Mammut Sports Group

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Mammut Sports Group AG
Company type Aktiengesellschaft
IndustryClothing, mountaineering equipment
Founded1862 (1862) in Dintikon, Switzerland
FounderKaspar Tanner
Headquarters
Seon, Aargau
,
Switzerland
Key people
Heiko Schäfer
(Chairman of the Management Board) [1]
Products
  • Barryvox
  • Eiger Collection
  • Core Protect Rope
Revenue CHF 253.4 million (2018) [2]
Number of employees
ca. 800 (2024) [3]
Parent Telemos Capital
Website mammut.com

Mammut Sports Group AG (formerly also Arova-Mammut AG, Mammut AG) is a Swiss manufacturer of clothing and equipment for alpine sports such as climbing, snow sports and trail running as well as trekking. The company was originally founded in 1862 as a ropemaker and has been part of the investment company Telemos Capital since 2021. [4]

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History

Outdoor jacket by Mammut, 2018 OutDoor 2018, Friedrichshafen (1X7A0182-HDR-2).jpg
Outdoor jacket by Mammut, 2018
Mammut climbing harnesses, 2018 Mammut, OutDoor 2018, Friedrichshafen (1X7A0175).jpg
Mammut climbing harnesses, 2018

19th and 20th century

The company was founded in 1862 by Kaspar Tanner in the Swiss village Dintikon as a ropery [5] and moved to nearby Lenzburg in 1878. In 1898, Kaspar's son Oscar took over the company, which grew significantly in the following decades, particularly during World War I. From 1919, the company bore the name Seilwarenfabrik AG Lenzburg. Oscar Tanner left the company in 1924. [6]

From 1943, the products of Seilwarenfabrik AG Lenzburg were marketed under the brand Mammut; during the rebranding, the mammoth (German word: Mammut) was introduced as the company logo. [5] [6] In 1968, the Swiss Heberlein Group took over the company and renamed it Arova Lenzburg AG. [6] The Heberlein Group sold Arova Lenzburg AG to the Swiss conglomerate Conzzeta in 1982, [7] who renamed it Arova Mammut AG in 1984 and moved its seat to Seon, Switzerland, in 1992, where the company has been based ever since. [6]

When the original core business of the ropery fell into a crisis and comparable rope factories closed, the company gradually developed into a manufacturer of outdoor clothing in the 1970s and 1980s. The first outdoor collection by the company was launched in 1981. [6] [8] In 1989, the backpack manufacturer Fürst was acquired. [9]

21st century

In the new millennium, the company, which has been using the name Mammut Sports Group AG since 2003, [6] took over a number of other companies and increased international activities. Since 2001, Ajungilak, a Norwegian manufacturer of sleeping bags, has been part of the Mammut Sports Group. On April 1, 2003, the group also took over the Swiss shoe manufacturer and developer of notable products, such as the Raichle Flexon snow boots, Raichle Sportartikel  [ de ], founded in 1909. [10] Raichle then covered the mountain, trekking, hiking and multifunctional footwear submarkets within the Mammut Sports Group. In spring 2009, the Raichle brand was discontinued in favor of a uniform brand identity, and the products have been marketed under the Mammut brand since then. [11] [12] On July 1, 2011, the Mammut Sports Group took over the company Snowpulse, a manufacturer of avalanche airbags. [13]

A report in the Handelszeitung ranked the company among the "Hidden champions" in 2008. [14]

The central distribution warehouse of the Mammut Sports Group was located in Memmingen until the end of 2012. The distribution center had to be expanded several times due to the company's expansion. In late 2012, the new central distribution warehouse in Wolfertschwenden near Memmingen was occupied, [15] and the company's logistics were also relocated from Seon to Wolfertschwenden. [16]

In 2016, the Mammut Sports Group closed its rope production in Seon due to the strong Swiss franc and the resulting high production costs in Switzerland. [17] The facilities for the production of mountain ropes were sold to the Austrian company Teufelberger. [18]

In December 2019, Conzzeta announced its intention to divest the Mammut Sports Group. The reason given by Conzzeta was to focus more strongly on its core business, sheet metal processing. [19] In April 2021, it was announced that the Mammut Sports Group would be sold to the London-based investment company Telemos Capital, [20] whose founder and president is Philippe Jacobs of the Jacobs family. [21] The completion of the sale was announced on June 30, 2021. [22]

In 2023, the Mammut Sports Group expanded its business activities to South Korea, a further expansion of the company's Asia business after China and Japan. [23] Since 2024, Mammut has been managing the Austrian market as a direct sales company after the indirect sales company Mammut Sports Group Austria GmbH was discontinued. From fall 2024, the Austrian market will be covered by a newly founded subsidiary; this is already the case in countries such as Switzerland and Germany. [24]

Products and brands

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Sign of Mammut's Munich Flagship store

The Mammut brand produces outdoor clothing, backpacks, sleeping bags, climbing ropes and climbing harnesses. [25] Climbing equipment and accessories account for around a third of sales. The outdoor clothing is suitable for mountain sports, hiking, skiing, trail running and other activities. [4] Mammut's Eiger Extreme Collection is geared towards the conditions of extreme mountaineering and was developed in collaboration with professional athletes. [26]

The company also offers avalanche transceivers under the Barryvox brand. [27] In addition to the main Mammut brand, the Mammut Sports Group also included Ajungilak (sleeping bags), Lucido (headlamps) and Raichle (shoes) as independent brands. The company now only carries Mammut as its main brand (for example, Raichle was discontinued around 2009). [11]

A number of Mammut products received the ISPO Award at the Internationale Fachmesse für Sportartikel und Sportmode (ISPO) in 2023 and 2024. [28] [29] [30]

Company structure

Mammut's German headquarters in Wolfertschwenden Mammut-Wolfertschwenden.jpg
Mammut's German headquarters in Wolfertschwenden

The Mammut Sports Group belongs to the London-based investment firm Telemos Capital as a private equity company. [31] [32] The company is based in Seon, Switzerland, while the central distribution warehouse for Europe is located in Wolfertschwenden in Bavaria. [33]

The Mammut Sports Group employs around 800 people and is active in over 40 countries through subsidiaries, distributors, and agencies. [23] It operates a number of flagship stores internationally, as well as a factory outlet at its headquarters in Seon. [34]

Corporate responsibility and sponsorship

In 2010, the non-governmental organization Public Eye compared the standards of working conditions in production countries by means of surveys and internet research among 77 fashion labels. Mammut Sports Group AG was classified in the category Advanced, the best of five categories. [35] The Mammut Sports Group is a member of the Fair Wear Foundation and has been recognized by it several times for supply chain transparency. [36]

According to the company, it has set itself the goal of eliminating environmentally harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances [37] from their supply chains until 2025. [38] In 2021, the Mammut Sports Group received the National German Sustainability Award for a circular economy project. [39] The company declared the achievement of its own carbon dioxide targets in 2024 to be relevant for the amount of bonuses. [40]

In 2024, the Mammut Sports Group dressed the German sport climbing team at the 2024 Summer Olympics as part of a sponsorship deal. [41] The Mammut Sports Group also sponsors professional athletes in the disciplines skiing, climbing, and mountaineering, including Ai Mori, Adam Ondra, Jérémie Heitz, Jakob Schubert, Stephan Siegrist  [ de ] and Nadine Wallner  [ de ] as of 2024. [42] At the same time, the athletes are implemented to test the company's products under extreme conditions. [26]

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