| Industry | Sports equipment |
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| Founded | 2000 [1] |
| Headquarters | Quanzhou, Fujian, China |
Area served | Southeast Asia, Middle East |
| Products | Footwear, sportswear |
| Revenue | Annual Turnover US$ > 250,000,000 [2] |
| Website | en.erke.com |
| ERKE | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 尔克 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 爾克 | ||||||
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Erke was also the official apparel sponsor for the 2012 WTA Tour Championships and Shanghai ATP 1000 tennis tournament, [3] and the Qatar Open table tennis tournament.
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