Industry Textile Industry Number of employees 177 | Revenue 34 Mio. EUR Founded 2010 | |
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Type Limited liability company Founders Florian Michajlezko, Juliaan Cazi, Sven-Oliver Pink, Oliver Steinki | ||
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.
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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. 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.
Products
Fond of Bags' portfolio contains seven brands:
All of these individual adaptable products are produced substantially, using Polyethylene terephthalate, i.e. Polyester made of recycled PET bottles.