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Compass Diversifed (CODI), which acquired Camelbak last August, has already...
Compass Diversifed (CODI), which acquired Camelbak last August, has already raised some money. It has now filed the documents for a secondary offering of 9,075,000 shares that should raise an additional $300 million. Shareholders cashing out include CCI Magyar Holdings, whose stake in CODI would then be reduced from 16.4 ...
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Entre Prises, a French company that is one of the...
Entre Prises, a French company that is one of the global leaders in the manufacture of climbing walls, is to buy one Spanish counterpart, Top 30 Climbing Walls. Founded in 1992 in Asturias, in the north of Spain, this manufacturer is said to be the market leader in its home ...
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Implus' chief executive, Seth Richards, and president, Todd Vore. Financial...
Implus' chief executive, Seth Richards, and president, Todd Vore. Financial details were not publicized. Implus specializes in insoles, shoe care products, socks, sports monitors and fitness products. Its brands include Sof Sole, Sof Comfort, Airplus, Apara, Yaktrax, Sneaker Balls, Little Hotties and Perfect fitness products. In an interview in September ...
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Compass Diversified Holdings, the new investor behind Camelbak, has secured...
Compass Diversified Holdings, the new investor behind Camelbak, has secured fresh money by striking a deal worth $515 million of new debts to push its existing business and to buy more companies. Most recently, the private equity firm said that it had sold its biggest company in the portfolio, Staffmark ...
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Gokaldas Exports, the largest manufacturer of sports apparel in India,...
Gokaldas Exports, the largest manufacturer of sports apparel in India, is reportedly holding talks with Jack Wolfskin and several other companies that want to shift some of their sourcing from China to other Asian countries. Based in Bangalore, Karnataka, Gokaldas is chiefly known in the sports industry as a supplier ...
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Trilantic Capital Partners, a private equity firm active in North...
Trilantic Capital Partners, a private equity firm active in North America and Europe that focuses on consumer products among other segments, is buying Implus Corporation in partnership with
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Equip Outdoor Technologies has completed its acquisition of Lowe Alpine...
Equip Outdoor Technologies has completed its acquisition of Lowe Alpine from Asolo for a reported amount of £20 million (€23.3m-$32.0m). To help finance the acquisition, an investment company, Matrix Private Equity, has taken a minority stake in Equip as well as a seat on its board of directors, chaired by ...
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ABS Peter Aschauer, the specialty company of airbags and avalanche...
ABS Peter Aschauer, the specialty company of airbags and avalanche rescue backpacks, has decided to invest in its own production facility just 120 kilometers away from the equally new offices outside Munich. For the last three years, manufacturing has been sourced out to external partners, but ABS believes that own ...
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The Odlo Sports Group is investing massively in its...
The Odlo Sports Group is investing massively in its European logistics and manufacturing facilities: The Swiss brand will bundle its central logistics and the administration of its German operations at a modern new site of more than 26,000 square meters in Brüggen, Germany. Construction will start in March 2012, and ...
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Last Thursday, the Salewa/Operalp group opened officially its futuristic headquarters...
Last Thursday, the Salewa/Operalp group opened officially its futuristic headquarters in Bolzano, Italy. The avant-garde building, whose shape recalls that of a mountain, is self-sufficient in terms of energy and CO2 free and is set to supply also neighboring companies with solar energy. The building comprises the offices of the ...
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Schoeller, the manufacturer of technical fibers and fabrics, strongly believes...
Schoeller, the manufacturer of technical fibers and fabrics, strongly believes in its home country as its base for own production and product development. It recently acquired a Swiss laboratory, Tensis. Schoeller and Tensis have collaborated in product development on high-tech garments in the past.
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Asolo denies a rumor according to which the company would...
Asolo denies a rumor according to which the company would be taken over by Oxylane, the French retail giant that owns Décathlon
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Deckers Corporation, parent company of Teva and other brands, has...
Deckers Corporation, parent company of Teva and other brands, has announced the $20.4 million purchase of nearly 14 acres of land at Goleta, in the county of Santa Barbara in California, to build a new corporate head office
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Lafuma has become an associate member of Fesi, the Federation...
Lafuma has become an associate member of Fesi, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, alongside other individual companies such as Adidas, Nike, Lotto, Puma and Tecnica. Its application for membership was unanimously accepted by Fesi's board of directors. Among other privileges, associate membership gives Lafuma the right to ...
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Spencer Frazer, founder of SOG Specialty Knives & Tools, and...
Spencer Frazer, founder of SOG Specialty Knives & Tools, and the U.S. company's chief executive, Fred Keller, have bought back the business from an equity investor, MCC Capital Partners, which stepped into the company in 2009. They have the backing of a new investment group comprising Gladstone Investment Corporation, The ...
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Jarden Corporation's board of directors has approv ed a...
Jarden Corporation's board of directors has approv ed a new program to repurchase up to $500 million of its equity, after completing a previous plan authorized in November 2007
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Amer Sports' board of directors has decided to start repurchasing...
Amer Sports' board of directors has decided to start repurchasing up to 3 million shares between Aug. 23 of this year and June 30, 2012
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Effective Aug. 1, Findos Investor has acquired Maier Sports, the...
Effective Aug. 1, Findos Investor has acquired Maier Sports, the German brand of outdoor and snow wear, along with Gonso, the company's bike wear brand. Maier Sports was owned by the Maier family, led by Gerhard Maier as managing partner, who will seek retirement probably at the beginning of next ...
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Garmont denies rumors concerning a possible sale of the company,...
Garmont denies rumors concerning a possible sale of the company, although it has reportedly received at least one takeover offer. The rumors probably originated from the departure earlier this year of Gord Bailey, the company's longtime U.S. manager. Company officials say that Garmont plans to announce a new management structure ...
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Sports Direct International has raised its stake in Blacks Leisure...
Sports Direct International has raised its stake in Blacks Leisure Group to 21.3 percent. The aggressive British retailer and brand owner had seen its stake in Blacks diluted by an equity increase in May 2010. At the end of its own financial year last Apr. 24, Sports Direct had only ...
