BRIDGEVIEW, Ill., March 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Nakoma Products LLC, a diversified manufacturer of consumer-packaged goods with a portfolio of established household and performance brands, today announced continued expansion into the sports performance category through StickGrip, a one-piece molded grip engineered to address a largely unexamined factor in baseball and softball performance: grip consistency.
For decades, leading bat manufacturers including Louisville Slugger, Easton, Rawlings and Marucci Sports have relied on traditional tape-based grips as the default standard.
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