All Uvex Group articles

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    Warburg Pincus to acquire majority stake in Uvex

    3 July 2025

    The German specialist in protective gear for sports and work brings on a global investment firm to accelerate its growth strategy.

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    Mips reports outstanding start into 2022

    2 May 2022

    In the first quarter of fiscal 2022, Swedish helmet technology and “Brain Protection System” (BPS) manufacturer Mips AB reported preliminary net sales of SEK 137 million (€13.22 million), an increase of 65.1 percent year-on-year. Organic growth amounted to 48 percent during the quarter. It is mainly based on the success ...

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    Uvex Sports takes over distribution of Hiplok

    27 April 2022

    Starting May 1, Uvex Sports will take over the distribution in Germany and Austria of the British brand Hiplok, provider of high-quality security and storage solutions for cyclists and other sportspeople. The Hiplok range includes portable chain locks and U-locks, as well as cable locks and lockable wall and floor ...

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    Hövding strengthens German and Austrian markets

    12 November 2021

    Swedish brand Hövding is strengthening its presence in the German-speaking market through a new partnership with Alpina Sports, part of the German Uvex Group. Sales of Hövding airbags for cyclists have increased significantly in Germany in recent years. The new business model is designed to provide an even stronger presence ...

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    Uvex Group builds new logistics and service center

    4 October 2021

    With a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony on Sept. 27, the Uvex Group gave the starting signal for the construction of the new, modern and sustainable logistics and service center in Rednitzhembach, Germany. The building, which has been pre-certified by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB), will begin to take shape in ...

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    Uvex Group opens online brand shop

    7 April 2021

    The German Uvex Group is further developing its digital business models and opening an online brand store for end consumers that carries all Uvex Group brands and their B2C-ready assortment. This includes sports and leisure equipment from Uvex and Alpina, as well as safety products for the workplace. Also available ...

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    Uvex Sports Group acquires majority stake in Hiplok

    4 March 2021

    Germany’s Uvex Sports Group has acquired a majority stake in U.K.-based Hiplok manufacturer, Plus 8 Industries Limited. Details of the purchase price or the exact stake were not communicated. Uvex Sports Group will now add the Hiplok brand to its portfolio alongside the existing Alpina and Uvex brands, “bundling competencies ...

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    ​Alpina launches virtual showroom

    23 July 2020

    In the time of the coronavirus pandemic, German Alpina Sports, supplier of sports glasses, goggles, helmets and protectors and part of the Uvex Group, offers its dealers a virtual showroom on its website, where the product innovations for next season are presented and explained. The design of the virtual showroom, ...

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    Uvex partners with fall sensor startup, increases turnover in 2018/19

    14 February 2020

    (SGI+) The German helmet and eyewear specialist Uvex is starting to distribute the eponymous sensor system of Tocsen, a start-up in Freiburg, Germany. Tocsen consists of a fall sensor and app to detect when a helmet wearer crashes. It checks the state of the fallen skier, snowboarder or cyclist, routes ...