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POC MAG - No Man is An Island feat Danny MacAskill, Daniel Dhers & Martin Söderström

Three riders a the top of thei individual disciplines com together in cataclysmi clash of style, skil and backgroun for a different kind of bike movie. Watch the movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pToyAVyUxlA Danny MacAskill, Martin Söderström and Daniel Dhers are titans in trials, MTB freestyle and BMX respectively. Whether they're winning golds at X Games and Dew Tour comps, stacking...

POC MAG - Gone Fishing

A ripple of interest in the idiosyncratic fish shape is spreading across the surfboard world. Words: Shannon Denny Photography: Mark Leary In a factory in the Cornish countryside, not more than two miles from England’s Atlantic coast, a figure faces a great lump of white polyurethane foam held up on trestles. Standing in a layer of snowy dust, he’s surrounded by dark blue walls with a waist-...

The Fornix helmet wins first prize at the ISPO Awards

Fantastic! We are cheering loudly as we get the message here at the POC HQ office in Stockholm. The Fornix is: POCs most recent ski and snowboard helmet, developed for the serious user needing light weight, snug fit, durability and generous and adjustable ventilation. And what´s behind it? Besides parallell ventilation systems and antifog channels/inlets, the ambition has been to incr...

We're excited to share our third POC MAG!

It's a true privilege being able to share just the topics that interest, influence and concern us: Aspects and angels that influence the culture that we absorb, work and live in. It's the other half of what constitutes POC as an organism. Our products speak for themselves and may be judged subjectively by everyone out there. But POC MAG gives us a chance to also tell the story of what in...

Who can afford being vain at 150Ks down an icy slope?

POC's firm mission since we started in 2005 has been to do the best we can to possibly save lives and reduce the consequences of accidents for gravity sports athletes. One topic of discussion throughout that time has been the challenge of vanity vs. helmet sizes. "Once in a while I'm asked the question - How do you make the safest helmet there is? The answer´s easy - just make it incredibly b...

POC MAG - Bird´s Eye View

Far above the human eye and lower than the planes fly, aerial photographer Kacper Kowalski shows us another way of looking at our world. Words & Photography Kacper Kowalski I grew up in Gdansk, near the sea, and I love the Polish landscape. Sometimes I think it would be nice to live somewhere like California, but it would be boring for photography – every day you have the same weather and...

POC Alpine Team Athletes and the WC season

We are looking forward to a new season together with our amazing athletes! We are looking forward to another season together with Julia Mancuso, Bode Miller, Patrik Järbyn, Steven Nyman, Travis Ganong, Chemmy Alcott and Marco Sullivan. We are also happy to announce that the Swedish National Alpine team has chosen POC as their sole supplier of helmets, goggles and body armor for the three comi...

POC MAG - Gone Fishing

A ripple of interest in the idiosyncratic fish shape is spreading across the surfboard world. Words: Shannon Denny Photography: Mark Leary In a factory in the Cornish countryside, not more than two miles from England’s Atlantic coast, a figure faces a great lump of white polyurethane foam held up on trestles. Standing in a layer of snowy dust, he’s surrounded by dark blue walls wi...

POC presents POC WO

POC WO engineered for women POC WO. WE always refused to address women with the usual "rosy - girly - stuff", we think it's ridiculous. Having said that, over the 6 years we have been around, we have come to learn a bit about anatomy and the differences between genders. There are differences and we admit that we have been discriminating, as a number of products only had male users in mind. PO...

Eurobike Award for VPD 2.0

POC receives the Eurobike Award for the fourth consecutive year POC is proud to announce that the VPD 2.0 Body Armor line, has been awarded the Eurobike Award 2011. With three years behind us in the bike market and presenting the fourth collection at Eurobike, POC is being awarded for the new VPD 2.0 Body Armor Line. VPD 2.0 is the new generation of body armor deriving from the Visco Elastic ...

