Weds Co., Ltd. is a Japanese

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manufacturer for both

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and street use. Weds currently produces three brands of wheels; WedsSport, Kränze, and Maverick. The company is most notable for their WedsSport line of motorsport wheels and for WedsSport's longtime sponsorship of the

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racing team,

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History

Weds was founded in 1965 as Nippo LTD. The company originally produced wheels for

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motor company and in 1969 entered the aftermarket wheel industry as a supplier of the now defunct Elster brand of wheels. The company was renamed in 1973 to WEDS, short for ''World Elster Distribution System''. Weds created the world's first three piece

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wheel in 1977. In 1984 Weds created the WedsSport brand of wheels to compete in various motorsport events, and has most famously been used in the

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(now

) since 1998 with the team

Products

* WedsSport - Flagship forged motorsports wheel brand. * Kranze - High-end three-piece luxury wheel brand. * Maverick - High-end two-piece sports wheel brand.{{Cite web , title=Maverick « Weds Wheels North America , url=https://www.wedswheelsna.com/maverick2.html , access-date=2022-11-20 , website=www.wedswheelsna.com

References

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