Mammut Sports Group to acquire lighting specialist Lucido

15/11/2006

Switzerland-based Mammut Sports Group AG is to acquire the Lucido brand from Invia Sportartikel Vertriebs GmbH of Eurasburg,
Germany, January 1, 2007. Lucido provides high-quality LED head and hand lighting systems and Mammut will use its head lamp segment to complement its outdoor ranges. Lucido product management and development will transfer to the head office of the Mammut Sports Group, where further development is to be coordinated.

Lucido cool light was established by Thomas Strobl (Invia) in 1999. The name Lucido has a Latin origin and means "I give light". Its latest product, the TX1 head lamp, won the OutDoor Industry Award at OutDoor 2006.

Mammut Sports Group
AG incorporates mountain sports equipper Mammut, sports footwear manufacturer Raichle, and Toko, the ski wax and cleaning product specialist. The group’s
portfolio encompasses mountaineering, climbing and snow apparel, sleeping bags, backpacks and climbing hardware – as well as ropes, avalanche rescue equipment, ski wax and ancillary tools and mountain boots.