We are happy to present POC Bike Excursion starring Martin Söderström, Danny MacAskill and Daniel Dhers!

Watch it live here! Behind the scenes photos. "It's been a dream project since a couple of years, bringing our dear friends Daniel, Danny and Martin together here to explore and ride the surroundings of POC HQ. POC HQ is based right in between the exotic Archipelago and Stockholm city, the capital of Sweden and offers some unique spots. So, we were really excited when we finally could bring ...

POC MAG - The colours within

Life in Brazil´s favelas just got that much brighter thanks to the transformative power of a new lick of paint. Words: Shelley Jones, Photography: Haas & Hahnh, Douglas Engle The people of Brazil have a history of using the arts to subvert social injustice. During the military dictatorship, which lasted from 1964 to 1985, thousands of radical artists were exiled for creativity that challe...

POC MAG - One Step Further Feat Jeremy Jones

Jeremy Jones has his hands full. It’s mid August and, talking on the phone from his home in Truckee, California, the big- mountain snowboarder sounds distracted. It’s not surprising, really, given that his to-do list reads like a three-part novella. For starters, there are the 125 riding days he clocks up each year, compulsively seeking out - and then dominating - the world’s most vertiginous b...

POC is proud to welcome Jeremy Jones to the team!

POC is proud to announce the signing of legendary big mountain snowboarder, Jeremy Jones, to its global athlete Team! Jones anchors a POC snowboard team which already includes the 2011 Freeride World Tour gold medalist Mitch Tölderer, silver medalist Flo Orley and 2010 Scandinavian Big Mountain Champion Niklas Hollsten. "POC has shown its commitment and success in developing the highest perfo...

POC MAG - The genetic space child

From the height of a privileged Hawaiian upbringing tto his drug-saturated death, the wild ride of Adolph Bunker Spreckels is surf culture’s most decadent tale. WORDS MICHAEL FORDHAM PHOTOGRAPHY ART BREWER Scenes from a life: a bare- chested Nordic Uberman rests a rifle over his shoulder – tight, high-waisted trousers hugging his hips, his eyes hidden behind gold-rimmed aviators; the Teuto...

MacAskill and Söderström Pro Model Helmets

If you have not seen them already, don't miss that two of our good friends and team athletes, Danny MacAskill and Martin Söderström had their pro model helmets launched to the market this spring. Danny went for a simplistic look, with colors inspired from his native Scottish flag. "I feel really lucky to be riding for POC, their helmets and pads saved me countless times while trying to ride and...

POC MAG - Stacks of Imagination

Herzog &a de Meuron are a Swiss-based architecture practice whose work has imbued city skylines with a unique sense of cultural identity - from the Tate Modern in London and the Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing to new projects planned in New York and Paris. Jacques Herzog spoke at Harvard recently, and these are some thoughts that free-flowed from his inventive mind. Criticism I don'...

Our aim is to prevent injuries and possibly save lives

POC is constantly working on different research projects within safety development and improvement of the products offered for protection of gravity sports athletes. Through this continuous effort in pushing the boundaries of what protection is all about, we have been able to launch many groundbreaking concepts and some patents that can be found in the products. The research is done in coopera...

POC MAG - Out of Space

In the slum of Manila, the world's most densely populated city, life happens whereve you ca find enough room. Words & Photography Micha Theiner By the middle of the century, it is estimated that the world population will be 9.07 billion, a significant increase from the nearly 7 billion today. Right now, for the first time in history, more than half of the world’s population lives in town...

POC Team Athlete Season Wrap Up

We would like to thank our Team Athletes for an amazing season! We know that for a lot of people, the season is not over yet, but for many of our Athletes, the competing season is now over and our team has once again outdone themselves. Here is a short summary of what some of them have been up to: Aurélien Ducroz: Freeride World Tour Champion - for the second time (ski) : Born and raised by a M...

