Latest Corporate and M&A – Page 4
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Vista Outdoor announces public filing to spin off its outdoor product brands
Vista Outdoor Inc., the parent company of 41 sports and outdoor brands, filed a public registration statement on Form 10 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Sept. 5, 2023, in connection with its previously announced plan to separate its Outdoor Products and Sporting Products segments into two independent, ...
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KSR Group files for court-supervised restructuring proceedings
Austrian two-wheeler wholesaler and importer KSR Group announced on Sept. 6 that it will file for court-ordered restructuring proceedings. Due to increased energy prices, high inflation and the loss of customers’ purchasing power, the economic situation has changed drastically over the past year in the markets served by the family-owned ...
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Mips acquires 25% in US sensor tech firm
Swedish helmet safety specialist Mips AB has entered into an agreement to acquire 25 percent of Dallas, Texas-based sensor technology company Quintessential Design, Inc (Quin Design) for $7.3 million. Quin is an ingredient brand for event detection technology and has been providing specialized sensor fusion and software for helmet brands ...
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Reima and Infinited Fiber turn textile waste into high-quality children’s clothing
Uudesti hoodie Reima, the Finnish activewear brand for children, and Infinited Fiber Company, a Finnish technology and fashion company, have teamed up to explore new possibilities for future children’s clothing. As a result of the collaboration, Reima is launching the world’s first children’s hoodie made from innovative ...
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Resale specialist Trove secures $30 million Series E funding
Trove, a leading U.S.-based resale and trade-in company for brands and retailers including Canada Goose, Carhartt, Lululemon, Patagonia, REI, Arc’teryx, Allbirds and others, announced $30 million in Series E funding, bringing Trove’s total funding since inception to more than $150 million. The funding round was co-led by Wellington Management and ...
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First rebrand of Vista Outdoor's segment separation announced
Following the separation of its Outdoor Products and Sporting Products segments into two new, independent publicly traded companies, Vista Outdoor is to be rebranded. The new name, logo and NYSE ticker of the Sporting Products segment were unveiled on Aug. 10, in an employee town hall in Lewiston, Idaho.
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Ciclo Fapril expands cargo bike frame production
To be at the forefront of the current cargo bike trend, the traditional Portuguese bicycle component manufacturer Ciclo Fapril, Industrias Metalurgicas, S.A., is expanding its production facility. The new space is expected to be completed in April 2024 and fully operational within a year. The manufacturer will start the production ...
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Micromobility.com considers acquisition of VanMoof
New York-based Micromobility.com Inc., a pioneer in sustainable transportation and micromobility services, has made a non-binding offer to acquire Dutch e-bike company VanMoof, which was reported as insolvent two weeks ago. According to a press release, Micromobility’s initial non-binding offer was well received. The company is now preparing to submit ...
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Restructuring process for Swedemount Sportswear & Fashion AB approved
As the border between Norway and Sweden was closed during the pandemic and therefore, important stores along the Norwegian border were shuttered and severely affected, the Swedish company Swedemount Sportswear & Fashion AB suffered significant losses in sales. The Covid support the company received during this period exceeded the amount ...
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Vista Outdoor appoints Eric Nyman as CEO of Outdoor, updates on corporate separation plans
Source: Business Wire Eric Nyman The board of directors of Vista Outdoor Inc, the parent company of 41 brands, has appointed Eric Nyman as CEO of the Outdoor Products segment and a member of the Board of Directors, effective Aug. 21. Nyman, who has more than 30 ...
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Crazy undergoes strategic reorientation
Source: Crazy Valeria Colturi Crazy, a brand founded in 1989 by Valeria Colturi, a top Italian cross-country skier, offering mainly products for ski mountaineering, trail running and trekking, has presented a new logo, emphasizing “the union between the quest for technical innovation that has always characterized the ...
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Dynafit to open new headquarters in Kufstein in December
In the Bavarian town of Kiefersfelden on the border with Austria, the Dynafit brand is building its new headquarters, the Dynafit Speed Factory, as reported last year. The futuristic building made of steel and glass will not only be the location for around one hundred employees from December 2023 but ...
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Greenstorm Mobility faces termination of operations
On July 12, the Austrian e-mobility concept pioneer Greenstorm Mobility GmbH filed for insolvency. The Innsbruck regional court now has jurisdiction over the Kufstein-based company. Attorney Philip Paumgarten of the law firm Rechtsanwälte Waldbauer, Paumgarten, Naschberger und Partner was appointed as insolvency administrator. A once award-winning concept seems no longer ...
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Creditor protection filing: VanMoof is granted payment suspension
On July 13, Dutch Bankruptcy File (FaillissementsDossier) reported that the responsible district court in Amsterdam has officially granted VanMoof Global Holding B.V. a temporary suspension of payments. The Dutch DTC provider of e-commuter bicycles, reportedly struggling with financial constraints for some time, had filed a corresponding petition on July 12. ...
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Rad Power Bikes withdraws from the European market
On July 10, Rad Power Bikes Inc. announced on its European website that it would withdraw completely from Europe and focus entirely on North America in the future: “We are sad to say goodbye.” This is a radical shift in course for the largest US B2C e-bike provider. According to ...
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100 years of Lowa: Another record year and the search for new target groups
With the company now being in its 100th year, we talk to Lowa CEO Alexander Nicolai about expanding capacity, new segments and sustainability strategies.
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New Wave Group acquires Tenson
New Wave Group, the Swedish parent company of Craft, Seger, Auclair, Derby of Sweden, D.A.D. Sportswear and a total of nearly fifty brands in business, sports and leisure, gifts and home textiles, has acquired 100 percent of the shares in outdoor and lifestyle brand Tenson AB. Tenson, also from Sweden, ...
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Rebike Mobility with strong growth in the 1st half of 2023
The bicycle and e-bike market is facing a fundamental change. The ongoing professionalization of the used market, availability of young used bikes from the popular service bike leasing contracts as well as the longevity of premium e-bikes are positively boosting the second-hand market and promoting circular business models. This is ...
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Dimpora CEO Mario Stucki: “We make a membrane in a way no one else does”
A membrane that is waterproof, windproof, breathable, PFAS-free, biodegradable and recyclable. The science is already here. Dimpora’s CEO explains.
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VDL Groep starts aluminum frame production in the Netherlands
In addition to mobility company Pon Holdings B.V., which is already well established in the bicycle market with its Pon.Bike division, a second family-owned Dutch industrial group is now preparing to focus specifically on bicycles. On June 5, Eindhoven-based VDL Groep, which has close ties to the automotive industry, announced ...