All about manufacturing for the sporting goods industry – Page 2
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ArticleOrthoLite appoints new GM for India
Source: OrthoLite India Vikash Bajargyan OrthoLite, the global leader in branded comfort footwear, announces the appointment of Vikash Bajargyan as the new General Manager of OrthoLite India (OIN). In his new position, Bajargyan will oversee OIN’s overall operations. This includes leading manufacturing and business development, as well ...
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News briefsYKK’s accelerates efforts to achieve Sustainability Vision 2050
YKK Corporation has increased the number of sites that have converted 100 percent of their electricity consumption to renewable energy by 20 sites from FY21 to FY22. This brings the total to 31 sites worldwide. As part of the YKK Sustainability Vision 2050, a set of sustainability goals to achieve ...
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News briefsInditex and Jeanologia develop the Air Fiber Washer
Spanish apparel group Inditex has teamed up with Valencia-based Jeanologia, which specializes in innovative technologies for the textiles industry, to create an industrial air system that reduces the shedding of microfibers in textiles by using air without the need for water or thermal energy. The new system, Air Fiber Washer, ...
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News briefsNew Balance invests $65 million to expand factory in Maine
New Balance has announced a $65 million investment to expand its current athletic footwear manufacturing facility in Skowhegan, Maine. The expansion consists of an 11,150-sqm single-story addition to the existing five-story factory building, set for completion by the end of 2024, with around 1,900 sqm of the existing building also ...
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ArticleEU Parliament votes in favor of supply chain act, FESI calls for improvements
With 366 votes in favor of the law and 225 against (38 abstained), the EU Parliament in Brussels voted in favor of the European version of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) on June 1. The EU Parliament wants companies within the EU to be required to more strictly ...
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ArticleMaterialise and Vuzix cooperate in smart glasses
Smart glasses supplier Vuzix and 3D-printing company Materalise have announced the start of their collaboration in the area of consumer smart eyewear, a market that is believed to be on the verge of mass adoption after years of development. As previously reported by our sister publication Eyewear Intelligence, the US-based ...
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News briefsUnion Sport & Cycle with new event about innovation
Union Sport & Cycle (USC), the French sporting goods and cycling industry association, has announced the launch of NEXTGEN by USC, a new event for sports industry players focusing on innovation and the social impact of sports. The event’s inaugural edition will take place on June 19-20 at the Maison ...
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News briefsWilson breaks ground on new ball factory in Ohio
Wilson has broken ground on an expansion of its Ada, Ohio, plant, which is scheduled to open next summer and will measure nearly 7,500 sqm, more than double the size of the current facility. At present, the factory produces between 500,000 and 600,000 handmade NFL footballs annually. The goal for ...
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News briefsPou Chen plans to lay off more workers in Vietnam
Taiwan-based Pou Chen, parent company of Yue Yuen and supplier to major Western sporting goods firms such as Nike, Adidas and Reebok, announced further layoffs of more than 5,700 workers at Pouyuen Vietnam Co. in Ho Chi Minh City between June 24 and July 8, according to state media reports. ...
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News briefsSporting goods sales in the U.S. grew 4.3% last year
U.S. wholesale sales of athletic footwear, apparel, sports and fitness equipment, and licensed products grew by 4.3 percent in 2022, totaling over $116 billion. This represents the second-largest percentage growth since 2010, although it also marks a pullback from the record performance of 15.8 percent in 2021. These figures were ...
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News briefsActivist platform calls on Nike to be more transparent about supply chain labor conditions
According to Reuters, London-based activist shareholder platform Tulipshare is calling on Nike to provide more transparency about working conditions in its supply chain and disclose whether the company’s policies actually meet its stated justice goals and human rights commitments. The group, which owns 276 Nike shares and wants to help ...
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GRI initiates process for new reporting standard for textile sector
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has announced a new sector to be added to its existing standards: Textiles and Apparel. The new GRI Textiles and Apparel Standard sets out to apply to any organization with a primary focus on textile and apparel production and manufacturing, but also brands, retailers, and ...
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News briefsPou Chen reportedly plans massive job cuts at Vietnam footwear factory
Citing two local officials familiar with the company’s plans, Reuters reports that Taiwan-based Pou Chen Corp, which makes athletic footwear for Nike, Adidas and others, plans to cut about 6,000 jobs at its Pouyuen Vietnam plant in Ho Chi Minh City due to weak demand. The plant is reportedly set ...
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News briefsEuropean industrial production is decreasing, but performs better than in 2021
Industrial production fell 2 percent in the euro area and 1.9 percent in the European Union (EU) in October 2022 compared with September 2022, according to estimates from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office. Nevertheless, industrial production rose by 3.4 percent in the euro area and by 3.7 percent in the ...
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News briefsChina eases Covid restrictions
China announced a general relaxation of Covid-19 health rules, authorizing patients with mild symptoms and for asymptomatic cases to quarantine at home. Previously, such cases were sent to mass quarantine centers. The National Health Commission also indicated that negative PCR test results would no longer be needed for domestic travel ...
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News briefsOrthoLite Cirql names sales director in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Source: OrthoLite Juan Cutina U.S.-based insole specialist OrthoLite has introduced Juan Cutina as sales director for its recently launched OrthoLite Cirql division. Cirql – an EVA foam that is plastic-free, recyclable, biodegradable and industrially compostable – is a patented solution for footwear that helps brands and factories ...
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ArticleRossignol’s recyclable ski composition is now open source
The Rossignol Group is now sharing the construction and material composition plans for its new Rossignol Essential recyclable ski with all mountain sports industry players to initiate a collective movement. The French company says the goal is to actively contribute to the development of recycling channels in the main ski ...
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News briefsNew Balance will begin production in Argentina in 2023
New Balance has announced that it will begin to produce shoes in the Puerto Tirol industrial park in the province of Chaco, Argentina, from February 2023. New Balance’s manufacturing partner will be Chaco-based Punto Medio. The project is expected to create 250 new jobs.
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News briefsBKMEA and Stitch sign MoU to ensure gender sensitive workplace and fair price
With a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) and Stitch, the associations express their aim to ensure gender-sensitive workplace and fair prices from apparel and footwear buyers. Part of the new project is the implementation of the Fair Price App, a ...
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Ski base manufacturer Isosport buys Romanian factory from Novo Tech
Eisenstadt, Austria-based plastics composites manufacturer Isosport has acquired Polish plastics specialist Novo Tech’s factory in Oradea, western Romania, for an undisclosed price, deal advisor Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen told Snow Industry News earlier this week. Isosport is the world leader in innovative plastic solutions for the ski, snowboard and ...
