News Briefs – Page 78
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News briefsDeuter achieves Fair Wear Leader status again
German brand Deuter has confirmed its leader status with the multi-stakeholder initiative Fair Wear Foundation for the tenth time in a row, reaching 94 of the maximum of 100 points possible. The yearly check-up validates the implementation of fair working conditions in a company’s supply chain. Besides the measures taken ...
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News briefsJack Wolfskin launches social report 2021
Jack Wolfskin has summarized its CSR efforts and achievements for fiscal 2021 in a new social report that has just been published. The company notes the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced it to develop new methods for effective collaboration with its 49 suppliers without being able to visit ...
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News briefsE-com start-up Velio offers refurbished bikes and e-bikes, expands into Austria
In its online shop for refurbished bikes and e-bikes, German start-up Velio wants to offer a higher quality alternative to private used gear marketplaces. Velio sells secondhand bikes and e-bikes that are overhauled at the company’s workshop in Cologne. All bikes come with a 12-month guarantee and can also be ...
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News briefsNew CEO for bike components manufacturer BC
Source: Bike-Components Dominic Land Dominic Land is the new CEO in charge of Bike-Components, the German online retailer of bicycles and bicycle parts, since Jan. 1. He has taken over from Philipp Simon. The succession of Simon has been in the works for some time in close ...
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News briefsAustrian ARGE Outdoor officially launched
As previously announced, the association of sporting goods manufacturers and sports equipment suppliers of Austria (VSSÖ) has founded the industry interest group ARGE Outdoor with 16 members and 20 brands on Jan. 17, 2023. Founding members are Arva, Deuter, Dynafit, Fizan, Fritschi, Intersport, La Sportiva, Leki, Löffler, Lowa, Mammut, Martini, ...
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News briefsRab supports educational initiative Xhow
Rab has entered a new partnership with the project Xhow, an educational initiative founded by mountain guides in 2006 that is active mainly in the Alps region. The project offers free training for skiers, bikers and climbers under the titles snowhow, climbhow and bikehow for children and teenagers as well ...
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News briefsPolygiene Group acquires former distributor Biomaster US
As part of its U.S. expansion strategy, the Swedish Polygiene Group has acquired Biomaster US LLC, former distributor and customer of its subsidiary Addmaster Ltd. This acquisition gives the company a foothold in the U.S. and Central and South America, while BioMaster US CEO Charlie Matthews becomes part of the ...
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News briefsAcai Outdoorwear secures £3 million investment
Womenswear brand Acai Outdoorwear has secured a £3 million (€3.4 million) investment from Growth Partner, a consumer-focused investment firm that is backed by HomeServe founder and chief executive Richard Harpin. Acai’s investors since October 2019, DSW Ventures, will be exiting as part of the deal. In addition, James Worrall, investment ...
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News briefsEcovative acquires Netherlands-based Lambert Spawn Europa
New York-based mycelium technology company Ecovative has acquired Lambert Spawn Europa B.V., a mushroom spawn production facility in the Netherlands, from a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based Lambert Spawn Co. Ecovative works with partners throughout the textiles, food and packaging industries. The acquisition allows Ecovative to integrate a major source of ...
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News briefsSAC gives an update on the Higg Index reviewing process
In a blog post published on the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s (SAC) website, Jeremy Lardeau, the VP of the coalition, gives an overview of the process of the Higg Index review that is planned for this year. With the last review being made in 2017, the SAC is now working with ...
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News briefsAmerican Fishing Tackle Company (AFTCO) enters Japanese market
Fishing clothing specialist American Fishing Tackle Company (AFTCO) has announced a distribution deal in Japan. Sunline, the Japanese fishing line maker that has been appointed as its distribution partner, will manage the sales and marketing of AFTCO products in the country. AFTCO, founded in 1958 and headquartered in Santa Ana, ...
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News briefsThird generation of the founding family taking the helm at Merida
Source: Merida With Vansen Tseng, the third generation of the founding Tseng family takes the helm at Merida. On Jan. 13, Taiwan’s second-largest bicycle and e-bike manufacturer Merida announced that Vansen Tseng will assume the position of president, effective Feb. 1, 2023, following approval by the board ...
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News briefsNew GM at Ideal Bike Corporation
Following the resignation of Tim Lin as general manager of Ideal Bike Corporation, Taiwan’s third-largest bicycle and e-bike manufacturer, on Dec. 31, the company will now be led by Frank Chen, the former vice president of Ideal China. According to the company’s chairman Hermes Chang, Chen has already demonstrated his ...
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News briefsPatagonia and Samsung team up to combat microplastics
Patagonia and Samsung have partnered to develop new washing machines to help reduce the microplastics resulting from textiles and laundry that pollute the oceans. Microplastics are released from laundry when we wash synthetic textiles, even on the delicates cycle, and these end up in waterways. Add-on filters and protective laundry ...
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News briefsHuman Material Loop: Startup uses human hair for textile applications
Source: Human Material Loop Utilizing human hair waste from hair salons as a raw material, the Dutch start-up company Human Material Loop is working on three different technologies to make use of the main component human hair is made of – keratin – and process it into ...
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News briefsDue diligence SaaS provider Sourcemap joins Global Innovators community
Sourcemap, a New York-based provider of supply chain transparency and traceability software, has joined the World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators community. The invitation-only group unites startups and scale-ups for ethical technological and business model innovation. As a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators Community, Sourcemap wants to contribute ...
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News briefsVanessa Müller takes over as managing director of ClimatePartner Switzerland
Source: ClimatePartner Switzerland Vanessa Müller, new MD of ClimatePartner Switzerland Vanessa Müller, who joined ClimatePartner Switzerland in March 2021 and took over the team lead commercial sustainability a year later, has been promoted to the company’s new managing director. The move is part of the ongoing departure ...
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News briefsOekotex publishes new regulations, offers online webinar
Oeko-Tex has now published its new regulations, which will come into force in the first quarter of 2023 after a transition period. Part of the new standards is a general ban on the use of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS/PFC) in textiles, leather and footwear for the Oeko-Tex Standard ...
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News briefsDeuter donates €4,000 to EOCA biodiversity project
German company Deuter did not offer extra discounts during its “Green Week” (an initiative started as an alternative to Cyber Week). Instead, it started an initiative to donate 10 percent of sales from its online store to a project of the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA). Now the brand has ...
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News briefsSpecialized gets rid of 8 percent of its global workforce
Specialized CEO Scott Maguire officially announced on Jan. 11 that the company has laid off 8 percent of its employees worldwide. According to the U.S. bicycle company, the downsizing of the team is rooted in the global economy, which is changing faster than anticipated, and in rapid changes within cycling. ...
