Private company

EvoShield

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American sports gear brand

EvoShield is an American brand that specializes in protective gear. Some of EvoShield products are wrist guards, elbow guards, as well as rib and heart protectors for the sports of baseball, gridiron football, lacrosse and softball. EvoShield patented the "Gel-to-Shell" technology, a material that reacts with elements in the air and turns the product from a soft, moldable material to a hard and durable shell.2 It is part of Wilson Sporting Goods.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2005Founded1

EvoShield is an American brand that specializes in protective gear. Some of EvoShield products are wrist guards, elbow guards, as well as rib and heart protectors for the sports of baseball, gridiron football, lacrosse and softball.2

Corporate structure

EvoShield is part of a group headed by Anta. 18 entities, 8 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Anta George Town, Cayman Islands
    • Amer Sports Helsinki, Finland
      • Suunto Vantaa, Finland
      • Wilson Sporting Goods Chicago, Illinois, United States
      • Armada (company) Subsidiary · Costa Mesa
      • Atomic Skis Subsidiary · Altenmarkt im Pongau
      • DeMarini Subsidiary · Hillsboro
      • Peak Performance Subsidiary · Stockholm
      • Amer Sports (Austria) Subsidiary · Austria
      • Amer Sports (France) Subsidiary · France
      • Amer Sports (United States) Subsidiary · United States
      • AMER SPORTS COMPANY Subsidiary · Chicago, Illinois, United States
      • Salomon Subsidiary · France
    • Arc'teryx Subsidiary · North Vancouver
    • Jack Wolfskin Subsidiary · Idstein
    • ANLLIAN Capital 2 Limited Subsidiary · Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

EvoShield was established in 2006 under the name All Sports Armour. Initial expertise was derived from a chemist, a cardiologist, and a group of former collegiate and professional athletes. After two years of extensive research, design, field and lab testing, the founders released their impact-dispersing protection to the public in 2007. Products are widely available at such sporting goods retailers as Dick's Sporting Goods, Hibbett Sports, Sport Chalet, and Academy Sports and Outdoors among others.

In October 2024, announced a partnership with the University of Virginia baseball team, marking their first foray into creating NCAA baseball uniforms.

EvoShield also provides the uniforms worn by the teams of Banana Ball.

From Wikipedia’s article on EvoShield, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • protective gear in sports

Listed on Wikidata.1

EvoShield's protective shields are made of a unique porous composite material that hardens with exposure to air. As the shields harden, they form to the shape of the athlete's body, creating a custom fit protective guard. The material begins soft and flexible, but the chemical components inside the gel-like pads begin to harden when the shields are removed from the foil bag. In about 20–30 minutes, the once soft pad transforms into a hard and protective guard that is permanently molded to the desired shape.

Results from intensive impact deformation testing have shown that EvoShield products disperse the force of impact better than EVA foam and hard plastic, the most common materials found in sports protection. The results, shown below, are measures of backface deformation. Backface deformation is the effect of a non-penetrating projectile on the rear face of a strike plate. It essentially measures how far an object is allowed to protrude against a protective surface. The extent of allowable deformation set by NIJ is 44 mm.”

From Wikipedia’s article on EvoShield, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2005Founded Founded1

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