Press Release - Trekmates Plan Overseas Growth

Nottingham based outdoor and travel accessories specialist, Trekmates®, is set to expand further into Europe with the recruitment of Mike Vassar as Director of European sales.  Mike has great experience within the outdoor sector having worked for Nikwax, Karrimor and most recently at Equip Outdoor Technologies, who own the RAB and Outdoor Design brands.  

 

Trekmates® is one of the UK ’s leading designers of outdoor accessories supplying products to over 700 retail stores throughout the UK .  The company places great emphasis on function so high performance and low weight are key factors throughout its range, through the use of technologically advanced materials such as GoreTex® and Polartec® fabrics.  

 

Trekmates Chairman Chris Prentice commented “I am delighted to have attracted someone of Mike’s profile and calibre to Trekmates to help drive our sales push into European markets.  We have been growing rapidly in the UK over the past few years and see this as a natural step towards becoming a pan-European brand”  

 

Ends

 Notes to editors 
Further information on the Trekmates range can be viewed at www.trekmates.co.uk 
Chris Prentice completed a management buy-in / buy-out of Trekmates® in December 2005 with the current Managing Director Jonathan Clayton.  Chris’s previous position was the CEO of Games Workshop plc, which after buying into in 1991, he subsequently helped to float. 
For further information contact: 
Jonathan Clayton, Managing Director, Trekmates, tel: 0115 956 8616