Fond of Bags

F.O. Bags GmbH [1]
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]

All of these individual adaptable products are produced substantially, using Polyethylene terephthalate, i.e. Polyester made of recycled PET bottles.[10][11]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Bundesanzeiger. "Jahresabschluss zum Geschäftsjahr vom 01.08.2014 bis zum 31.07.2015". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  2. ↑ F.O. Bags GmbH. "Fond of Bags". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Bundesanzeiger. "Jahresabschluss zum Geschäftsjahr vom 01.08.2014 bis zum 31.07.2015". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  4. ↑ F.O. Bags GmbH. "Fond of Bags". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  5. ↑ F.O. Bags GmbH. "Fond of Bags". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Richters, Kim. "Die Rucksack-Rebellen mit dem Millionen-Umsatz". Gründerszene. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Moritz, Raphael. "Die Idee mit den Recycling-Ranzen". Zeit Online. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  8. ↑ F.O. Bags GmbH. "Fond of Bags". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  9. ↑ F.O. Bags GmbH. "Fond of Bags". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  10. ↑ Lorentz, Frank. "Millionenschwere Geschäftsidee kam bei einer Party". welt. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis. "FOND OF BAGS (F. O. BAGS GmbH) gehört zu den Top 5 in der Kategorie „Deutschlands nachhaltigste KMU 2016"".
  12. ↑ F.O. Bags GmbH. "Fond of Bags". Retrieved 26 October 2016.

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