POC Trabec helmet wins "Best of the Best"

POCs new MTB helmet: Trabec wins "Best of the Best" at Red Dot Design Awards With 4.433 entries from more than 50 countries, it's an honor to be among the very few that receives the finest degree: "Best of the Best" The Trabec helmet is a single track/enduro MTB helmet emphasizing comfort, fit, light weight, ventilation and a high degree of protection. "It is even more rewarding being acknowled...

POC MAG - No Comfort Zone feat Bode Miller

Despite moving in circles of the world’s best skiers and knowing most of its best slopes better than his own back yard, in April 2011 Bode Miller found himself shunting down the scrappy, unforgiving runs of Cannon Mountain in rural New Hampshire with a group of kids, stopping regularly to offer advice to those having trouble with their turns. This was the seventh annual Bodefest, and it raised ...

POC WHEELS Season 2010 recap

Thank you guys for a great season! What more can you ask for? Our new POC Wheels product line has won many awards this past year. But that does not stop us from refining them further. We do so with the help of our amazing team, who once again have outdone themselves. Here is a short summary of what they have been up to this season: Martin Söderström. SWE. Dirt/Slopestyle Swedish superstar Marti...

POC MAG 02

We're excited to share our second POC MAG! It.s a true privilege being able to share just the topics that interest, influence and concern us: Aspects and angels that influence the culture that we absorb, work and live in. It's the other half of what constitutes POC as an organism. Our products speak for themselves and may be judged subjectively by everyone out there. But POC MAG gives us a chan...

POC MAG wins Swedish Publishing Price

POC MAG won the Swedish Publishing Price. Category: Customer Magazines - Consumer Motivation: "For an innovative and generous magazine with an excellent adaptation to the target group, interesting choice of images and well written editorial content." Since the beginning of 1990's, Populär Kommunikation has handed out the Swedish Publishing price for printed communication, in a number of categor...

Bode Miller on POC - finally

Starting with the World Cup opener in Soelden, Bode will join the POC team using helmets and goggles. It has taken some time. When we started up POC 5 years ago, Bode was at the top of the list of the athletes we wanted to collaborate with. At the time, I went to meet with Bode´s agent Ken Sowles in Burlington, close to Bodes home town Franconia. I knew then chances were small. He was in the m...

Receptor - A single helmet for many different action sports

Quick switch between winter and summer mode. Outstanding energy absorption reduces G-forces by half. Certified for skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding and bike and water sports. The new Receptor helmet from the Swedish company POC has been developed for the growing number of people who enjoy skiing and snowboarding in the winter and change to other action sports - such as skateboarding, surfin...

Pure honor! Trabec awarded Eurobike Award

POC receives the Eurobike Award for the third consecutive year. With two years behind us in the bike market and presenting the third collection at Eurobike, POC is being awarded for the new Trabec helmet. The Trabec helmet is a single track/enduro MTB helmet emphasizing comfort, fit, light weight and ventilation, together with a high degree of protection. "The Trabec is a light and generously ...

Frontal awarded "Honorable Mention" at I.D. Annual Design Review

Since 1954, the Annual Design Review has recognized the best in product, furniture, graphic, and environment design, from the iconic to the obscure. This is the first American design recognition that the Frontal helmet gets. Frontal has received the distinction "Honorable Mention" in the consumer products category. For more information please vistit: www.annualdesignreview.id-mag.com

3rd X Games Gold for Daniel Dhers!

POC would like to congratulate Daniel Dhers. The X Games park gold medal is now back in his possession. Daniel returned to the top spot at X Games 16 claiming his third X Games Gold medal, proving once again that he can adapt his tricks to any course and come out as the winner. Daniel nailed moves including a double tail whip to Indian grab air, alley oop flair and corked out 720. "I'm really,...

POC Teamrider Martin Söderström wins 2009 Vienna Air King!

