Manufacture – Page 10
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EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, and the EuroSIMA...
EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, and the EuroSIMA Cluster have handed out their innovation awards. Völkl won the 2010 Ecological Innovation Prize, worth €5,000, for its Cashew, Yavana and Vice eco-friendly snowboards. Sport Contrôle took the Technological Innovation Prize, also €5,000, for its Sorky protective earplugs developed with ...
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Adidas has partnered up with Continental, the big European manufacturer...
Adidas has partnered up with Continental, the big European manufacturer of car tires, to supply the brand with the latest rubber compounds for sports shoes. The Supernova Riot 3, the first trail-running shoe utilizing the rubber supplied by Continental, is already in retail stores, and the co-operation will gradually be ...
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Jart Skateboards, the big Spanish manufacturers of skateboards and skate...
Jart Skateboards, the big Spanish manufacturers of skateboards and skate trucks, has signed a distribution agreement for North America with Switchboard.
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Through an agreement with the Jute Manufacturers’ Development Council of...
Through an agreement with the Jute Manufacturers’ Development Council of India, the under-15 team of the Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. will wear blazers made with jute while on official club duty, and shirts made from a cotton-jute blend while on the field.
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Specialized, the bicycle manufacturer, has set up a subsidiary in...
Specialized, the bicycle manufacturer, has set up a subsidiary in São Paulo, set to go on stream next month.
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EuroSIMA, the European association of boardsports manufacturers, is putting together...
EuroSIMA, the European association of boardsports manufacturers, is putting together its 2010 edition of International Surfing Day. With help from the European Surfing Federation and the Surfrider Foundation, people all over the world will hit the beaches together on June 20. Last year saw more than 300 events in 34 ...
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Golfzon, the Korean manufacturer of golf simulators, is going to...
Golfzon, the Korean manufacturer of golf simulators, is going to enter the £10 million (€11.5m-$15.4m) golf market for these products in the U.K. Golfzon is the market leader in Japan and China as well as Korea. Its simulatorsfeature a swing plate teeing area that moves to match the ground where ...
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SRAM, the manufacturer of bicycle components, is moving most of...
SRAM, the manufacturer of bicycle components, is moving most of its production of internal gear hubs from its facility in Schweinfurt, Germany, to Asia, closer to the numerous bicycles factories there. Created after its acquisition of Fichtel & Sachs in 1997, the Schweinfurt location will not close, however. Instead it ...
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Bao Cheng International Group, a footwear manufacturer based in Taiwan,...
Bao Cheng International Group, a footwear manufacturer based in Taiwan, is opening a new factory in Cambodia where it will make Adidas footwear. The facility, on 40,000 square meters of land outside Phnom Penh, should employ about 10,000 workers.
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Cycle Force Group, a U.S. manufacturer of bicycles and accessories,...
Cycle Force Group, a U.S. manufacturer of bicycles and accessories, is the new licensee for Tour de France bikes, parts and accessories to be distributed in North America, the U.K. and Europe starting in the spring.
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Afydad, the Spanish Association of Manufacturers and Distributors of Sporting...
Afydad, the Spanish Association of Manufacturers and Distributors of Sporting Goods, is once again a partner for Sports Unlimited Valencia, a trade show being held May 18-20, 2010; discounts will be available for Afydad members who wish to exhibit at the show.
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EuroSima, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, launches its new...
EuroSima, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, launches its new website, eurosima.com, to promote its activities and those of the industry.
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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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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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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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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.
