Owned by Finnish company Amer Sports, Wilson was established in Ohio in 1941 and has made every 'football' used in NFL games. As part of the £2 million umbrella company, Wilson produces 4,000 balls a day, or 700,000 a year at its American factory, the only one in the world dedicated to manufacturing just footballs. The company name became even more famous after Tom Hanks befriended a Wilson volleyball in the movie Castaway, with the company making replicas of the one seen in the film.