The world’s top dirt jumpers started off the season with Vienna Air King. POC teamrider Martin Söderström won the gold by performing the most stunning tricks in front of huge crowds at the ARGUS Bike Festival which hosted 100 000 visitors. Since Martin blew the first two runs, he had nothing to loose on his last run and he pulled a clean 360 at the step down, a double tailwhip at the first jum...

Best of the Best!

For the second consecutive year POC has been awarded Best of the Best at the Red Dot Design Award. This time it´s the POC Receptor MIPS Back Country that has been awarded. A helmet that manages rotational violence. "With 4.252 entries from 57 countries, it's an honor to be among the very few that receives the finest degree "Best of the Best". What makes it even better is that the awarded prod...

Glittering Gold at iF product design awards

It's insane! The POC Cortex DH MIPS full face downhill helmet has received a Gold at the iF product design awards in Hannover. "The fact that the POC Cortex DH helmet is being recognized is very rewarding and possibly extremely important for future users, as it includes the anti rotational system MIPS. The issue of rotational violence to ones brain when crashing is major. The load transmitted ...

Glittering Gold at iF product design awards!

It's insane! The POC Cortex DH MIPS full face downhill helmet has received a Gold at the iF product design awards in Hannover. "The fact that the POC Cortex DH helmet is being recognized is very rewarding and possibly extremely important for future users, as it includes the anti rotational system MIPS. The issue of rotational violence to ones brain when crashing is major. The load transmitted ...

POC Wins SIA Snowpress Innovations Award For Receptor Backcountry Helmet

POC has received the SIA Snowpress Innovations Award for the Receptor Backcountry helmet featuring MIPS anti rotational violence technology. Targeted towards advanced freeskiers and snowboarders in exposed environments, the Receptor Backcountry helmet is equipped with the patented MIPS System to reduce rotational forces to the brain during oblique or lateral crashes. This breakthrough technolo...

Truly encouraging!

POC awarded "Brand of the Year" in the Swedish sports trades most prestigious competition "Gear of the year". The jury's motivation "When Volvo and SAAB have felt the breath of death, there is another company that holds the Swedish safety position high. POCs design and safety conciousness, together with entering new domains, like bicycling with success, make them the Brand of the Year". "It's...

POC MAG #1

POC is proud to announce the first edition of POC MAG, a magazine/catalogue combo. Absorbed in our daily work developing products, our intention has always been to share interests, ideas, phenomena and philosophies that interest or influence us.There are so many aspects of culture, past, present and future, that constitute what we are, both as individuals as well as collectively. With the cro...

The beauty of organic success, beyond your own control

POC is apporached by a number of students, every year, in different fields, from around the world, for studies related to our business. A year and half ago we were approched by a design student, Philip Woodman of Coventry University, with a request to develop a car interior based on POC´s genetics and typology. The answer is always yes and the outcome differs. But the joy of being able to share...

Second time at Eurobike and second Eurobike award!

POC has received the Eurobike Award for the Cortex DH, anti rotational violence downhill helmet. A lightweight advanced carbon shell wrapped over our patent pending aramid reinforced in-mold liner. The liner has a thin shell of polycarbonate covering the multi-impact Super EPP core. The double overlapping shell design, our patented VDSAP, allows a fully ventilated construction for maximum co...

POC proudly announces its presence at NORDIC SELECTED

POC has been selected as one of the exhibitors at NORDIC SELECTED, to represent Sweden. NORDIC SELECTED is a Nordic Design Exhibition held at Bella Center in Copenhagen between 27-30 August 2009.

Overwhelming!

POC has been nominated for 6 products/projects in the DESIGNPREIS DEUTSCHLAND 2010, design competition. The design award referred to as The Prize of Prizes has strict criteria’s for nomination. Thus, a company can only enter the competition for the Design Award if its product has already been awarded a national or international design prize. The other precondition for entry is that companies mu...

