Manufacture – Page 6
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Nilit, the leading manufacturer of high-quality nylon 6.6 fibers, has...
Nilit, the leading manufacturer of high-quality nylon 6.6 fibers, has signed a sponsorship deal with Sebastian Preuss, the Bavarian kickboxing champion
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Keola, the Dutch manufacturer of e-bikes, has inaugurated a new...
Keola, the Dutch manufacturer of e-bikes, has inaugurated a new 5,500-square-meter production facility in Roosendaal, in the southern part of the Netherlands, as well as a new sales office and warehouse in Denmark. The new factory in Roosendaal will allow Keola to increase its production tenfold compared with the current ...
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Zanier, the Austrian glove manufacturer, donated 10 percent of sales...
Zanier, the Austrian glove manufacturer, donated 10 percent of sales generated on its online store from Dec. 21 to Jan. 6 to the Austrian's Children Cancer Charity, Kinder-Krebs-Hilfe, for the regions of Tyrol and Vorarlberg. The total amount that was donated has not been announced. A related digital marketing campaign, ...
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Zanier, the Austrian glove manufacturer, completed its move from Lienz...
Zanier, the Austrian glove manufacturer, completed its move from Lienz to Innsbruck just in time for the start of the 2018 ski season. To showcase its patented heating technology, Zanier opened a showroom in Innsbruck in 2016. The administration, accounting and management functions are now housed in the 200-square-meter location. ...
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Italy's Radici Group, a fiber manufacturer based in Bergamo, has...
Italy's Radici Group, a fiber manufacturer based in Bergamo, has become a sponsor of the local football club, Bergamo. Noting that the company is the second-largest European manufacturer of nylon, a fiber that is heavily used in sports clothing, Radici says the sponsorship should help it to get more visibility ...
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The OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen invites all manufacturers, designers, developers,...
The OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen invites all manufacturers, designers, developers, importers, start-ups, sales organizations and dealers to enter new products by May 8 for participation in its annual OutDoor Industry Awards
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Wintersteiger, the Austrian manufacturer of ski maintenance and service machinery...
Wintersteiger, the Austrian manufacturer of ski maintenance and service machinery and storing solutions, appointed Florestan von Boxberg, 54, as its new chief executive, or head of its board of management. He takes the place left vacant a year ago by the departure of Reiner Thalacker. Von Boxberg worked as project ...
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BSI, the German Sports Goods Manufacturers Association, presented a study...
BSI, the German Sports Goods Manufacturers Association, presented a study on watersports at the recent OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, which we have covered widely in The Outdoor Industry Compass. BSI questioned online 250 men and 250 women who purchased a watersports product in sporting goods stores in the last 12 ...
