The Mammut Sports Group has decided to outsource the labor-intensive manufacture of its ropes at its facility in Seon by Sept. 1, 2016, but the Swiss company will continue to use the site to design, develop, test and market its ropes. The new contractor is an Austrian family-owned company, Teufelberger. Mammut, which recently reported lower sales and margins because of the strong Swiss franc, will also eliminate 25 sales jobs at its head office by consolidating its wholesale and retail/e-commerce sales operations into a single unit. It will be run by Stefan Merkt, who is already managing retail and e-commerce, in his new role as chief sales officer. Andreas Kessler, the company's wholesale director, will leave the company. More in The Outdoor Industry Compass.

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