Ada has been making the official game balls since 1955.

Wilson makes 500,000 footballs every year and plans to increase its volume by 20-30% over the next few years. If that happens, the company could churn out up to 650,000 balls a year. 250.

Wilson boasts of being able to make up to 4,000 total footballs at day at the Ada factory, or nearly 700,000 a year. NFL game balls are a fraction of that total, but they are the premium product ...

LONG BEACH — Wilson junior quarterback Ian Bond is a rare three-sport athlete. He plays football in the fall, soccer in the winter and runs track in the spring. The 6-foot-3 signal caller said ...