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Fox Head Announces Pete Fox to Rejoin in Newly Created Role of Chief Creative Officer
Dec 12, 2014Fox Head Inc. announced that Pete Fox will rejoin the company in the newly created role of chief creative officer. Fox will report directly to Interim CEO Scott Olivet with his appointment being effective immediately. Formerly the ...
Tags: Officer, Former CEO, Sporting Goods
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Rogers Corporation Has Launched The XRD Impact Institute
Jan 15, 2014Rogers Corporation has launched the XRD Impact Institute,an in-house testing and design support center where sporting goods brands can develop and test helmets,body armor and insoles and other impact protection products made with the ...
Tags: Rogers Corporation, XRD Impact Institute, in-house testing
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POC Has Partnered with Volvo Car Group to Explore New Ideas for Protecting Road Cyclists
Jan 13, 2014POC has partnered with Volvo Car Group to explore new ideas for protecting road cyclists. Engineers and product designers from both Swedish brands will work together and plan to apply the findings to upcoming products. "With POC's ...
Tags: POC, Volvo Car Group, road cyclists, road safety
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Honey Bees Overwhelm ?Demand Will Get up
Sep 17, 2013EPA using guns, body armor to enforce Clean Water Act? The greatest pollination show on Earth is a mix of staggering stats and figures. Sure, numbers tend to bore and overwhelm — but not when it comes to honey bees and the almond ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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Ten Cate NV - Has Introduced The TenCate Multi-Light? CX Plus Series of Ultra-Lightweight
Sep 12, 2013A division of the Netherlands-based Royal Ten Cate NV — has introduced the TenCate Multi-light? CX Plus series of ultra-lightweight ballistic inserts for soldiers and law enforcement personnel. The technology combines advanced ...
Tags: Textile
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Faced with EPA Using Guns,Body Armor Have to Enforce Clean Water Act
Sep 6, 2013EPA agents are wearing body armor and carrying guns to check on Clean Water Act violations? In late August, agents of the Alaska Environmental Crimes Task Force descended on several mines around the town of Chicken, and may have been there ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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TCU Will Show The Special Football Uniform
Aug 25, 2013TCU's brand of football is as tough as the school's mascot, the fierce desert-dwelling horned frog. Legendary TCU Coach Dutch Meyer revolutionized football during a run to the 1935 national championship - employing the "Meyer Spread," a ...
Tags: Football Uniform, Apparel
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Royal Ten Cate NV Has Introduced a Full Line of Personal Protection Products
Aug 8, 2013Newark, Ohio-based TenCate Advanced Armor North America — a division of the Netherlands-based Royal Ten Cate NV — has introduced a full line of personal protection products that offer improved protection for law enforcement and ...
Tags: Textile
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High Performing Safety Uniform Shirt Is Unveiled by Flying Cross
Jul 31, 2013Creating a truly comfortable, high-performing shirt to help officers do their jobs better was the goal for Fechheimer in expanding its Flying Cross brand of public safety uniforms. With the addition of Power Stretch shirts – available ...
Tags: Flying Cross, Safety Uniform Shirt
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Contracts Come on The Heels of Four Contracts Totaling $71mn That Burlington Was Awarded
Jun 20, 2013Burlington Industries LLC, a division of Greensboro, N.C.-based International Textile Group Inc. (ITG), has been awarded two contracts from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) totaling a maximum of $160 million to provide wool-blend ...
Tags: Burlington, Textile
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KDH Has Been Awarded a Contract by The Los Angeles Police Department
May 29, 2013KDH Defense Systems, Inc. (KDH), a leading manufacturer of American-made custom body armor solutions for military, law enforcement, federal agencies and corrections, announced that its distribution partner, Galls, LLC (Galls), a world ...
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People Are in Awe When Rice University Scientist Ned Thomas Holds up a Polyurethane Disc
Apr 16, 2013People are in awe when Rice University scientist Ned Thomas holds up a polyurethane disc with three bullets perfectly suspended inside. The material has not only stopped the bullets but also remains clear; there are no cracks and the ...
Tags: Bullet Proof Glass, Glass
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Launch of a Co-Development and Distribution Partnership Is Announced by NFM & FirstSpear
Feb 21, 2013FirstSpear, a warfighter tactical equipment designer and manufacturer, and the NFM Group, an international group of companies developing and marketing unique tactical textile and body armor solutions, have announced the launch of a ...
Tags: NFM, FirstSpear, Offering, Capabilities
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Startups Awards for Woolen Innerwear Goes to Armadillo Merino
Dec 13, 2012The UK garment maker Armadillo Merino has won an award at the ‘Startups Awards 2012’ for its high quality woolen innerwears manufactured for professional risk takers such as military personnel, fire fighters and police. ...
Tags: Armadillo Merino, garment, Startups Awards 2012, woolen innerwears
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Sadly My Plans for Actually Testing This Bulletproof Clipboard From ThinkGeek Fell Through
Dec 12, 2012Sadly my plans for actually testing this Bulletproof Clipboard from ThinkGeek fell through, as there was no gun range that would let me test it and record video of it. I still couldn't pass up the chance to write about bulletproof office ...
Tags: Office Supplies, Clipboard, Thinkgeek
