Value Chain - Manufacturers – Page 9
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Rapala and Shimano, the leading manufacturers of fishing rods and...
Rapala and Shimano, the leading manufacturers of fishing rods and reels, have agreed to merge their existing U.K. distribution activities into an equal joint venture, Shimano Normark UK. This joint venture will enter into a distribution agreement with Rapala and its subsidiary, Dynamite Baits, regarding Rapala's current product offering in ...
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EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, is getting ready...
EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, is getting ready for this year's Surf Summit, where leaders and staff of European boardsports companies will come together for conferences, discussions and meetings, as well as a surf session. It is slated for Oct. 5 and 6 at the Casino in Hossegor, ...
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The European Surf Industry Manufacturers Association, EuroSIMA, recently held its...
The European Surf Industry Manufacturers Association, EuroSIMA, recently held its Source European Snowboarding Industry Forum in St. Anton, Austria, with almost 70 international participants at the two-day seminar. To cap the event, EuroSIMA held its fifth annual Snowball, the party for the snowboard industry that also helps environmental charities. At ...
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Indian sports equipment manufacturers introduce foreign brands
Several international brands have set up their own subsidiaries in India or sealed distribution and licensing agreements with local partners in the last months. We have recently reported on the likes of Asics to Callaway, Berghaus and Quiksilver, and we are informed of many more companies studying their entry into ...
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Textile manufacturers that specialize in fabrics for active sportswear and...
Textile manufacturers that specialize in fabrics for active sportswear and are part of the Italian sporting goods manufacturers association, Assosport, formed a subgroup within the association last month, called Assosportex and chaired by Giorgio Borgognoni, who runs a textile company called Tailor. Members of the new group have been instrumental ...
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MTS, the German manufacturer and distributor of various racquet, indoor...
MTS, the German manufacturer and distributor of various racquet, indoor and table-tennis brands (including Schildkröt, Tecnifibre, Hi-Tec, Speedminton and others) has hired a new sales manager for France, where the company has had a distributor only for table-tennis products. The new official, Patrick Bonhomme, worked most recently for a cosmetic ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Naxo, the Swiss manufacturer of touring ski bindings, has filed...
Naxo, the Swiss manufacturer of touring ski bindings, has filed for insolvency. The company is a 100 percent subsidiary of Rottefella, the big Norwegian manufacturer of bindings for cross-country and telemark skiing. According to Rotefella, Naxo did not reach the necessary volume in the production of units to become profitable. ...
