Letter from ITTF regarding gluing

Svend Frandsen
Media Manager
ITTF Lausanne Office
Chemin de la Roche, 11
1020 Renens / Lausanne

                                                             Renens, 31st May 2006






To whomever it may concern,


Please find the decisions in respect to gluing that were taken at the 2006 ITTF Board of Directors Meeting in Bremen.

Coverings may be attached to racket blades only by means of pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets or adhesives that do not contain a prohibited solvent.

Adhesives containing volatile organic solvents shall not be used from 1st September 2008 on.

A properly ventilated area shall be provided for the attachment of racket coverings to racket and liquid adhesives shall not be used anywhere else at the playing venue. (“Playing venue” means the whole establishment in the playing building and the ground where the playing building stands, which contains the doorway, the parking lot and related facilities.)

Adhesives containing volatile organic solvents shall not be used at the playing venue from 1st September 2006 on and shall not be used at all from 1st September 2008 on.


Best Regards



Svend Frandsen
Media Manager
ITTF Lausanne Office
Chemin de la Roche, 11
1020 Renens / Lausanne
Telephone: +41 (0) 21 340 70 92
Mobile: +41 (0) 78 748 1659
Fax: +41 (0) 21 340 7099
e-mail : sfrandsen@ittf.com