Value Chain - Manufacturers – Page 6
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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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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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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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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 ...
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Eurosima, the European association of action sports manufacturers, has launched...
Eurosima, the European association of action sports manufacturers, has launched its first business sponsorship program since it began in 1999. The program addresses start-up companies in the action sports industry. For a year, young entrepreneurs will be given a chance to meet with volunteer chief executives from Eurosima member companies ...
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YKK, the world's largest manufacturer of zippers, has launched two...
YKK, the world's largest manufacturer of zippers, has launched two new zippers, intended for jackets, called Fix a Shape and Integra, for autumn/winter 2016/17. Non-exclusive brand partners for YKK's new zippers are Adidas and Eider. Integra, the lightweight, water-repellent and packable zipper, can be used for running and hiking apparel, ...
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Intersport France is investing an additional €6 million in Manufacture...
Intersport France is investing an additional €6 million in Manufacture Française du Cycle, its own bike factory at Machecoul, in western France. Intersport took over the plant from Cycleurope in 2013 and since then it has invested more than €10 million in the facility, according to Usine Nouvelle, a French ...
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Minerva, a Belgian bicycle manufacturer, was declared bankrupt on June...
Minerva, a Belgian bicycle manufacturer, was declared bankrupt on June 25 by a commercial court in Hasselt, Belgium. Employing 16 people, the company reportedly had an annual production of about 20,000 city and trekking bikes. Minerva is an established bicycle brand in Belgium and even more so in the province ...
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Messe Friedrichshafen is inviting any manufacturers, designers, developers, importers, sales...
Messe Friedrichshafen is inviting any manufacturers, designers, developers, importers, sales organizations or dealers to submit their new products for the 10th OutDoor Industry Award before June 16. Anyone can take part, regardless of whether they will exhibit at the OutDoor trade show running from July 15 to 18. The awards ...
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Bluesign has reminded bluesign-certified manufacturers and brands that they are...
Bluesign has reminded bluesign-certified manufacturers and brands that they are to have no long-chain C8 durable water repellents (DWR) in their products or supply chains as from Jan. 1. However, the Swiss certification company also mentioned that the positive list of bluesign-approved chemical products (bluesign bluefinder) includes several short-chain DWR ...
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YKK, the world's largest manufacturer of zippers, is reportedly planning...
YKK, the world's largest manufacturer of zippers, is reportedly planning to invest $88 million in its Vietnamese factory to raise its annual production by 30 percent to 10 billion units by the end of 2016 and to double it by 2017. The additional capacity will become available by November 2015 ...
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WFSGI Manufacturers' Forum calls for smarter partnerships
Sporting goods designers and manufacturers assembled in Leipzig earlier this month called for a more integrated approach to design and production. They broadly agreed that the industry would run out of options to reduce labor costs, and that it should focus on reinforcing the interaction between brands and manufacturers to ...
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A small Swiss company called Faction Collective will design, manufacture...
A small Swiss company called Faction Collective will design, manufacture and market a new range of Roxy branded freeride and freestyle skis for the autumn/winter 2015/16 season. Formed in 2006, Faction Collective makes its own branded skis at an undisclosed location in Europe and sells them in 30 countries. The ...
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The European Surf Manufacturers Association (Eurosima), gave its annual Innovation...
The European Surf Manufacturers Association (Eurosima), gave its annual Innovation Prize to Newtis, a French start-up that has developed a new polycarbonate-based layering process for surfboards. It is said to be more automated and less toxic than traditional processes based on fiberglass. It also allows for easier customization. To market ...
