Arcoteryx is a Canadian outdoor clothing brand.
Arc'teryx was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1989. The production of some ancillary products has been moved to New Zealand, Vietnam and China, but the company's headquarters, design room, and main production workshops remain In Vancouver, its products are mostly used in rock climbing, hiking and other activities. Its headquarters, design studio, and main production lines are in Vancouver.
Due to its almost crazy pursuit of new craftsmanship and new technologies, in just a dozen years, it has grown into a recognized leading outdoor brand in North America and even the world, with a good reputation in the fields of clothing and backpacks. products. Its products are mainly involved in hiking, climbing and ice and snow sports.
Amer Sports Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Amer Sports), the parent company of "Arc'teryx", is a Finnish company headquartered in Helsinki. It was founded in 1950. It was an industrial company in its early years and began to develop sports business in 1974. , is now a multinational company in the production and marketing of sporting goods with more than 8,000 employees.
Brand development history:
Arc'teryx's predecessor was RockSolid, founded by Dave Lane and Jeremy Guard. Its earliest product was climbing equipment, the Vapor safety belt designed and produced using heat lamination technology ( Harness), this product has also become one of Arc'teryx's most popular products.
In the second year of the company's operation, with the company's expansion, Arc'teryx launched the Bora series of backpacks using the same Vapor technology. In 1996, Arc'teryx obtained the authorization from WLGore to use GORE-TEX fabrics and began producing its new series of outdoor technical clothing.
Arc'teryx's name and trademark pattern come from the earliest bird known to mankind, Archaeopteryx, the Archaeopteryx. The pattern image is based on the "HMN1880 Berlin Specimen" (Berlinspecimen) discovered in Berlin around 1880. So far, The most complete Archaeopteryx fossil.
Therefore, the Arc'teryx brand is generally called "Archaeopteryx" in Chinese, commonly known as "bird", "little bird", or "Canadian bird" to distinguish it from Osprey, another American brand that uses a bird pattern trademark. , American bird.
In 2002, Arc'teryx was acquired by the Adidas-Salomon Group. Subsequently, in 2005, Salomon was split from the A-S Group and sold to the Finnish AmerSports Group. Today, Arc'teryx is a subsidiary of Amer's Salomon Group.
However, Arc'teryx still maintains its independent operations in Vancouver, although the production of some ancillary products has been moved to New Zealand, Vietnam, China and other places. Arc'teryx's product line today still only involves outdoor clothing, backpacks and climbing protective gear.
On September 12, 2018, Anta Sports announced that the company planned to join forces with private equity fund Fountain Capital to acquire all the shares of Amer Sports in cash. On February 25, 2019, ANTA Sports announced the latest progress in acquiring Amer Sports Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Amer Sports), the parent company of "Arc'teryx".
The announcement stated that the offeror has received the necessary approvals from the Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission to complete the tender offer. At this point, the consortium led by Anta has obtained all official approvals required to acquire Finnish sports brand Amer Sports.