News Briefs – Page 379
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Osprey PackSizer, the backpack fitting app developed by Osprey, has...
Osprey PackSizer, the backpack fitting app developed by Osprey, has been recognized as a 2014 “Highly Commended” Innovation of the year by The Great Outdoors magazine. This recognition adds to the recent Ispo 2015 Communication Award in the mobile app category, and the app has already had more than 10,000 ...
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Researchers at the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim and the Leibnitz...
Researchers at the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim and the Leibnitz Institute for Interactive Materials (DWI) in Aachen have developed an antimicrobial treatment for wool and wool blends. Antimicrobial treatments are typically effective on cotton, polyester and polyamide, but not many are effective on wool, which tends to be washed less ...
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Goal Zero has recalled about 10,000 units in the U.S....
Goal Zero has recalled about 10,000 units in the U.S. and 110 in Canada of its Sherpa 50 and 120 models of rechargeable battery packs, following one report of a fire and two reports of property damage due to overheating. One consumer reported becoming ill after breathing fumes from an ...
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Scarpa North America will act as official sponsor of the...
Scarpa North America will act as official sponsor of the National Ski Patrol in the U.S. for touring and telemark ski boots. Members of the National Ski Patrol will be able to purchase Scarpa's products at special conditions.
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Adidas Outdoor has announced that Sonya Baumstein, one of the...
Adidas Outdoor has announced that Sonya Baumstein, one of the brand's athletes, will attempt to be the first female to successfully row alone from Japan to San Francisco next spring. Baustein, 29, will row between 14 and 18 hours per day in a carbon boat weighing less than 350 kilograms ...
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Joel Abrahamsson, a 33-year-old Swedish angling champion who has been...
Joel Abrahamsson, a 33-year-old Swedish angling champion who has been practicing mainly kayak fishing, has joined Johnson Outdoors Watercraft as a pro-staffer. He will help Johnson market its Old Town and Ocean Kayak brands in Sweden and to design new fishing kayak. Abrahamson made history in September 2014 by catching ...
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Primus has been appointed offic al fuel supplier to the...
Primus has been appointed offic al fuel supplier to the Montane Yukon Arctic Ultra. Known also as MYAU, it is described as the hardest and coldest endurance races in the world. Following on the track of the Yukon Quest sled-dog race, it challenges runners, cyclists and cross-country skiers to cover ...
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The X-Bionic brand of X-Technology joined Victorinox and Honeywell in...
The X-Bionic brand of X-Technology joined Victorinox and Honeywell in the Hall of Fame of the prestigious Swiss Innovation Award as it celebrated its 25th anniversary in Zurich. Meanwhile, X-Technology, Schoeller, Sympatex Technologies and Polartec took Best Innovation prizes at the recent inaugural Future Materials Awards organized by the World ...
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WL Gore & Associates has developed +Gore for Gore-Tex gloves,...
WL Gore & Associates has developed +Gore for Gore-Tex gloves, a new technology to help keep hands warmer for longer. This technology relies on a new testing method that simultaneously measures the breathability and the insulation performance of a glove. According to Gore, the glove construction - which consists of ...
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Sherpa Adventure Gear will host a reception to honor Dawa...
Sherpa Adventure Gear will host a reception to honor Dawa Yangzum Sherpa and Pasang Lhamu Sherpa on their successful climb of K2 in 2014. The event, where the two women will tell their story first hand, will take place at the upcoming Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City, ...
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The next Salewa Climb to Ski Camp will take place...
The next Salewa Climb to Ski Camp will take place in San Martino di Castrozza, in the Italian Dolomites, on March 16-19. The camp will give 12 European riders the opportunity to go free-riding with Salewa athletes Björn Heregger from Austria, Luca Pandolfi from Italy and Arnaud Cottet from Switzerland, ...
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Messe München confirms that the European Outdoor Group will exclusively...
Messe München confirms that the European Outdoor Group will exclusively support the new multi-sport Ispo Shanghai fair, scheduled for next July 2-4. The show will focus on outdoor as well as action sports, water sports, performance sports and fitness. Numerous outdoor brands have already confirmed their participation including Black Diamond, ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry is inviting...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry is inviting registrations on its website for its annual World Sports Forum on Feb. 4, the eve of the Ispo Munich show. It will focus this time on “Entering and Exploring new Markets.” Haico Ebbers, professor of international economics at Nyenrode Business ...
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Ispo Textrends, the forum for textile innovations and components at...
Ispo Textrends, the forum for textile innovations and components at Ispo Munich, Ispo Beijing and Ispo Shanghai, has reported a 65 percent increase in the number of companies that have registered for 2015 compared with 2014. Next year's events will host a special exhibition, within the different Ispo shows, of ...
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The partnership between Ispo Munich and Paddle Expo, the world's...
The partnership between Ispo Munich and Paddle Expo, the world's largest exhibition for paddle sports, will now also incorporate Ispo Shanghai. The Asian exhibition, taking place on July 2-4, 2015, will be the first cross-segment sports business platform in the Chinese market. Paddle Expo and Ispo Shanghai will invite business ...
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Primaloft has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). It will...
Primaloft has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). It will contribute data and resources to support the Higg Index. More than 140 companies are already members of SAC, incluing global members and retailers such as Adidas, Nike, VF Corp., C&A, Gap and H&M.
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Fjällräven has made a “Down Promise” that all its new...
Fjällräven has made a “Down Promise” that all its new products will only use ethically produced down feathers of the highest quality. After several years of work on this increasingly sensitive issue, the Swedish company says it is now working with one supplier who shares its views on animal welfare, ...
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VF Corporation and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the...
VF Corporation and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have announced they have distributed loans to three garment factories in Bangladesh - Arunima Sportswear, Olio Apparels, and Radisson Apparel – totaling $1.3 million, under a new program for funding fire and building safety improvements. Through the ...
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Chaco, part of Wolverine Worldwide's Performance Group, has made a...
Chaco, part of Wolverine Worldwide's Performance Group, has made a donation of $46,945 to the American Camp Association (Aca) for its “Send a Child to Camp” scholarship fund, which will allow around 100 under-privileged children to enjoy a camp experience. Chaco has raised more than $68,000 dollars for Aca's “Send ...
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Joan Fontfreda, who founded the Chiruca brand of hiking and...
Joan Fontfreda, who founded the Chiruca brand of hiking and hunting boots together with his brother Lluís in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, has passed away at the age of 92. Working out of the company left by their mother, who died early, they decided to make mountain ...