POC records the highest growth rate in Swedish sports industry

According to the Swedish sports industry magazine Sportfack, the protective gear company POC had the highest growth rate in the Swedish sports industry in 2008/2009. In an otherwise contracting market, POC grew 110%. Read the full article at www.sportfack.se/statistik/article450688.ece and the follow up article www.sportfack.se/leverantorer/article450906.ece about POC aiming for a billion kron...

POC receives four Red Dot Design Awards out of four entries!

Out of four entries POC was awarded four Red Dot Awards for: • The New Frontal Helmet, combining hard shell and in-mold for great ventilation and low weight. • The New Cornea Goggles, based on POC patent pending of lenses outside the frame, for better field of view and easy lens exchange. • The New and only POC Flag Ship Store in Chamonix. • The New and super supple VPD body protection system, ...

POC Receptor+ Winner of PlastOvationer 2008

The POC Receptor + helmet, designed, engineered and certified for all gravity sports, is the winner of Plastovationer 2008. PlastOvationer is an annual contest for innovative products made of plastic, arranged by PlastForum in collaboration with DuPont and Distrupol. The criteria has been to award the product that has used plastic, rubber or composites in the smartest and most innovative way, ...

POC proudly announces two iF Material Awards

POC has been awarded the iF Material Award for the new Cornea Goggle and the VPD Body Protection System. The Cornea Goggle is a patent pending, cylindrical lens goggle that follows POC´s concept and innovation of attaching the lens on the outside of the frame. The result is a better field of view and makes changing lenses hassle free. The Cornea Goggle will be available from September 2009. T...

POC team riders win six medals at Winter X Games!

POC WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR TEAM RIDERS FOR GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS AT WINTER X GAMES! TJ Schiller (CAN) Gold Free skiing phenomenon TJ Schiller won a well deserved gold medal in the 13th Winter X games Slopestyle! No one could top T.J, who came to the competition as an alternate, without even a certain spot in the contest. Schiller is returning from a knee injury (torn ACL early in the 08 ...

POC contributes in the fight against the slashing and burning of the Amazon

When purchasing a BUG series product, 1% of POC’s related income will be donated by POC to the Instituto Permacultura da Amazonia, IPA. The concept of Permaculture was developed in the late 1970’s by Australian Bill Mollison, to respond to the energy crisis of the time. The concept developed and introduced a different approach to agriculture and community design, one that seeks to place the ri...

POC contributes in the fight against the slashing and burning of the Amazon

When purchasing a BUG series product, 1% of POC’s related income will be donated by POC to the Instituto Permacultura da Amazonia, IPA. The concept of Permaculture was developed in the late 1970’s by Australian Bill Mollison, to respond to the energy crisis of the time. The concept developed and introduced a different approach to agriculture and community design, one that seeks to place the ri...

First POC Satellite – mini flag ship store

POCstore Chamonix POC is a young Swedish company, with a strong mission, to do the best we can, to possibly save lives and to reduce consequences of accidents, for gravity sports athletes, by revolutionizing personal protection. Despite its short history, with only three seasons behind us, POC is available in more than 30 countries and has set its marks by POC athletes piling up Olympic, X-Gam...

POC awarded Star of the Observeur for Receptor+

POC was awarded the "Star of Observeur" for the Receptor+ multi sports helmet at the grand opening of the Design Observeur 10th anneversary exhibition organized by the APCI (the French design promotion agency). The award recognizes outstanding products. The winning products were selected by an international jury among products that had already been recognized for innovative design by being awa...

Wow! Materialica Design Technology Award 2008!

We are proud to announce that POC was awarded ”Winner of Category Products ” at the Materialica Price Giving Cermony,in Munich last night,14th of October.For more info on the award,check our press release from the 15th of September.

POC is proud to announce its second Materialica Award for the VPD Back Protection System

The POC Spine VPD Armor line, has evolved from a new Polymer compound and technology: Visco Elastic Polymer Dough©. The material which is highly shock absorbing, works progressively. It is extremely ergonomic, soft and adaptive when worn, just like dough, while it stiffens when stressed. The protective properties are amazing and exceeds the required CE-standards by more than 50% and therefore r...

