All Hestra articles

  • Leki-Hestra_Logos
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    Leki and Hestra announce gear partnership

    4 November 2024

    The winter sports equipment brands are joining forces to introduce a new glove line in winter 2025/26.

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  • Magnus Welander
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    Former Thule CEO appointed to Hestra’s board

    30 September 2023

    Source: Hestra Magnus Welander Magnus Welander has been appointed to the board of the Swedish company Hestra Gloves. Welander joins Hestra after 14 years as CEO of Thule Group. Under his leadership, the outdoor company has achieved impressive growth, with an increased brand presence and several new ...

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    Glove specialist Hestra publishes first sustainability report

    14 December 2021

    Source: Hestra Swedish glove specialist Hestra has written its first sustainability report. In 36 pages published on its website in a few days, the company provides an overview of its performance and plans for the fiscal year ending April 2021. In 2020/21, Hestra undertook a project to ...

  • SOG 20 years
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    Scandinavian Outdoor Group celebrates 20 years of partnerships

    16 November 2021

    “It’s more fun to do business with Scandinavians” was the very first slogan of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) that was founded by 15 companies in 2001, first and foremost to organize a joint and coordinated appearance at the international outdoor and sports trade shows in the Scandinavian Villages. Initiated ...

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    Hestra relaunches webstore to grow and expand its business

    25 June 2021

    Swedish glove specialist Hestra, founded in 1936, is expanding its digital business. As reported by ehandel.se, the company has been working with e-commerce agency Grebban for the past year to develop a global and modern e-commerce solution. Chris Weber, country manager Central Europe, told The Outdoor Industry Compass that the ...

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    New country manager Central Europe for Hestra

    26 January 2021

    Swedish glove manufacturer Hestra has appointed Chris Weber as country manager for Central Europe, a new position in the family-owned company’s corporate structure. Weber took on the position on Dec. 1. Weber previously served as a key account manager for Schöffel and Oakley, he was business manager, racket and team ...

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    Hestra donates gloves to refugees and starts fundraiser with UNHCR

    23 December 2020

    Hestra, the Swedish glove brand founded in 1936, has donated 10,000 children’s gloves to refugee children in winter camps around the world through the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). UNHCR is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees who have been ...