OCC Outdoor

Friedrichshafen OutDoor Show regulars, Tilley Endurables and The Healthy Back Bag Company, have decided not to exhibit at the 2013 event after what HBB’s Managing Director Priscilla Chase described as an “unacceptable degree of mucking about” on the part of the show’s organisers. 

BCB, the Cardiff based outdoor and survival equipment supplier, has opened a new plant in Llanelli, from where it will manufacture FireDragon fuel.

Climbing and outdoor brand, Black Diamond Equipment, has put an end to months of speculation by naming Oakham based Bradshaw Taylor as its new distributor. The announcement brings to an end the US company’s year long search for a successor to First Ascent, with which it had worked for the past 18 years. 

SMG Europe has announced that it is to handle the exclusive distribution in the UK and Ireland of the Kelty and Wenzel brands. Kelty is best known here for its backpacks and along with Wenzel is owned by the American Recreation Corporation. The deal comes after more than a year of negotiation between the two businesses.

Outdoor and travel brand, Craghoppers, has become the headline sponsor for The Bushcraft Show 2013. The event, which takes place between 25-27 May at Elvaston Castle in Derbyshire, is widely acknowledged as the principle consumer showcase centring upon the growing interest in survival skills and outdoor living.

The Mountain Boot Company (MBC) has been appointed the UK distributor for ski brand, Black Crows. Already a niche name in the UK where it is currently available from five retailers, the appointment of MBC is the latest move by the brand’s French owners to develop its European market.

For a second year in succession clothing and footwear brand Regatta, has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade. The is the first time an outdoor business has completed this particular double and is a direct result of Regatta growing its overseas sales by more than two thirds in just three years.

The Real Outdoor Kit Show (ROKS) 2013 seems on course to attract the same number of exhibitors as it did last year according to show founder and organiser, Sam Fernando.

Hi-Tec Sports has secured the biggest ever tender win in the company’s history by landing a contract with the MoD to supply outdoor and indoor training footwear for Britain’s armed services.