All about manufacturing for the sporting goods industry – Page 13
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True Temper Sports, an American manufacturer of golf shafts and...
True Temper Sports, an American manufacturer of golf shafts and other sports equipment, reached an agreement with its lenders to restructure its debt earlier this month. As part of the deal, True Temper’s lenders and capital partners have raised $70 million in fresh equity to fund further growth, and agreed ...
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An Italian manufacturer of dressy medium-priced women’s shoes, Manas, is...
An Italian manufacturer of dressy medium-priced women’s shoes, Manas, is launching a men’s sports shoe, called Olimpica, to play bocce – a typical Italian game of bowls that is played in dedicated sandpits in almost every little town. The shoe is being tested by players of the Italian national bowls ...
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Scorpio Golf, an apparel and performance fabric manufacturer based in...
Scorpio Golf, an apparel and performance fabric manufacturer based in Dubai, is going consumer at this year’s Golf Europe in Munich. Scorpio, which is owned by Promo Golf, a distributor as well as manufacturer, has until now been focused on corporate and crested apparel produced in small quantities. It has ...
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Messe Friedrichshafen and ZIV, the German manufacturers’ association of bicycles,...
Messe Friedrichshafen and ZIV, the German manufacturers’ association of bicycles, have sealed a deal for a strategic partnership. According to Messe FN, ZIV pledges in a five year contract that it is not going to support any other trade show in the region than the Eurobike show at Lake Constance. ...
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Apollo, an Indian manufacturer of tires, has bought Vredestein Banden,...
Apollo, an Indian manufacturer of tires, has bought Vredestein Banden, a Dutch maker of tires for both bicycles and passenger cars. Apollo makes tires only for vehicles, not bikes. Vredestein Banden will keep its current management, though the companies will integrate functions in R&D, product development, corporate purchasing and finance. ...
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Aqua Sphere has launched an amphibian shoe in neoprene, manufactured...
Aqua Sphere has launched an amphibian shoe in neoprene, manufactured in Italy.
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The Russian Association of Sporting Industry Manufacturers (APSI) celebrated its...
The Russian Association of Sporting Industry Manufacturers (APSI) celebrated its fifth anniversary on April 10. In five years the association has managed to bring together the key players of the Russian sports industry and represent the interests of Russian companies in the sporting goods segment: manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and retailers. ...
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The bicycle manufacturer Gazelle has signed a letter of intent...
The bicycle manufacturer Gazelle has signed a letter of intent with the city of Rheden, Netherlands, to keep a planned new plant in the Rheden district, the home of its current facilities.
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Naxo, the Swiss manufacturer of touring ski bindings, has filed...
Naxo, the Swiss manufacturer of touring ski bindings, has filed for insolvency. The company is a 100 percent subsidiary of Rottefella, the big Norwegian manufacturer of bindings for cross-country and telemark skiing. According to Rotefella, Naxo did not reach the necessary volume in the production of units to become profitable. ...
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EuroSIMA, the European boardsports industry manufacturers association has re-elected Frederic...
EuroSIMA, the European boardsports industry manufacturers association has re-elected Frederic Basse president of the board for two more years. Two new members joined the board: Jochen Botte, general manager of O’Neill France and Belgium, and Juan Gonzalez Vega, general manager of Quiksilver’s technical division.
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Colnago, the Italian manufacturer of high-end bikes, has established a...
Colnago, the Italian manufacturer of high-end bikes, has established a U.S. subsidiary in Chicago, replacing a distributor, Veltec Sports.
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Wintersteiger, the Austrian manufacturer of facilities for storage and maintenance...
Wintersteiger, the Austrian manufacturer of facilities for storage and maintenance of snowsport equipment, has taken on the Austrian distribution for Conform’able, Sidas’ brand for functional soles. The company’s Italian operations have already been in charge of Conform’able in Italy for the last two years. Wintersteiger takes over effective for the ...
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The Shoe Manufacturers Association of Canada is requesting that the...
The Shoe Manufacturers Association of Canada is requesting that the Canada Border Services Agency conduct a national investigation of pricing on waterproof rubber footwear and bottoms exported from or originating from China or Vietnam. The demand follows similar anti-dumping actions taken against imported footwear by the European Union, Brazil, Argentina, ...
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Triumph International, the huge German manufacturer of lingerie, is introducing...
Triumph International, the huge German manufacturer of lingerie, is introducing a line of sportswear. The new offer, which targets the female fitness enthusiast, is labeled Triaction Fitness. Triaction is already Triumph’s sporty brand, but used to be limited to bras and underwear. The fitness line includes tank tops, shirts, shorts ...
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Profeet, a German company that continues to manufacture its textiles...
Profeet, a German company that continues to manufacture its textiles in its home country, is bundling its three brands under one single label. Profeet used to market its socks under that name while the underwear was branded T-Ess and the headwear was called H.A.D. Headwear. All three business activities will ...
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Camp, the Italian manufacturer of outdoor equipment, which has its...
Camp, the Italian manufacturer of outdoor equipment, which has its 120th anniversary this year, introduces Snow3, a snowshoe model with an innovative system of length regulation to increase or decrease the waterline surface with a simple action according to snow conditions.
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A Brazilian newspaper has reported that the footwear manufacturer Vulcabras...
A Brazilian newspaper has reported that the footwear manufacturer Vulcabras wants to almost double production at its Argentinian factory. It now employs about 3,000 people, and Vulcabras’ president, Milton Cardoso, reportedly wants to increase that to 5,000. This comes in the wake of a commitment by the Argentinian government to ...
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The textile manufacturer Opelontex Company has come up with the...
The textile manufacturer Opelontex Company has come up with the first dyeable – by cationic dye – polyurethane elastic fiber for use in swimwear. Lycra Fiber T-909B stands up better to chlorine, stretches softly and shrinks quickly. Mizuno and Descente have already placed orders. Opelontex, a joint operation of DuPont ...
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Slowing Economy Takes A Toll On Chinese Manufacturers
At the second edition of the Sports Source Asia fair in Hong Kong, 240 exhibitors from six different countries will showcase apparel, footwear and equipment over four days. This figure is 20 percent lower than the 300 exhibitors at the same event last year and also a clear indication of ...
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The European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association and the World Snowboard...
The European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association and the World Snowboard Federation are sponsors of the third annual World Snowboard Day on Dec. 21, when the industry encourages the masses to discover snowboarding and riders around the world can snowboard at the same time.
