Fond of Bags
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| Limited liability company | |
| Industry | Textile Industry |
| Founded | 2010 [2] |
| Founder | Sven-Oliver Pink, Florian Michajlezko, Oliver Steinki, Juliaan Cazi |
| Headquarters | Cologne, Germany |
| Products | Backpacks, Bags |
| Revenue | 34 Mio. EUR [3] |
Number of employees | 184 [4] |
| Website | www.fondofbags.com |
F.O. of Bags GmbH, marketed as Fond of Bags, is a German manufacturer of sustainable, ergonomic backpacks. The startup company was founded by Sven-Oliver Pink, Florian Michajlezko, Oliver Steinki and Juliaan Cazi in 2010 and is based in Cologne.[5]
History
Fond of Bags, initially founded as ergobag GmbH, launched its first product in 2010: an ergonomic, sustainable backpack for primary school children called ergobag.[6][7] In the past years, six additional brands were added to their product portfolio leading to a change in company name to Fond of Bags. Today, Fond of Bags has 184 employees and distributes its products in 20 countries worldwide. A further expansion to China and the United States is planned.[8]
Products
Fond of Bags' portfolio contains seven brands:[9]
- Affenzahn
- Ergobag
- Satch
- AEVOR
- pinqponq
- AEP
- Offermann
All of these individual adaptable products are produced substantially, using Polyethylene terephthalate, i.e. Polyester made of recycled PET bottles.[10][11]
Awards
- 2011 Red Dot Design Award
- 2012 Germany Land of Ideas; enable2start Business Plan Competition Winner
- 2013 Red Dot Design Award
- 2015 German Design Award for brand satch; Beste neue Marke for ergobag [12]
References
- ↑ Bundesanzeiger. "Jahresabschluss zum Geschäftsjahr vom 01.08.2014 bis zum 31.07.2015". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ F.O. Bags GmbH. "Fond of Bags". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ Bundesanzeiger. "Jahresabschluss zum Geschäftsjahr vom 01.08.2014 bis zum 31.07.2015". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ F.O. Bags GmbH. "Fond of Bags". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ F.O. Bags GmbH. "Fond of Bags". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ Richters, Kim. "Die Rucksack-Rebellen mit dem Millionen-Umsatz". Gründerszene. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ Moritz, Raphael. "Die Idee mit den Recycling-Ranzen". Zeit Online. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ F.O. Bags GmbH. "Fond of Bags". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ F.O. Bags GmbH. "Fond of Bags". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ Lorentz, Frank. "Millionenschwere Geschäftsidee kam bei einer Party". welt. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis. "FOND OF BAGS (F. O. BAGS GmbH) gehört zu den Top 5 in der Kategorie „Deutschlands nachhaltigste KMU 2016"".
- ↑ F.O. Bags GmbH. "Fond of Bags". Retrieved 26 October 2016.