Eider (brand)
Encyclopedia
Eider is a French
brand and a company that makes sports garments for mountaineering
and ice climbing
.
on June 2008. Eider, along with Lafuma, has made in-roads in the South Korean sports equipment market since 2009.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
brand and a company that makes sports garments for mountaineering
Mountaineering
Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...
and ice climbing
Ice climbing
Ice climbing, as the term indicates, is the activity of ascending inclined ice formations. Usually, ice climbing refers to roped and protected climbing of features such as icefalls, frozen waterfalls, and cliffs and rock slabs covered with ice refrozen from flows of water. For the purposes of...
.
History
Eider was founded in 1962. Eider has become a subsidiary of LafumaLafuma
Lafuma is a French based company that specializes in outdoor equipment and clothing, such as backpacks, sleeping bags, and footwear. They also offer a wide variety of other equipment, earning comparisons to United States based companies such as Patagonia and Columbia Sportswear. Lafuma owns Oxbow...
on June 2008. Eider, along with Lafuma, has made in-roads in the South Korean sports equipment market since 2009.