Josef Fischer has worked over 30 years in the Pro Goalkeeper Gloves industry and 15 of these were spent working for Uhlsport Goalkeeper Gloves. Josef was around when the first goalkeeper gloves came to the market in the 1970’s and is one of the few people still in the industry, who has worked with both Klaus Uhl and Gebhard Reusch, who were behind 2 of the biggest goalkeeper glove brands in the world Uhlsport and Reusch.

The company was founded in 1948. Early production focussed on the manufacture of leather studs for football boots, and in 1953 uhlsport also began to produce football boot soles for sports shoe manufacturers. In the years which followed more products were added, including shinguards, sports bandages, footballs and goalkeeper gloves, until finally uhlsport GmbH had developed a full range of football equipment. Since 2002 the company has been operating a multi-brand strategy for football, handball and basketball.

The brand uhlsport specialises in football, especially goalkeeper equipment and is the only company to manufacture football boots specifically for goalkeepers, developed to provide better support when jumping.[1] Since 2002 handball equipment has been marketed through the company's own Kempa brand, and uhlsport GmbH also owns the European distribution rights to the American basketball brand Spalding, a division of Russell Brands, LLC.