News Briefs – Page 11
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News briefsHohenstein to open new textile testing laboratory in Shanghai
Germany-based Hohenstein, a provider of textile testing and a founding member of Oeko-Tex, is opening another testing lab in Shanghai. Starting in the first quarter of 2023, the new facility, located in the Pudong District industrial park, will supplement the Hong Kong laboratory capacity. It will add to Hohenstein’s capacity ...
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News briefsVF Corp. plans to expand its EMEA headquarters in Switzerland
VF Corp. is planning to expand its EMEA headquarters in Stabio, Switzerland. The VF Campus currently consists of four buildings measuring 20,000 sqm, which host over 1,100 employees working in design and product development, a fabric testing lab and showrooms dedicated to the group’s brands. VF is the parent company ...
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News briefsAdventure travel marketplace Heli buys Great Canadian Heli-Skiing
Heli (heli.life), a Colorado-based marketplace for heli-skiing and other adventure travel (kiteboarding, surfing, scuba diving, mountain biking, etc.) through partnerships with companies around the world, has completed the purchase of Great Canadian Heli-Skiing and the company’s Heather Mountain Lodge, located at the east gate of Glacier National ...
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VF Corp. to potentially sell the JanSport brand
According to Bloomberg citing „people with knowledge of the matter,” VF Corp is considering selling the JanSport backpack and adventure luggage brand. There are no details of a potential investor revealed whatsoever. Shares of VF, the owner company of The North Face (TNF), Vans and Timberland brands, have dropped by ...
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News briefsRetyre raises funding for new bike tire factory in Norway
The Norwegian bike tire company ReTyre AS, a start-up founded in 2015, is expanding into Europe with distribution in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and a webshop. The company goes to market with a tire system that enables a change of profiles on a base tire with a zip-on system, including ...
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News briefsTernua consolidates sales in Italy
Ternua has consolidated its sales in Italy, according to marketing director Imanol Muñoz, who spoke with Diffusion Sport at the recent ISPO Munich show. In doing so, it has hired a single manager to handle the five regions into which the Spanish Basque company has divided up the country. Ternua ...
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News briefsLectra acquires majority of SaaS provider TextileGenesis
Paris-based company Lectra has announced the signature of an agreement to acquire 51 percent of the capital and voting rights of the Dutch company TextileGenesis, a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform for sustainable material traceability that is also partnering with the Textile Exchange and the Cotton Trust Protocol, as ...
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News briefsAdvanced Clothing Solutions receives B Corp status
U.K. textile fulfillment company Advanced Clothing Solutions (ACS) is now B Corp-certified, scoring 150.9 points after being assessed in several categories, including governance, workers, community, customers and environment. The Glasgow-based company, founded in 1997, offers a logistic platform for rental, resale and returns. ACS has just been welcomed as a ...
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News briefsLenzing Group and Renewcell sign large-scale supply agreement
Austrian specialty-fibers manufacturer The Lenzing Group and Renewcell, the Swedish textile-to-textile recycling company, have signed a multi-year supply agreement. According to Renewcell, the agreement provides for the sale over five years of 80,000 to 100,000 tons of Renewcell’s 100 percent recycled textile Circulose dissolving pulp to Lenzing, for use in ...
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Anta is weighing up IPO of Amer Sports
Anta Sports is considering an initial public offering (IPO) of Amer Sports, Bloomberg has reported, drawing its information from people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified. Amer Sports includes brands like Wilson, Arc’teryx, Salomon, and Atomic. The company and its co-investors are holding preliminary negotiations with ...
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News briefsLenzing Ecovero reaches production milestone
Lenzing Group, the Austria-based producer of wood-based specialty fibers including Tencel, Lenzing, and Ecovero, has announced that the production of its Ecovero-branded viscose fibers has reached over 300,000 tons since the brand’s launch in 2017. While celebrating this milestone, the company added that it is looking at even higher capacity ...
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News briefsAccapi launches sustainable technical underwear for winter sports
Accapi, the Italian specialist in technical garment, is introducing a new line of sustainable technical underwear for winter outdoor sports. The new eco-friendly underwear line, dubbed Ergocycle, is made with Repetita, a yarn obtained from plastic bottles. The Ergocycle line includes high-performance pants and long-sleeved shirts. Accapi is headquartered in ...
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News briefsNewell Brands elects Stephanie Stahl to its board of directors
Newell Brands, whose portfolio includes Marmot, Coleman, and Campingaz, announced the election of Stephanie Stahl to its board of directors, effective Jan. 1, 2023. With her appointment, the company’s board will increase from ten members to eleven. “We are delighted to welcome Stephanie, a dynamic business leader with a proven ...
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News briefsXero Shoes expands distribution in Europe
Xero Shoes, a U.S. brand of minimalist – or “barefoot” – footwear, has expanded its presence in Europe: EU managing director Dan Dougherty has added the agencies Bisetisport (Switzerland), WNB (Finland) and New Cinema (Israel) to his network. S-Works is responsible for the Spanish market. In Germany, goFree GmbH is ...
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News briefsNew leather & footwear testing laboratory for Hohenstein
Hohenstein, a German provider of textile testing and a founding member of Oeko-Tex, celebrated the opening of a second leather & footwear testing laboratory in Gurugram, India, on 11 Nov. 2022. The first of its kind in Hohenstein’s established network of textile testing labs in Asia, it will focus on ...
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News briefsHaglöfs closes again for Black Friday
As it did last year, Swedish brand Haglöfs is taking a stand against the environmental and social perils of excessive consumption on Black Friday. Haglöfs has conducted a number of protests against the sales day, from increasing prices to donating profits to charities to promote second-hand products. In 2021, for ...
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News briefsAscend purchases majority stake in Circular Polymers
Ascend Performance Materials has acquired a majority stake in Circular Polymers, a California-based recycler of post-consumer, high-performance polymers, including polyamide 6 and 66, polypropylene and polyester (PET). Circular Polymers reclaims and processes post-consumer carpets via a unique technology. The deal will provide Ascend with a consistent supply of post-consumer recycled ...
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News briefsAlpkit meets funding target in less than eight minutes, plans new product categories
At the end of October, British outdoor and cycling brand Alpkit invited its customers to become shareholders in the company. The investment campaign was open for just eight minutes when the company reached its target of £750,000 (around €855,000). In less than an hour, Alpkit had raised £1.6m (€1.83m) from ...
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News briefsInfinite Fiber announces progress in building commercial-scale fiber factory in Finnland
Infinited Fiber Company, textile technology specialist from Finland, has announced that the construction of its first commercial-scale Infinna textile fiber factory in Kemi, Finland, has progressed according to plan since the announcement of the factory site in June 2022. The company is increasing its focus on scaling the production volume ...
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News briefsInov-8 opens first showroom outside the UK
U.K.-based running, hiking and fitness brand Inov-8 has opened the doors to its first showroom in mainland Europe in Annecy, France. Manu Fedon, Inov-8 sales manager for France, said: “The showroom will be a basecamp for all customers, media contacts, friends and family living within the heart of the French ...
