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News briefsOrtovox launches mountain lab educational platform Protact Lab
The German brand Ortovox has launched a new multi-media information platform called Protact Lab. It offers multimedia guidance in German and English to motivate people to change their own behavior and mobilize the sports community for conscious consumption, care and repair, mobility choices and sustainable use of nature’s resources. The ...
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News briefsSchwan-Stabilo establishes outdoor subsidiary in Italy
As of April 1, 2022, mountain sports expert Ortovox is repositioning its presence in the Italian market with the opening of the new Schwan-Stabilo Outdoor Italia branch, based in Rancia near Bergamo. With Stefano Finazzi, the company is bringing an experienced industry expert on board as general manager. After 25 ...
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ArticleSport 2000 Germany reports best result in company history; Outdoor particularly on the rise
Sport 2000 GmbH continues to grow in Germany. The factored purchasing volume and external sales of the affiliated partner companies in Germany gave Sport 2000 the best result in the company’s history in 2021. As a result, Sport 2000 defends the position it already held in 2019 as Germany’s largest ...
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News briefsOrtovox releases documentary about threats to the Alps
Ortovox has released “Alps - To Go?”, a documentary film based on a script by filmmaker and journalist Tom Dauer, on YouTube. The film presents four protagonists and their different attitudes towards the Alps and raises questions: How much sacrifice must each individual make in order to protect the Alps? ...
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News briefsOrtovox expands its management team
Stefanie Rieder-Haas and Michael Sieber have joined the management team of German outdoor company Ortovox, effective Jan. 1. Christian Schneidermeier remains the sole managing director. Along with the personnel change, however, Ortovox is restructuring internally in order to adapt processes to the changing market conditions. The result are three new ...
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ArticleArc’teryx and Ortovox unite forces for new avalanche airbag system
The new LiTric unit The result of a joint research and development project, the Canadian brand Arc’teryx and the German brand Ortovox have introduced LiTric, a new electronic avalanche airbag system for winter 22/23 that will be used in a line of different touring and freeride packs ...
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News briefsWinners of OR’s fourth annual Innovation Awards
The winners of the fourth Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards were announced Jan. 27, 2022, during the OR Snow Show in Denver, Colorado. Eddie Bauer’s new BC Flyline Jacket and Bib, developed in close collaboration with alpine sit-skier Trevor Kennison to meet the needs of adaptive skiers, were named Product of ...
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ArticleOrtovox avalanche beacon wins #sheisoutdoors awards
Source: © KontraPixel / Miriam Mayer Avalanche beacon Ortovox Diract Voice is the overall winner of #she-is-outdoors winter edition In its first winter edition, the second round of the #sheisoutdoors gear awards found seven products worth being awarded for their innovative properties and women-specific design for ...
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ArticleEOCA members make record funding possible in 2021
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) has reported that it was able to fund more projects in 2021 than ever before, thanks to the continued support of its members and exceptional fundraising efforts conducted in 2020 and 2021. In total, nearly €400,000 was allocated to 14 projects in 11 different ...
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ArticleSchwan-Stabilo's outdoor division grows 16% in 20/21 despite lockdowns
Despite Covid-19, the German Schwan-Stabilo group achieved sales growth of 2.2 percent to €623.2 million in fiscal 2020/21 (previous year: €609.8 million). The Stabilo (writing utensils) and Outdoor subgroups, which grew significantly despite the pandemic, contributed substantially to this. For the group’s Cosmetics segment, the impact of the pandemic was ...
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News briefsOrtovox closes webshop on Black Friday weekend
On Nov. 26-28, the Ortovox online store will be offline, the brand’s third consecutive closure on the Black Friday weekend as a sign against discount battles and consumerism. “We want to live responsibility and advocate sustainable and moderate consumption,” said Christian Schneidermeier, CEO of Ortovox. At the same time, the ...
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News briefsSchwan-Stabilo calls on employees worldwide to become socially involved through sport
The Schwan-Stabilo Group, which owns the brands Deuter, Maier Sports, Ortovox and Gonso, has called on all its employees worldwide to cover a distance of 60,000 km – the distance between all company locations added together, and a total of 1.5 times around the world – virtually together in sports. ...
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News briefsOrtovox expands rental service for ski touring equipment in Germany and Austria
Together with 80 retailers in Germany and Austria, Ortovox will offer emergency equipment, Avabag avalanche airbag backpacks and normal backpacks as well as selected clothing for rental in the coming winter season. Which products can be rented from which retailer can be easily queried on the German Ortovox website. Interested ...
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News briefsOrtovox avalanche transceiver with voice navigation now available for end consumers
The new Diract Voice avalanche transceiver from Ortovox, which was awarded “Product of the Year” in the Snowsports category at ISPO Munich 2021 Online and also voted Best Product of the Year by the ISPO Open Innovation Community, and its slimmed-down sister model, Diract, are now available in stores; the ...
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News briefsOrtovox expands professional partnerships and internal pro product team
Ortovox, the German specialist for safety equipment, backpacks and technical wool clothing, has expanded its partnership with the umbrella organization of the Austrian Mountain Rescue Service (ÖBRD). As part of the cooperation, products specially tailored to the needs of mountain rescuers are being developed, which are available in a special ...
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ArticleOutdoor specialists climbing up the ranking of ISPO Consumer Insights Report
In its quarterly Consumer Insights Report, conducted among members of the ISPO Collaborators Club since Q2/2021, Messe München finds that outdoor companies are rapidly expanding their relevance within the sports brand landscape. The highly engaged consumers from Germany, Austria, Italy, and Switzerland voted on both their general favorite brands and ...
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News briefsOrtovox Safety Academy with new summer dates
With the Safety Academy, Ortovox offers an extensive range of clinics on alpine climbing in the Alpine region in cooperation with its partner mountain schools. From July to October, courses are offered at various locations with a focus on Germany, Austria and Switzerland, but also in Italy and France, which ...
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News briefsOrtovox supports the protection of the Tarkine rainforest in Tasmania
From its new summer 2021 Tarkine capsule of two T-shirt styles, available exclusively at retailers, German merino specialist Ortovox is donating 5 percent of the sale price of each shirt to the Bob Brown Foundation , a local NGO whose goal is for the Tarkine Primeval Forest in ...
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News briefsUpdate: Ortovox Diract Voice avy transceiver wins Product of the Year and Public Choice at ISPO
Source: Ortovox Diract Voice Ortovox heralds a new era in avalanche emergency equipment with the Diract Voice avalanche transceiver – and manages to score the „ Product of the Year “ award by ISPO Munich in the Snowsports category. The new device ...
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News briefsOrtovox receives third consecutive Leader status
For the third year in a row, Ortovox has received the Leader status from the Fair Wear Foundation ( FWF ). Particularly standing out were the company’s progressive efforts for responsible sourcing practices in the supply chain, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, FWF said. Despite steady growth and ...
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