News Briefs – Page 272
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At this year's Ispo Munich show, Light my Fire of Sweden,...
At this year's Ispo Munich show, Light my Fire of Sweden, which specializes in utensils for outdoor meals, launched a new product line based on bio-plastics, made from sugar cane and wood fibers. Also for Munich, the company published the “Little School of Plastic,” a brochure on plastic, biomass in plastic and ...
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Polartec has announced its commitment to using 100 percent recycled...
Polartec has announced its commitment to using 100 percent recycled materials and biodegradability across its entire product line. The new Eco-Engineering initiative, a collaboration with Unifi and Intrinsic Advanced Materials, is an extension of Polartec Eco-Engineering, a proprietary process that deploys recycled inputs to produce sustainable fabrics with enhanced performance ...
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The North Face (TNF) and The American Alpine Club (AAC)...
The North Face (TNF) and The American Alpine Club (AAC) are partnering once again to launch the 2019 Live Your Dream Grants. The AAC and TNF will give away $50,000 in grants ranging from $200 to $1,000 per individual. Applications will be accepted online until March 31, with an application ...
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In our edition dated Thursday, Jan. 28, 2018, we published...
In our edition dated Thursday, Jan. 28, 2018, we published an article titled “The North Face unveils a breathable waterproof fabric,” where we stated that waterproof membranes like Gore-Tex don’t let moisture out. This is incorrect, since Gore-Tex membranes are both waterpoof and breathable in varying degrees, letting moisture out ...
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The NPD Group has signed an agreement with SportsOneSource (SOS)...
The NPD Group has signed an agreement with SportsOneSource (SOS) to acquire assets relating to the company's SSI Data POS Sports and Outdoor tracking business. The transaction is expected to close on April 1. SOS will no longer be in the sports retail data tracking business, but will continue to ...
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Marmot Mountain Europe has moved into new headquarters in Frankfurt....
Marmot Mountain Europe has moved into new headquarters in Frankfurt. The U.S. outdoor brand has concluded an internal restructuring that began with its acquisition by Newell Brands in 2016. The parent company has sought to anchor the brand more firmly in its outdoor and recreation division. Jan Schapmann remains Marmot's ...
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Edge Technologies Engineering (ETE), the maker of knives, knife sharpeners...
Edge Technologies Engineering (ETE), the maker of knives, knife sharpeners and lights, has acquired Al Mar Knives. Gary Fadden, formerly the company's president, has been made chairman emeritus of Al Mar. He will be attending Shot, the shooting and hunting trade show, and other such events to promote the brand ...
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A private equity fund, Equinox Partners, has reportedly signed an...
A private equity fund, Equinox Partners, has reportedly signed an agreement in principle to acquire a 40 percent stake in Manifattura Valcismon, the Italian family-owned company that owns three important brands of sports apparel: Castelli for cycling, Karpos for hiking and trekking, and Sportful for cycling and Nordic skiing. The ...
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Laurent Vanat, the authoritative consultant based in Switzerland, has put...
Laurent Vanat, the authoritative consultant based in Switzerland, has put out a call for crowdfunding of the forthcoming 2019 issue of his International Report on Snow & Mountain Tourism, which is due to be released in April. Contributors of any amount over the technical minimum will be listed in the ...
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In order to facilitate its acquisition by Anta Sports Products...
In order to facilitate its acquisition by Anta Sports Products and other investors, Amer Sports amended its statutes at a previously planned extraordinary shareholders meeting on Jan. 23. A clause on a shareholder's obligation to redeem shares was removed. Also, the members of the board of directors will no longer ...
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Edwin Haid and Quirin Kammerer have acquired 100 percent of Pro-X-Elements,...
Edwin Haid and Quirin Kammerer have acquired 100 percent of Pro-X-Elements, the producer of outdoor apparel. The previous owner, Matthias Cramer, sold all of his shares to the new shareholders on Dec. 1, 2018. Haid and Kammerer will manage the company together as managing partners. As former executives at Jeantex, a ...
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At the beginning of this year, Hanwag appointed Albrecht Volz...
At the beginning of this year, Hanwag appointed Albrecht Volz to the new position of country manager for Germany. Thomas Gröber, chief executive of Hanwag, has until now been responsible for the German market. Volz has worked for Hanwag since 2013. He spent four years as a sales representative and ...
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Amy Beck will become president of Oboz/Kathmandu North America, based...
Amy Beck will become president of Oboz/Kathmandu North America, based in Bozeman, Montana, on April 1. Beck has been vice president of North American sales at Smartwool, in Colorado, for almost eight years and previously held an executive post at another brand owned by VF Corp., Lucy Activewear (Lucy has ...
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Peter Novak has been appointed president of Sherpa Adventure Gear,...
Peter Novak has been appointed president of Sherpa Adventure Gear, maker of outdoor apparel and accessories, and plans to grow the brand in North America. Novak is coming off nine years – first as head of national accounts, more recently as vice president of sales – with 5.11 Tactical, which ...
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David Parker has been made chief financial and operating officer...
David Parker has been made chief financial and operating officer at Pacific Market International (PMI), the manufacturer of food and beverage containers. Parker will be in charge of the company's finances, supply chain, IT, legal department and business transformation. He will report to Bob Keller, PMI's chief executive. Parker has ...
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Fjällräven assigned Dean Polic to the position of country manager...
Fjällräven assigned Dean Polic to the position of country manager for Germany at the beginning of this year. He succeeds Lars Ryslev, who is taking the newly created position of head of global sales for Central Europe at Fenix Outdoor, parent company of Fjällräven. Polic, 47, will be leading Fjällräven's German ...
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Duckworth, which makes source-verified, single-origin Merino wool and woolen products...
Duckworth, which makes source-verified, single-origin Merino wool and woolen products entirely in the U.S., has hired Andy Wunsch to be its chief executive. Last November, Wunsch ended a seven-year stint, most recently as business execution leader, at Sitka Gear, maker of hunting apparel and accessories. Before that, he worked for ...
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Primus and Brunton, two of the outdoor brands owned by...
Primus and Brunton, two of the outdoor brands owned by Fenix Outdoor International, have hired Rebecca Day to be their marketing manager. She will be reporting to Per Wååg, general manager of both Primus North America and Brunton Outdoor. Day was most recently marketing manager at Topo Designs, the Denver-based ...
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Microban, which develops chemical treatments for textiles to control odor...
Microban, which develops chemical treatments for textiles to control odor and prevent the spread of microbes, has appointed Maté Dzakula to the post of business development manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Dzakula was born in Croatia and raised in Sydney. He will be working out of ...
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Schöffel has appointed Peter Sontheimer to lead product development. Before...
Schöffel has appointed Peter Sontheimer to lead product development. Before joining Schöffel, Sontheimer worked for Ziener, where he was chief executive and head of product management, design and purchasing. Sontheimer also worked for over two decades at Vaude. At Schöffel, he will both lead the product management, design, technical development ...