Eurobike/IF Award for the Spine VPD Body Armor Line

POC is proud to announce that the Spine VPD Body Armor line, has been awarded, the Eurobike/IF Award. It is especially satisfying to receive this important award, simultanously together with POCs first launch of POCs bike line of Helmets & Armor, Wheels. It was evident to us, entering the summer season, to go with bike. And especially the action related disciplines such as downhill, freeri...

Materialica Design and Technology Award for the Recptor+ Helmet

This is a special award. The Materialica Award has evolved from the Materialica International Trade Fair for Materials Applications, Surface Technology and Product Engineering. POCs Recptor+ helmet,developed and certified within EU and USA, according to the CE and ASTM standards, for a broad variety of disciplines,such as snowsports, biking,skateboard and watersports, is the subject, something...

POC enters the bike scene!

POC is a young Swedish company, with only 3 seasons behind us in the skiing market, developingand marketing advanced personal protection, at the highest quality, for gravity sports athletes. 2009 will be the premiere season on the bike scene. Despite POC's short history the company has made its marks, now available in 27 countries and POC athletes winning anything from Olympic Golds, World Cham...

POC awarded "Design Observeur 09 quality label"

Both the RECEPTOR+ and the POCito helmet have been awarded with the "Design Observeur 09 quality label". It will be presented on the exhibition from 23 October to March 9 2009 at the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie (Museum of Science and Industry) as well as in the "Observeur du design 09" catalogue. Inaugurated in 1999 by the APCI (Agency for the Promotion of Industrial Creation), the De...

POC's Receptor+ nominated for the Design S Award

It is with great joy that we received the news this morning. POC has once again been nominated for the Design S Award. This time it's the Receptor+ helmet which is nominated. One helmet developed and certified for a number modern actionsports, such as skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, biking and watersports such as wake or kiteboarding. Something thought to be impossible but thanks to convin...

POC has been nominated for the Grand Award of Design

POC has together with four other companies been nominated for the Grand Award of Design. The Grand Award of Design highlights business successes that utilize integrated and consistent design. It is awarded to a Swedish company and it's design provider annually by Teknikforetagen, the Association of Swedish Engineering Industries in association with the Swedish Industrial Design Foundation, and...

POC is awarded silver in the "Prize of Prizes"

POC has been awarded silver at the German Design Award 2008 for the Lobes goggles. Lobes are our newest ski goggles, with a huge lens to optimize the field of vision. The inspiration comes both from Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerents, who puts his windows outside the facades, and from astronaut Neil Armstrong. The lens is a perfectly shaped spherical surface to minimize optical distortion. Hav...

Third consecutive nomination at the Volvo Sports Design Award

POC has been nominated for the VOLVO SportsDesign AWARD at Ispo 08, for the third consecutive year. The topic this year is Eco design / Form Follows Sustainability. The nominated product is the Receptor+ helmet, a helmet developed to solve the need for multi disciplinary action sports athletes. Instead of piling numerous helmets for different activities around the house, the Receptor+ helmet w...

POC Synapsis helmet awarded Design+

The office is sprawling. We just got the information. POC has been awarded Design+ "on the occasion of Material Vision 2007", for the Synapsis helmet, by the German Design Council. The Synapsis helmet, is an in-mold helmet using POC's patent pending; anti penetration barrier - ABP. The challenge was to make an extremely light helmet certified according to European helmet standards. What is ex...

POCito - Finally kids protection gear, designed and developed just for them!

POCito©, from POC, is a new series of products for kids between 4 and 9 years old, all developed to prevent accidents or to decrease the severity of injuries in an accident. POC is a Swedish company committed to save lives and to reduce consequences of accidents for skiers, by developing state of the art protection gear, for skiers. Children these days face a vulnerable situation, often skiin...

