{"id":12119,"date":"2025-10-04T17:40:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T17:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/04\/forward-sports-sialkot-football-manufacturing\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T17:40:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T17:40:44","slug":"forward-sports-sialkot-football-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/04\/forward-sports-sialkot-football-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Forward Sports Boosts Sialkot Football Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A delegation from the Belgian Embassy in Islamabad completed a visit to Forward Sports in Sialkot, the company recognised as the world\u2019s leading football producer. Forward Sports supplies match balls for major competitions, including previous and upcoming FIFA men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s World Cups, as well as the Euros and the Champions League, underscoring its central role in global football manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>The Sialkot facility operates with a production capacity of <strong>15 million<\/strong> footballs per year and employs around <strong>20,000<\/strong> people, roughly <strong>30%<\/strong> of whom are women. These figures reflect a large-scale operation that combines volume manufacturing with skilled craftsmanship in every stage of production.<\/p>\n<p>The visit highlighted Sialkot\u2019s continued importance within international sports supply chains and showcased Forward Sports&#8217; technical expertise and quality controls that meet elite competition standards. Observers noted how the factory\u2019s output supports high-profile tournaments and club competitions around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Belgian national teams, the Red Devils and the Red Flames, have relied on Forward Sports\u2019 craftsmanship and will continue to benefit from the company\u2019s production capabilities on the pitch. The delegation\u2019s visit reinforced ties between Belgian sporting bodies and a key Sialkot manufacturer whose work reaches stadiums across the globe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore Forward Sports&#8217; Sialkot factory visit, its 15 million footballs yearly capacity and 30% female workforce impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}