Outdoor Research is quickly expanding its European sales network by appointing two new agencies for France and Austria. In France, the OR business will be handled by P.L. Diffusion led by Eric Lafuma, which is also in charge of MSR and the other brands of Cascade Designs as well as of Baffin, Zamberlan, Gregory, Source and others. Outdoor Research's new agency for Austria is Sport Options of Franz Apfler, who also takes care of Colmar and Killtec in the country. The two new appointments are steps toward completing a European structure after the appointment of Maurice Brenninkmeijer as European sales director, the establishment of a customer service office in Switzerland and a new warehouse in Rotterdam run by Kamino, a third-party logistics company. Currently, Outdoor Research is available in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the U.K, Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland.
