Reportedly, Fenix Outdoor, the parent company of Fjällräven, Primus, Hanwag, Brunton and Tierra, will open its own subsidiary for Austria and Italy with headquarters in Innsbruck at the beginning of next year. The company will be run by Reinhard Schwarzenberger, formerly part of the local sales force of POC, as country manager.
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