All about manufacturing for the sporting goods industry – Page 8
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Armada Skis, the American manufacturer of ski gear and apparel...
Armada Skis, the American manufacturer of ski gear and apparel acquired by Amer Sports two years ago, has appointed Matt Rihm as director of product & innovation. Rihm will be laying out the global product roadmap and design strategy; heading up all R&D, product development, manufacturing and operations; and coordinating ...
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Alpina Sports, the helmet and eyewear manufacturer that is part of...
Alpina Sports, the helmet and eyewear manufacturer that is part of the Uvex Group, processes approximately 74,400 orders per year. Instead of paper lists, the sporting goods manufacturer now relies on voice control. In the past, the company has preferred manual order picking in its 9,500-square-meter central warehouse in the Swabian ...
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Chang Shin, a South Korean footwear manufacturer that works for...
Chang Shin, a South Korean footwear manufacturer that works for Nike, has invested $100 million in the Vietnamese province of Dong Nai. The company handles design and product development at its headquarters in Korea and manufactures about 90 million pairs of shoes annually in China, Indonesia and Vietnam.
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Ping, the American manufacturer of golf equipment, has signed an...
Ping, the American manufacturer of golf equipment, has signed an endorsement deal with Wilco Nienaber. The 19-year-old South African golfer already had an endorsement deal with Opal Sports, a local distributor of Ping products. Nienaber, who has just made his professional debut on the European Challenge Tour, is known for ...
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YKK, the big zip manufacturer, is launching a zipper product...
YKK, the big zip manufacturer, is launching a zipper product made from PET bottles, old fiber and other polyester remnants, according to the company. YKK explained that 10,000 Natulon zippers of 60cm length use around 3,600 recycled plastic bottles. The product is bluesign certified. YKK also produces the GreenRise zipper, ...
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Eurosima, the European association of action sports manufacturers, has announced...
Eurosima, the European association of action sports manufacturers, has announced the election of Jean-Louis Rodrigues as its new president. Rodrigues is Boardriders' general manager for wholesale for the EMEA region. He will take over from Wilco Prins, the former general manager of Rip Curl Europe, who has held two consecutive ...
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Aquafil has acquired full control over O'Mara, a manufacturer of...
Aquafil has acquired full control over O'Mara, a manufacturer of nylon, polypropylene and polyester fibers, based in Rutherford College, North Carolina, for $40.5 million. The Italian yarn company completed the acquisition through its U.S. subsidiary, Aquafil USA. O'Mara, founded in 1970, reported a turnover of $40.1 million in 2018.
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Atair, a German manufacturer of socks based in Steinfurt, has...
Atair, a German manufacturer of socks based in Steinfurt, has acquired the license to manufacture and market socks for Völkl. The first collection will include 13 models for skiing, running and hiking as well as other sports activities. The product offer will be expanded in the future to the broader ...
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After a number of systems from various helmet manufacturers were...
After a number of systems from various helmet manufacturers were launched on the market over the years claiming to cover rotational movements in the event of a fall and protect the brain, the Swedish company MIPS, the world's leading supplier of helmet-based safety technologies to protect against rotational movements, is ...
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Tecnifibre, the French manufacturer of sporting equipment, specializing in tennis...
Tecnifibre, the French manufacturer of sporting equipment, specializing in tennis and squash, has adopted a new logo featuring the three colors of the French flag – blue, white and red. The company launched its new brand identity with a soirée at the Tripot Régnier in Paris in the presence of ...
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PLAE, the Georgia-based athletic flooring manufacturer, has established PLAE Europe,...
PLAE, the Georgia-based athletic flooring manufacturer, has established PLAE Europe, a new division in the U.K., and to celebrate the move, it is hosting a one-day lab for strength and conditioning coaches on April 13 at Loughborough University in Loughborough, U.K.
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Trerè Innovation, the big Italian knitwear manufacturer that works with...
Trerè Innovation, the big Italian knitwear manufacturer that works with Armani and Rossignol, continues to expand internationally. This January, right after opening its first store under the new UYN (Unleash Your Nature) brand in Paris, Trerè created a subsidiary in Moscow called Trè Rus. Five employees are already working there. Together with ...
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Nitro, one of the leading manufacturers of snowboards, has reported...
Nitro, one of the leading manufacturers of snowboards, has reported that in terms of value its sales for 2018 went up by 20 percent from the previous year. In terms of volume, sales increased by 15 percent to a total of 87,000 boards sold to the trade last year. The average ...
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Treksta, the big manufacturer of outdoor shoes based in South...
Treksta, the big manufacturer of outdoor shoes based in South Korea, has developed the first shoes that incorporate retractable crampons in the soles, using a specially engineered mechanism that works with a small dial. The grip spikes are controlled in and out by simply turning a dial at the side. ...
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Isbjörn of Sweden, which manufactures outdoor and ski clothes for...
Isbjörn of Sweden, which manufactures outdoor and ski clothes for children and teenagers, is launching a new brand profile. The Swedish flag is gone, the font has been modernized and the symbolic polar bear has been replaced with a figure symbolizing energy and joy. The new profile will be launched ...
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RTE, a Portuguese bike manufacturer that works only for Decathlon,...
RTE, a Portuguese bike manufacturer that works only for Decathlon, operating the biggest European bicycle assembly plant in Europe, has announced that it will open a bike manufacturing facility in Poland in 2021. The group already makes between 1.2 and 1.4 million units a year for Decathlon in Portugal. The ...
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Trerè Innovation, a big Italian knitwear manufacturer that works with...
Trerè Innovation, a big Italian knitwear manufacturer that works with Armani and Rossignol, is building a new research center at its headquarters in Asola. Called Areas – an acronym for Academy Research and Engineering for Apparel in Sports – the center is the result of a partnership with CeRiSM, the ...
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Joma, the Spanish manufacturer of sportswear, has opened an employee...
Joma, the Spanish manufacturer of sportswear, has opened an employee gymnasium at its corporate headquarters in Portillo de Toledo, Spain. Running was a major theme at the inauguration, as Joma announced that it would be converting the number of kilometers run by employees into donations in euros to the Fundación ...
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Heinz Kettler, the leading German manufacturer of home fitness equipment...
Heinz Kettler, the leading German manufacturer of home fitness equipment and other products, filed for self-managed insolvency in mid-July after the company's foundation declined to endorse a sale of the company to an investment firm, Altera Capital. According to German press reports, the foundation disagrees with certain clauses in the ...
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Pegasus, a Chinese shoe manufacturer with a factory in Guangzhou,...
Pegasus, a Chinese shoe manufacturer with a factory in Guangzhou, says it is looking for new customers as it will no longer do business as of September with a client that accounted for 87% of its business in the past year
