Manufacture

2024-03-08T21:59:00+00:00By Wolfgang Greiner

Italian ski boot brand Dalbello celebrated the conclusion of its EU-funded LIFE ReSkiBoot project this February. The stated aim of this LIFE project was to produce and market 1,000 high-quality, competitive ski boots made from around 90 percent recycled secondary raw materials. The raw materials were to be obtained from ...

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Progress in ski boot recycling; call for collaboration
2024-03-08T21:59:00+00:00By Wolfgang Greiner
Italian ski boot brand Dalbello celebrated the conclusion of its EU-funded LIFE ReSkiBoot project this February. The stated aim of this LIFE project was to produce and market 1,000 high-quality, competitive ski boots made from around 90 percent recycled secondary raw materials. The raw materials were to be obtained from ...
PLC Detroit and Foot Locker open footwear creation studio
2024-03-07T15:30:00+00:00By SGI Europe Editorial Team
PLC Detroit has inaugurated the Foot Locker Footwear Creation Stu/deo, situated in a Bedrock-owned building in Detroit, Michigan. The design studio promises unparalleled access and opportunities in the field, offering shoemaking workshops, sample-making services, and small footwear production capabilities.
New basketball made from next-gen material
2024-01-25T18:25:00+00:00
Known for their distinctive footwear, New York-based vegan lifestyle menswear brand Brave GentleMan is making waves in the sporting world by introducing a basketball. This marks the first instance of a basketball crafted from the bio-based material Mirum, a collaborative effort with the New York Knicks and Leather Head Sports. ...

Hela Apparel acquires UK-based Focus Brands from JD Sports
2024-01-27T09:52:00+00:00By Wolfgang Greiner
Sri Lanka’s Hela Apparel Holdings Plc announced on its LinkedIn page the acquisition of UK-based apparel brand licensing house Focus Brands. “This marks another major milestone in our journey towards becoming a truly comprehensive solution provider for the apparel sector and will further elevate Hela’s service offering to its customers,” ...
Geographic mislabeling at Boohoo
2024-01-16T11:42:00+00:00
Boohoo appears to have put “Made in the UK” labels on perhaps thousands of articles of clothes that were manufactured in southern Asia (Pakistan, for example), as we have learned through Business of Fashion. The original – and presumably correct – labels were removed and replaced last year at the ...
Bosideng looks to the future with sustainable and automated production
2024-01-09T08:20:00+00:00Sponsored by Bosideng
Bosideng reveals it is building a “smart” factory and focusing on transparency and sustainability.
Canada Goose acquires its first European factory
2023-11-28T19:58:00+00:00
Canada Goose has acquired the operating assets of Paola Confectii Manufacturing in Romania. These will now become the brand’s first factory in Europe. Its other seven factories are all in Canada.
Active Apparel Group expands global presence to Europe
2023-11-21T13:00:00+00:00
Active Apparel Group (AAG), a performance apparel manufacturer for the outdoor lifestyle and active market, is expanding its global presence by opening a new office in Milan, Italy. Headquartered in Australia with existing strategic locations in Los Angeles and New York (USA), and Ningbo (China), AAG provides manufacturing and product ...
Centric Brands enters exclusive agreement with Authentic for Quik, Billabong and Roxy
2023-11-21T12:55:00+00:00
Centric Brands announced an exclusive licensing agreement with Authentic Brands Group (Authentic) to design, manufacture and distribute children’s apparel for Quiksilver, Billabong and Roxy in the US and Canada. Through this agreement, the three board sports apparel brands will join Centric Brands’ diverse kids’ portfolio of premium, industry-leading brands.

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