News Briefs – Page 189
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OS Maps launches in Australia, prior to expanding to more countries
Ordnance Survey (OS), the national mapping agency for Great Britain, has launched its walking and cycling app, OS Maps, in Australia. It is the first nation outside of Britain to have full access to this service, helping people create their own adventures in the outdoors. OS Maps is designed for ...
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Allied develops ultra high-performance recycled down with enhanced fill power
Allied Feather + Down has announced what it claims to be the highest fill-power ever achieved in a certified post-consumer recycled down. The new RENU:750 represents an improvement on the RENU:700 down. Allied was able to alter the way that post-consumer material was processed and separated to create the new ...
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Lenzing participates in the Circular Fashion Partnership
Lenzing has announced that it is participating in the Circular Fashion Partnership, a cross-sectorial initiative led by the Global Fashion Agenda, with project partners Reverse Resources and BGMEA and in collaboration with P4G, to accelerate the transition to a circular fashion industry. The partnership is currently focusing on Bangladesh, a ...
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News briefsCraft is title sponsor of the Gravel Rally Black Forest
Swedish functional clothing specialist Craft is the new title sponsor of the Gravel Rally Black Forest, which has been organized since 2018 by Hirsch-Sprung, a travel company based in the Black Forest with a focus on bike tours, for the 2021 season. The 2021 gravel event will take place July ...
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News briefsSecond family generation joins the management of Stevens
With Kim, Julian and Jacob von Hacht, the children of the company’s founders Werner and Wolfgang von Hacht, the second generation of the owner-managed family business Stevens Vertriebs GmbH is joining the management of the Hamburg-based bicycle equipment manufacturer. Fred Schierenbeck is leaving as Stevens’ co-managing director on July 1 ...
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Klättermusen announces distributors for Austria and Switzerland
Shortly after announcing its new distributor for Japan, Swedish outdoor brand Klättermusen has announced two more new distributors, this time in Europe. In Austria, Markus Sailer’s company Sport 2b will be representing the brand with immediate effect. Sport2b also has Stöckli, Klean Kanteen and Pret in its portfolio. In Switzerland, ...
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News briefsNew agenda, new board member at ZEG
Source: ZEG Fred Schierenbeck In order to continue offering customers high-quality, state-of-the-art products in the future, the supervisory board and management board of Europe’s largest bicycle dealer group and cooperative, ZEG (Zweirad-Einkaufs-Genossenschaft eG), have launched a holistic, long-term corporate strategy. An important part of this “Agenda 2030” ...
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News briefsShimano reduces water use and pledges plastic reduction
In its latest “ESG Sheet,” the company’s annual report on environmental, social and corporate governance initiatives, Shimano said it would reduce water consumption in its factories by about 7 percent by 2020, continuing a trend that began at least four years ago. The Japanese company that develops, produces and globally ...
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Rossignol finds new buyer for part of Time's assets
Rossignol has sold many of the bike frame manufacturing assets of Time Sport International to Cardinal Cycling Group of Little Rock, Arkansas. Rossignol had originally planned to make the sale to WhaTTfornow, but the French e-bike start-up pulled out of the deal for lack of funds. Cardinal has entrusted the ...
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News briefsWoolmark launches online sourcing guide
The Woolmark Company has launched the first edition of The Wool Lab Digital, a new online platform for its fabric and yarn sourcing guide for use by suppliers as a digital showcase and by buyers as a key sourcing service. The release of the digital tool coincides with the 10th ...
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The North Face will use regenerative cotton in 2022 collection
The North Face (TNF) has announced a partnership with Indigo Ag, a Boston-based tech company and sustainability expert focusing on regenerative farming practices. The outerwear brand plans to use the resulting products in a collection for autumn 2022. Regenerative farming practices are known to mitigate climate change by reducing carbon ...
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First labs receive approval to screen genetically modified cotton in organic cotton value chain
A total of 14 laboratories in different continents have been approved to carry out a test for the presence of genetically modified (GM) cotton along the organic cotton value chain. In 2019, Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), the Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) and Textile Exchange partnered to develop the ISO ...
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News briefsVivobarefoot wins sustainability award for algae-based footwear
Vivobarefoot is one of the winners of Arizona-based Footprint Foundation’s 2021 Ocean Hero Awards, which recognize innovative champions that are positively affecting the environment on a global scale. Vivobarefoot was honored with an Innovative Engineering Award “for developing the first footwear made from algae, a renewable aquatic resource.” Footprint, a ...
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Fox Factory welcomes new board member
U.S. shock absorber and suspension manufacturer Fox Factory Holding Corp. has appointed Sidney Johnson to its board of directors, effective Jan. 1. Johnson brings more than 25 years of operational excellence and global supply chain experience in the technology, global mobility and automotive manufacturing industries to the company, which aims ...
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News briefsPierer and Kiska set up development center for Husqvarna E-Bicycles
Europe’s leading motorcycle manufacturer Pierer Mobility, together with its young and wholly-owned e-bike division Pierer E-Bikes (brands Husqvarna E-Bicycles, GasGas and R Raymon) and Pierer Mobility’s long-time strategic brand development and design partner from Austria, Kiska, is establishing its own development & design center in Munich for its Husqvarna e-Bicycles ...
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Bafang relies on internal solution for Brandsen successor
Chinese e-bike drivetrain manufacturer Bafang Electric (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. has promoted Gary Xu to succeed Jack Brandsen, who is reportedly leaving the company March 31. As European regional manager of Bafang Electric Motor Science-Technology B.V. in the Netherlands, Xu – who previously held management responsibilities at Bafang’s European factory in ...
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News briefsCDP recognizes Lenzing as Supplier Engagement Leader
The global non-profit environmental organization CDP, based in Berlin, has recognized Lenzing’s commitment along the supply chain to drive the transition to a sustainable economy. The Austrian manufacturer of sustainable specialty fibers is now a member of the CDP Supplier Engagement Leaderboard, ranking among the top 7 percent of all ...
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Toray launches eco-textile with the feel of traditional Japanese paper
Toray Industries, the Tokyo-based chemical company, has introduced a new polyester filament fabric called Camifu. Toray says that the new material “combines the softness, smoothness, and comfort of synthetic fibers with the natural feel and random unevenness of traditional Japanese paper” and recommends it “for a variety of clothing uses, ...
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Fitbit and Garmin win an IP round against Philips
An administrative law judge of the International Trade Commission of the U.S. issued an initial determination that clears Garmin and Fitbit of a charge that they have been infringing on patents held by Koninklijke Philips and its North American subsidiary. In December 2019, the Dutch electronics multinational had brought a ...
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Cascade Designs with three new hires
Cascade Designs, the U.S. company that owns the Therm-a-Rest, Mountain Safety Research (MSR), Platypus, SealLine and PackTowl brands, has announced the addition of three new members to its product development and marketing teams: Kalon Pilmanis will serve as senior director of product, Jeff Moberg as product line manager and Ashley ...
