b"ProfileKilwell Sports2. Staff Culture and Retention. million lures have been made a. Kilwell Sports has 26since they began. One (now staff, Fibretube has 40 staffretired) employee had painted with usually 2 shifts runningover 1 million lures in her 30+ per day. year career.b. Average length of servicec. Produced over 28,000 for Sports is 20 years and 16squash racquet shafts for years for Fibretube. Dunlop, Slazenger and Spalding in the 1970s.c. 110 staff have served 10d. Produced rowing oars years or more, 25 staff havewhich were used by Gold served 20 years, 18 staff haveMedallists; Mahe Drysdale, served 30 years, 8 staff haveCharlotte and Georgina Evers-served 40 years, 1 servedSwindell, Rob Waddell.56 years!d. Kilwell celebrate ande. Produced yacht masts used by Pete Burling and Blair Tuke In the early 1960s Kilwell startedacknowledge their staffsfor their Silver Medal win in long service with an awards manufacturing brass freshwater bait lures.ceremony every year.London in 2012 and Gold They are still made the same way todayNames or photos go on aMedal win in Rio in 2016.board depending on lengthf. Produced arms for bomb and individually hand painted. One formerof service. disposal robots.employee hand painted over 1 million lures3. Adaptation, Creativity,g. Produced over 200 in her 30+ year career. and Ingenuity. lightsaber wands for Star Wars a. Started as a fishing rodFilm: Episode 3, Revenge of b. Kilwell Fibretube: Startedmanufacturer. Kilwellthe Sith, released in 2005.Kilwell Sportsin 1968, now 55 years old.averaged 40,000 rods peri. The film crew were initially Business Timeline: Manufacturer of fibreglassannum in the 1980s priorusing aluminium rods which and carbon fibre components.to the removal of the importbent and broke upon impact.1. The Company. Manufactured almost 100,000license system. In 2016 Kilwellii. A film scout spotted some a. Kilwell Sports: Startedpieces of tubing in varyingsaltwater rods were rankedsilver fishing rods in a shop in 1933, now 90 years old.lengths last year. 3rd equal for the numberwindow and contacted their Distributes an extensivec. Owned and managedof rods used in IGFA WorldBrisbane-based agent.range of leading fishing andby the third generation ofrecord catches.shooting brands nationwideWells family: Amanda Wellsb. In the early 1960siii. Kilwell produced a carbon with more than 7800 product(marketing director) and Geoffstarted manufacturing brassfibre wand for them covered lines. Last year they importedWells (sales and procurementfreshwater bait (lures). Theywith a silver layer of texalium and distributed 200 tonnes ofdirector) took over the helmare still made the same wayover the top.ammunition from Winchester,in 2018 following their fathertoday and individually handiv. The wands manufactured Gamebore and Kent. SellingJeremy Wells retirement afterpainted. They produce 50,000dont glowthis was generated 3.5 million clay targets. 56 years.60,000 per annum. Over 3in post-production.FIGZ1950's Kilwell logo.2000 Kilwell logo.1968 Kilwell logo. 1985 Kilwell logo.54FISHING IN GODZONE JUL/AUG 2023"