Zonson is a golf bag manufacturer from Taiwan. It was founded by David Shaw, and his son Ronnie Shaw used the family business to start Vessel.
Zonson and Vessel
Vessel's own history calls Zonson one of Taiwan's first golf bag manufacturing companies and says Ronnie Shaw saw the opportunity to take Zonson and build a brand in the United States. In a Cal Golf News interview, Shaw said he grew up working summers in the Zonson factory, worked there full time for three years after college, then moved to the United States, where he and his father started Vessel together.
U.S. customs records on Panjiva show Zonson Co. Inc. in Carlsbad, California importing golf bags from Taiwanese shippers.
From my video
In my video on Vessel's bag manufacturer, I covered Zonson's expansion to China, Malaysia and the United States, Zonson-made bags winning all four majors in 2005, and Zonson making Nike's golf bags until Nike shut down its golf equipment business in 2016. The extra material and factory capacity from that planned Nike production went toward Vessel.