POC wins the "Prize of Prizes" Designpreis 2007

POC was recognized for excellence in design with the Gold Award for the Skull Comp Helmet in the 2007 Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany. As part of the opening ceremony of the Ambiente - International Frankfurt Fair on 9 February 2007, the German Design Council / Rat für Formgebung presented the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany on behalf of the Federal Ministry of ...

POC nominated for the VOLVO SportsDesign AWARD

Having won the AWARD in 2006, POC is proud to yet again find itself among the nominees for the VOLVO SportsDesign AWARD, this time with its new LOBES goggles. The jury has met at ISPO Winter 07 in Munich and picked the nominees for the 3rd VOLVO SportsDesign AWARD. POC's LOBES goggles are one of 5 products in the Headwear/Footwear category. Over 300 applications from students, designers and t...

POC elected "Gear of the year" in Ski Magazine

The December issue of Ski Magazine features POC's Skull Comp helmet as "Ski gear of the year 2007": "Time was, a full-coverage, highly impact- and penetrationresistant (injection molded) helmet was relatively heavy, while lighter, streamlined (in-mold) models were comparatively fragile. The Skull Comp is turning that principle of ski-helmet relativity on its head. A super-thin, fully enclosed ...

POC awarded "Design S"

POC is one of the winners of the "Design S" award for best design solution. The Advertising Association of Sweden, the Swedish Industrial Design Foundation and Svensk Form (the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design) have jointly created Swedish Design Award to reward Sweden's best design solutions with a "Design S". Over 250 entries from a wide spectrum of applications were judged and 11 winner...

Julia wins Olympic gold!

Julia Mancuso led both giant slalom runs Friday and won the Olympic gold medal in the final women's alpine event in Sestriere, Italy. "You rule Julia!" Love POC

POC winner of the VOLVO SportsDesign AWARD

At a ceremony at ISPO in Munich, the world's largest winter sports fair, POC won the VOLVO SportsDesign AWARD 2006. "Cars are driven by people; therefore, the leading principle behind everything we do at VOLVO is and must remain, safety," Gustaf Larsson and Assar Gabrielson, co-founders of the Swedish car producer, once said. VOLVO and ISPO joined forces in to honor outstanding and visionary a...

POC wins Swedish Outdoor Design Award

The newly instituted prize of SEK 300,000 (EUR 35,000) is awarded to companies working in the field of outdoor recreation who consciously highlight design in their product development to create innovative and attractive products or services. The winner of this year's Swedish Outdoor Design Award is POC Sweden AB. The jury motivates its decision as follows: "Outdoor recreation and active experi...

Donations to the Spinalis Karolinska Institute

The following individuals, have donated EUR 50 each through POC to the Spinalis Foundation: Christian Penning, Chefredakteur, Ski Magazin Florian Schmidt, Stellvertrender Chefredakteur, Ski Magazin Alexander Herrmann, Anzeigenabteilung, Olympia-Verlag Gmbh Andrew Jobling, Associate editor, WGSN Mårten Pettersson, Chefredaktör, Åka Skidor Patrik Leje, Redaktör, Åka Skidor Anders Olofsson, Annon...

POC in space technology project

POC proudly announces its participation in a space technology transfer project in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and Umbilical Design. The basic idea with the ESA Space Technology Transfer Project is to develop commercial everyday products with space technology integrated. The Swedish National Space Board has partly financed the project, which is performed by Umbilical Desi...

POC finalist in the 11th ISPO BrandNew Awards

POC finalist in the 11th ISPO BrandNew Awards February 6-9 2005, the winners and finalists of the world´s largest start-up competition in the sports industry will be awarded in Munich, Germany. A jury of international sports experts, including industry experts, magazine editors, publishers and retailers have evaluated 158 entries from 21 countries. We are proud to announce that the jury was im...