Fischer Sports GmbH was founded in 1924 by wagon maker / journeyman Josef Fischer in a modest wooden barn in Ried im Innkreis, Austria, where the global headquarter is still located. Josef Fischer, untiring in striving to achieve his goals, forges ahead with the expansion of his company at every opportunity, and slowly the Fischer brand becomes more and more popular. Today, Fischer Sports GmbH is the global leader in Nordic skiing and one of the world's leading brands in Alpine skiing, known for innovation and cutting-edge technology. Fischer is also one of the biggest manufacturers of high-quality ice hockey sticks. Fischer’s vision is to be the winter athlete’s brand of choice through outstanding products, created for everlasting moments and new levels of individual performance. The privately held company employs 1.500 individuals who all share a passion for and dedication to winter sports. Fischer's mission is to enable athletes to enjoy their sport and excel to the next level by introducing the most innovative, reliable, and easy to use products.

 

Born from the mountains of New Zealand, Mons Royale creates high-performance merino apparel. Hannah and Hamish Acland started Mons Royale in 2009. Both coming from High Country farms, they had a natural affinity for merino wool and the mountains in which the wool is grown. Hamish’s skiing and Hannah’s design background combined with their farming roots has given Mons Royale a unique platform to create a brand from – which includes their love for action and adventure sports. Today, Hannah continues to lead the brands design direction, with Hamish as CEO. The team of two has grown globally to over 40 staff across three offices. Vancouver, Innsbruck and Wanaka. The brand is stocked in over 500 retail doors globally and has a fan base including some of the world’s best action sports athletes. Mons Royale partners with the world’s best in the wool industry, which ensures top quality products that respects animals, people, places, planet, and our future. Mons Royale – Made by Mountains

Alpine ski champion Lasse Kjus didn't set out to change the ski apparel industry. He simply felt that functionality and performance were more important than fashion for a full day on the mountain facing the elements. As it turns out, his desire for functional apparel not only filled a gap, it created a brand. The Kjus brand launched in 2000 with a small ski collection, targeting premium ski stores around the world. This strategy proved to be succesfull, becuase the selected stores all focused on a high level of customer service, capable of explaining the technical benefits of the Kjus products for the avid skier. The following years, Kjus expanded, bringing on investors and innovated on the product lines, which formed the Kjus brand as we know it today. In Summer 2019, KJUS was acquired by Acushnet Company, owner of a variety high-end golf brands, and is now led from the North American headquarters in Boulder, Colorado, and the satellite offices in Risch-Rotkreuz, Switzerland. KJUS is engineered for people with active lifestyles, and the brand craft innovative and premium sportswear that strengthens the performance of passionate athletes.

 

In 2006, YETI Coolers was founded by Roy and Ryan Seiders with a simple mission: build the cooler you’d use every day if it existed. The avid outdoorsmen became frustrated with the quality of the coolers available and founded YETI in response. With a great focus on product innovation and firsthand experience, the two began their mission of outlining, building and producing the best cooler in the world.  One that was built for the serious outdoor enthusiast rather than for the mass-discount retailers. One that could take the abuse they knew it would be going through out in the field and on the water. One that simply wouldn’t break. Today, YETI products perform when it matters most - whether that be an excursion into the remote Alaskan wilderness, chasing redfish on the Gulf coast, or just getting together with friends in the backyard. The original YETI cooler turned out to be a great succes in niche market segments of high-end hunting and fisching enthuasiasts, outdoorsmen, beach goers and water enthusiasts, and the brand has continued its great focus on product innovation since the. This is clear looking at the wide range of YETI products available today, ranging from varying styles in coolers, drinkware, bags, dogs bowls and beds, cargos, apparel and outdoor living accesories.

All of them have one thing in common. They're build for the wild.

 

The more than 200 years of company history of Schöffel consists of episodes and events, strokes of luck and blows of fate. Already shortly after founding the small company Georg Schöffel’s son Josef must go to war. During the fighting the young man from Schwabmünchen saves the life of Bavarian crown prince Ludwig. The consequence: as lifetime annuity for Josef, which he invests into his mobile trade with stockings and opens a lot of opportunities. After the second world war a new page of the familiy saga is turned. Ludwig Schöffel, the designated company heir had died in Russia, therefore the younger brother Hubert takes his place and realized an ambitious plan: He has a new and modern clothing shop built. Today the brand is over 200 years old but still young and full of ideas: Traditional and modern are no contradiction for Schöffel - they are root to success. To be open for the new, setting the trends instead of following the others, acting responsibly and sustainably, acting internationally but still nurturing the native basis in Bavarian Schwabmünchen – Schöffel goes its own way.

 

The uvex group’s company history has been shaped by its own innovative developments. Starting with the first safety and ski goggles in the 1930s and the first anti-fog ski goggles in 1964 (uvex champion) to the development of the lightest industrial safety spectacles in the world in 2006, uvex has proven its impressive innovative strength time and again. Current solutions such as the revolutionary variotronic® technology for ski and cycling eyewear or the new i-gonomics product system, which combines traditional safety features with ergonomics, underline uvex’s claim to be a leader of innovation in the sports and industrial health and safety markets. Despite the international orientation, the uvex group has remained true to its location in Germany. In addition to the headquarters in Fürth, 90 years on, the majority of uvex production plants are still in Germany or elsewhere in Europe.

 

BOOTDOC is the specialist for Power Fit Socks and for customized athletic footwear. BOOTDOC designs individual solutions for active feet that guarantee excellent comfort and performance when taking part in sport. What sets BOOTDOC apart is the fact that it offers the most innovative analysis methods and develops products that are designed to meet the needs of each individual athlete. Athletes who challenge themselves daily while looking for advancements in development and technology. BOOTDOC strives to be a part of this journey by supporting their feet and developing the tools for them to improve their performance.