History
Our story so far
1989
Our Chairman, Mr. Zhenghuan SONG, invents the “push and rock” stroller and founds the ‘gb 好孩子‘ brand.
1990
Chairman Zhenghuan SONG establishes the Research & Development centre in Kunshan, China.
1993
Our strollers rank number one for sales in China.
1996
Our strollers enter the United States market.
1999
We become the largest supplier of strollers in North America.
2002
Our strollers enter into the European market.
2006
We become the largest supplier of strollers in the European market.
2007
Mr. Song is awarded ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ for the greater China region by Ernst & Young.
2009
We supply more than 1/3 of all strollers sold in North America, Europe and China. We launch our new logo: ‘gb 好孩子’ Brand, signifying the start of the international development strategy with our own brand.
2011
Goodbaby International successfully listed in Hong Kong Stock Exchange.Awarded ‘World Class Global Performance Excellence Award’ (Highest Honor) by Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO).
2011
We become a member of the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) and Comité Européen de Normalisation (CEN).We become a member the Consumer Products Safety Association of Japan (CPSAJ).
The EMOTION stroller wins the ‘Red Dot Design Award’ 2010.
The Group’s laboratory is accredited as a recognised laboratory for Consumer Product Safety Committee of US (CPSC).
2013
Chairman Song wins the Walter L. Hurd Executive Medal 2013 from the Walter L. Hurd Foundation and the Asia Pacific Quality Organization.
2014
‘gb’ & ‘Urbini’ Brands successfully launched in North America
2014
Acquisition of leading German juvenile Brand CYBEX to expand our Brand portfolio and strengthen our capacity in Brand marketing, fashion design and Research and Development for children’s car safety seats. Establishment of local operation platforms for the European market.Acquisition of Evenflo, the US’ leading high quality baby care and durable products brand. This significantly improves our brand portfolio and enhances and strengthens technology, quality management and manufacturing capacity in the field of children’s car safety seats. This is marked by the creation of a Goodbaby operation platform in North America.
EPOC stroller and car seat ORIGIN, designed by gb, win ‘Red Dot Design Award’.
Car seat Aton-Q and Solution Q-fix, designed by CYBEX, are awarded the ‘Red Dot Design Award’.
EPOC wins the ‘iF Product Design Award’ organised by the Hannover Industry Forum.
2015
Expansion of our direct distribution in Europe through a joint venture with Scandinavian Distributor NICAM A/S. New distribution offices in Spain and Portugal, bringing Goodbaby International close to full coverage in all major European markets.Strengthening of our global management team to ensure the growth and reach of our market leadership position.
