SICS is the Japanese corporation, one of the world's largest producers of sportswear and footwear founded in 1949. The company name is an abbreviation of "Anima sano in corpore sano" that in translation into Russian means "A sound mind in a sound body". The ASICS company is engaged in production and sale of sportswear and footwear there are more than 60 years. ASICS is an official supplier of equipment of Federations of Track and field athletics of Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and also Federations of the Thriathlon of Switzerland, Germany and Japan. ASICS sponsors for the largest marathons in the world such as New York, Tokyo, Hamburg, Paris, Rome, series of women's competitions in run in Spain under the name "Karrera De La Mukher". More than 50% from 45,000 participants of the New York marathon of 2011 ran in ASICS sneakers. The Parisian Marathon of 2012 - 46% of marathoners ran in ASICS sneakers. A marathon in Tokyo 2012 - 56 of % of participants ran in ASICS sneakers. A marathon of Two Oceans in Cape Town 2011 - 48.48% of the athletes who selected a distance of 56 km ran in ASICS sneakers. The Moscow marathon of the world of 2011 - 45% of participants finished in ASICS sneakers. Worldwide from Stockholm and Rome to New York and Melbourne the ASICS company wins first place by the number of participants of the marathon runnings giving preference to its products.