News Briefs – Page 200
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Tearfil chooses DuPont Sorona for performance staple yarns
Tearfil, the Portuguese specialist in textile yarns, will use Sorona fibers to develop sustainable and high-performing staple yarns for the apparel industry. Sorona is made up of 37 percent renewable plant-based ingredients. Compared with Nylon 6, Sorona uses 30 percent less energy, and releases 63 percent less greenhouse gas, according ...
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Alpkit to expand into Scotland in 2021
Alpkit, an outdoor brand from Nottinghamshire, England, has announced plans to open its first Scottish store in Edinburgh early next year. The store, which will be located on Edinburgh’s Causewayside, is reportedly recruiting 12 staff members. In addition to selling gear to hike, climb, camp, run, swim and cycle, the ...
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News briefsX-Technology named most innovative Swiss sporting goods manufacturer
X-Technology Swiss R&D, the Swiss company that owns the X-Bionic, X-Socks and Apani brands, has been named “Best In Class” by the Swiss Institute for Quality Testing (SIQT). The independent institute conducted a detailed study from 2017 to 2019 to determine the most innovative companies in Switzerland. To qualify for ...
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The North Face “NSE Expedition” capsule celebrates climbing and sustainability
The North Face has released the NSE Expedition capsule collection, which commemorates Sally McCoy’s attempt to become the first American woman to climb Mount Everest in 1987. During that attempt, extreme weather conditions unfortunately halted the effort. The NSE Expedition capsule comprises a short assortment of warm outerwear that are ...
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News briefsOutdoor Master launches sustainable ski goggles with bamboo-made straps
Outdoor Master has launched a limited-edition series of ski goggles, in partnership with Stevie Gee and Simon Beck, which the California-based company claims are the world’s first sustainable ski goggles. The lenses in the new eco-friendly, artist collaboration goggles are made of sustainable materials extracted from cotton, which makes the ...
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Urwahn introduces its “Fairframe” label
Urwahn has launched its new Fairframe label, which is meant to “sensitize the bicycle industry and also society for the use of fairly produced and traded bicycles,” the company explained. The steel frames of Urwahn bicycles are produced entirely in Germany. Furthermore, its frame production relies on 100 percent recyclable ...
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EU to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030
The 27 members of the European Union agreed on Dec. 11, after a night of negotiations, to reduce by at least 55 percent their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, increasing the target from a previous objective of 40 percent. “Europe will reduce emissions by at least ...
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VF signs the UN Global Compact
VF Corp. is now a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and has endorsed the Women’s Empowerment Principles. The UNGC’s ten principles boil down to the upholding of “internationally proclaimed human rights,” freedom of association and collective bargaining for labor, the rejection of forced, compulsory and child labor, ...
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News briefsIspo Brandnew winners announced
Source: Messe München ISPO Brandnew 2021 Ispo Brandnew, purportedly the world’s largest start-up competition for the sporting goods industry started by Messe München 20 years ago, will as usual form part of the next – entirely virtual – Ispo Munich trade show, scheduled for Feb. 1-5. Some ...
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Continental’s dandelion bike tires win German Sustainability Award
Continental is an award-winner of the 2021 German Sustainability Awards for its Urban Taraxagum bicycle tire, made from dandelion rubber. The product, which won in the Responsible Design category, was selected among 54 finalists for its contribution to the development of an alternative and sustainable supply of raw materials. The ...
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CONEBI renames e-bike working group in honor of Siegfried Neuberger
The Confederation of the European Bicycle Industries (CONEBI) has unanimously decided, on the occasion of its recent general assembly, to rename its e-bike working group as the Neuberger E-Bike Working Group, in honor of the late Siegfried Neuberger. The former managing director of the German Bicycle Industry Association (ZIV), with ...
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News briefsLa Sportiva opens brand store in Courmayeur
La Sportiva has opened a monobrand store in Courmayeur, the well-known Alpine resort at the foot of Mont Blanc, in Italy’s northwest. It is the tenth store of the Italian brand, founded in 1928. It will sell all the brand’s product ranges, and not only winter sports items, including products ...
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Arc’Teryx partners with luxury fashion label for Jil Sander+ winter sportswear capsule
Lucie and Luke Meier, the creative directors of Milan-based luxury fashion brand Jil Sander, have teamed up with Arc’teryx on a fall 2021 capsule collection for Jil Sander+, the company’s line dedicated to active life outdoors. Making its debut in stores in October 2021, the capsule will include men’s and ...
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Pyua opens pop-up store in Munich and extends Sharing is Caring campaign
The sustainable outdoor and snowsports clothing brand Pyua, owned by Spin Capital, a Munich-based investment company, has opened a pop-up store in downtown Munich together with other brands from different business areas, including DIY products, upcycling, handcrafted interiors, art and fashion, under the motto “STOP - for Sustainability & Art.” ...
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VF named one of the “Top 75 Companies for Executive Women”
Working Mother Media (WMM), a U.S. strategic professional services firm that partners with companies to develop inclusive talent strategies, has named VF Corp. one of the “2020+ Top Companies for Executive Women.” This list is considered the most definitive list of top jobs for women seeking to move up the ...
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News briefsDeuter takes second place at German Sustainability Award for corporate partnerships
Together with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), exemplary partnerships between companies from the textile industry based in Germany and in developing countries were now honored with the German Sustainability Award Corporate Partnerships 2021. The award is the most prestigious award in Germany and one of ...
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Dorel calls special shareholders’ meeting for going-private transaction
The shareholders of Montréal-based Dorel Industries, the parent company of Cannondale, GT, Schwinn and other bike brands, will hold a virtual extraordinary meeting on Jan. 12 to vote on the offer by Cerberus Capital Management to take the company private at a price of CAD14.50 per share. Dorel’s board of ...
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Scott Italia delivers snow alerts
Scott Italia has partnered with 3B Meteo on a new service that will enable mountain enthusiasts not to be surprised by the weather. The service consists of a one-minute video forecast that will be broadcast on Scott communication channels, with a focus on snowfalls and snow accumulation. The new service, ...
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Eurobike announces dates for 2021
The organizers of Eurobike have announced that the 29th edition of the event will take place on Sept. 1-4, 2021. The event in Friedrichshafen, Germany, will be a combined trade and public trade show. The first two days will be reserved for international trade visitors while the third day will ...
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Ferrino presents its new historical digital archive
Ferrino, the Italian outdoor company celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, has presented Archivio Storico Digitale Ferrino, a new digital archive that allows you to trace the history of the brand. The new digital tool gathers and makes accessible memories and documents from the company’s long-standing history. The company said ...
