News Briefs – Page 420
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X-Bionic has been honored for the fifth consecutive time as...
X-Bionic has been honored for the fifth consecutive time as the “most innovative brand” at the Plus X Awards in Cologne, Germany, an international innovation prize celebrating the most innovative brands in 23 categories including technology, sports and lifestyle. This is the tenth year of the awards. The Swiss high-tech ...
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W.L. Gore & Associates, well known for its Gore-Tex membrane,...
W.L. Gore & Associates, well known for its Gore-Tex membrane, has been awarded the No. 5 spot on the 2013 Best Multinationals in Europe by the Great Place to Work (GPTW) Institute. To be among the top 25 global companies to work for, companies must have appeared in at least ...
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The European Conservation Alliance (EOCA) is celebrating a milestone after...
The European Conservation Alliance (EOCA) is celebrating a milestone after seven years of existence. It now has more than 100 members – 102 to be precise as of a few days ago – following a massive 29 percent increase in the number of new memberships in the last six months. ...
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The Oeko-Tex Association has presented its first sustainability awards to...
The Oeko-Tex Association has presented its first sustainability awards to companies in the textile industry. They were granted to five companies in five different categories. In particular, YKK got the award for quality management and Lenzing got it for product innovation. Other recipients were Sun Hing Industries Holding of Hong ...
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Messe München organized one of its seminars under the Ispo...
Messe München organized one of its seminars under the Ispo Academy umbrella during the Brazilian Adventure Sports Fair, which took place in São Paulo for the 15th time last May 1-5. The 18 products that won the Ispo Awards last February were also presented for the first time at the ...
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Angela Merkel is scheduled to visit the next session of...
Angela Merkel is scheduled to visit the next session of the Eurobike fair in Friedrichshafen on Aug. 28. The German Chancellor is expected to spend a couple of hours at its official inauguration and to gather information on urban mobility and cycling in general. The annual fair should host more ...
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The Spanish Sports Unlimited trade show is going to concentrate...
The Spanish Sports Unlimited trade show is going to concentrate on fitness as of next year, moving from Valencia to Sant Cugat del Valles near Barcelona. Targeting operators of fitness centers rather than sporting goods retailers, it will take place on May 13-15, acting as a Spanish follow-up to the ...
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Alys Diffusion has not taken over the distribution in France...
Alys Diffusion has not taken over the distribution in France of Tropicare. Alys and another French company, Scalata Concepts, are both active for Tropicare as sales agents on the French market.
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Jarden Corporation has placed $250 million worth of convertible notes,...
Jarden Corporation has placed $250 million worth of convertible notes, carrying interest of 1.5 percent a year and due in 2019, with a syndicate of investors headed by Barclays Capital and J.P Morgan. The investors have also exercised an option to purchase an additional $15.2 million at the same conditions. ...
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Onex Corp. has completed the acquisition of Nielsen Expositions from...
Onex Corp. has completed the acquisition of Nielsen Expositions from Nielsen Holdings for $950 million cash. The business has been renamed Emerald Expositions. It will continue to organize the Outdoor Retail and Interbike shows in the U.S., among others. will continue to be headquartered in San Juan Capistrano, California.
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Mike Abbott will be the new president of Keen Footwear...
Mike Abbott will be the new president of Keen Footwear from July 8, 2013. He has nearly two decades of experience in global operations, most recently as chief operating officer of Specialized Bicycles, where he first joined as general manager in 2009. Before entering the bike industry, he acted as ...
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Patrick Pons-de-Vier, who has been running the rather successful footwear...
Patrick Pons-de-Vier, who has been running the rather successful footwear segment of Amer Sports for the past nne years, catapulting Salomon to the second spot on our rugged outdoor footwear chart, has been promoted vice president of the Salomon brand. His former duties have been taken over by Jean-Marc Djian, ...
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Tim Jasper has been appointed to the new position of...
Tim Jasper has been appointed to the new position of design director of Equip UK, the company that owns the Rab, Lowe Alpine and Outdoor Designs brands. He previously spent about 20 years at Rohan.
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Schöffel has appointed Georg Kaiser, 48, to handle sourcing, logistics...
Schöffel has appointed Georg Kaiser, 48, to handle sourcing, logistics and quality control. Formerly with Frankenwälder, a German supplier of women's apparel, he reports directly to Peter Schöffel, chief executive of the company, who has taken over responsibility for the supply chain following the recent departure of another member of ...
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Oliver Robens has been promoted to the new position of...
Oliver Robens has been promoted to the new position of a European sales director of Craghoppers, the U.K. brand of outdoor apparel. The 50-year-old, who has been acting as area manager for German-speaking countries since 2007, will report to Jim McNamara, managing director, and will supervise, in addition to the ...
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The European operations of Icebreaker, led by Maximilian Hofbauer as...
The European operations of Icebreaker, led by Maximilian Hofbauer as general manager, have appointed Sven Baxmann country manager for Germany. The 35-year-old worked previously for other companies including IKO-Corratec, a German bicycle retailer and marketer of the Corratec brand of bikes, as well as for Triumph International, a huge group ...
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On June 1, Thomas Kamm assumed the position of country...
On June 1, Thomas Kamm assumed the position of country manager for Austria and Germany at Merrell and Chaco, two of the brands of Wolverine Worldwide. He replaces Michael Dörner, who managed the sales of Merrell in central Europe for seven years. Dörner has left the group to become ...
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Fenix Outdoor North America has hired a footwear industry veteran,...
Fenix Outdoor North America has hired a footwear industry veteran, Steve Van Ruden, as sales director for its Hanwag brand. Based in Portland, he will report directly to John Walbrecht, chief executive of the North American subsidiary of Fenix. Van Ruden has been strategic account manager at Keen Footwear, among ...
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Patagonia has promoted Doug Freeman to the position of chief...
Patagonia has promoted Doug Freeman to the position of chief operating offer, effective immediately, to replace Rose Macario, who now leads Patagonia Works, the new holding company set up by Yvon Chouinard for sustainable development in other sectors (see our previous issue). Freeman will report to Casey Sheahan, chief executive of Patagonia. ...
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Markus Weinman will leave Lowa this summer to pursue other...
Markus Weinman will leave Lowa this summer to pursue other professional opportunities, after working for this German outdoor company owned by Tecnica Group for 21 years, most recently in charge of sales for Blizzard and other brands owned by Tecnica and distributed by Lowa in some of the German-speaking countries. ...
