Mission approached TMP with a need for a custom applicator tip that dispensed a revolutionary liquid that coated the soles of basketball sneakers and provided players with a better grip on the court.
TMP Tech quickly assessed the specifications and realized that the project required a custom tip applicator solution. The stock applicators used for liquid shoe polish applications would not dispense the right amount of liquid evenly across the sole material so TMP engineers started working on custom applicator concepts to offer a solution.
TMP Technologies took Mission’s Court Grip™ formulation from the initial concept phase through to automated production within a year’s time. The custom liquid applicator has been approved by all major professional and amateur basketball associations including the NBA, NCAA and WNBA. Superstar Dwayne Wade actually assisted with product testing during the applicator prototype phase taking Court Grip™ on a nationwide tour testing the product on several different NBA courts.