Online Silent Auction Benefiting the BC Mental Health Foundation and the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. Bid on local BC Apparel and Gear products and services for your business or gifts for loved ones.
The deadline to feature your company’s product or service for a great cause is Monday Dec 7th 2020.
Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/887oXTaxmu2hjuZv9
Then the Online Silent Auction will be live for 1 week.
You will be responsible to ship the product to the winner or arrange for them to pick up from you.
Webinar: July 9th NAFTA to USMCA
Check out our next FREE WEBINAR
Major Changes from NAFTA to USMCA that affect the Apparel, Footwear and Gear Sector
with Dave Pentland from Carson International
Thursday, July 9th 2020
12pm- 1pm
Webinar: July 3rd Catch Up, Keep Up and Thrive Online
Check out our next EVENT
7 pieces of content every ecommerce site needs to drive better conversion
with Amanda Lee Smith from Monday Creative
Friday, July 3rd 2020
12pm- 1pm
Zoom Meeting
Member Spotlight and JOBS: Mustang Survival
Mustang Survival has several job openings! But who is Mustang Survival anyway?
Headquartered in Burnaby, BC, surrounded by fresh water, a big ocean, and all the weather the Pacific Northwest can throw at us. It's where Mustang Survival has been obsessing for the last 50 years on how to protect and enhance the performance of those that share our belief; that a life on the water is better than a life on land.
Their obsession has led them to build the Mustang Waterlife Studio. It's their HQ which includes; a science lab to test human physiology and material properties, a prototyping shop so that their design and engineering team can craft product concepts, a testing pool to evaluate new ideas, and a full manufacturing centre to carefully craft marine gear. It’s unique in this day and age to find a collective group of people so obsessed with every detail that they control every facet of the product experience. It allows them to truly challenge the status quo of how marine gear is designed and built.
Facebook Group Created for local response to covid19
Now you can stay connected with local industry to band together to find solutions. Please join the facebook group. You will see great information sharing happening as well as people joining together for a group elastic buy, for example.
NEW Membership Structure Announced
In response to COVID19 and the role we are leading with creating collaboration and innovation, we have decided to further remove the barriers to connect and become a member of BC Apparel and Gear and have updated our membership fees, choose your membership below to learn more.
Company $50
Professional Service $50
Individual $10
School $0
Student $0
Non Profit $0
Should you have already joined under the previous membership structure, you will be refunded the balance by May 31 2020.Any questions, please contact andrew@kosantravel.com
Kosan Travel donates masks through their "One for One" model
Kosan Travel has quickly designed a reusable protective mask for personal use and is available for purchase on their website for $20 CAD.
What is great is that for every mask sold, a medical surgical mask will be donated to someone in need in Nepal. These masks will be distributed in order of priority to health care workers, orphans and others in need.
Buy One
Donate One
Local Brand Keeps on Sewing
One of the association’s first members, Daub + Design is keeping their machine operators busy and sewing non-medical-grade masks so that medical grade masks can be reserved for the medical community. With fun prints to brighten up your day or add a little sophistication to your wardrobe, you can be sure you are doing you part along with social distancing and regular hand washing.
Do you know of a local BC company that is staying positive and helping with solutions?
ARC’TERYX SHIFTS FOCUS FROM THE OUTSIDE IN
ARC’TERYX SHIFTS FOCUS FROM THE OUTSIDE IN, BRAND TO APPLY EXPERTISE TO MAKE PROTECTIVE GOWNS FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS
Global design company responds to COVID-19 outbreak by manufacturing 90,000 medical gowns for provincial health authorities in partnership with B.C. Apparel and Gear Association members.
(Global) NORTH VANCOUVER, Canada, April 14, 2020 – Arc’teryx Equipment is applying design to solve the medical gown shortage in the brand’s home province of British Columbia. In collaboration with key industry partners, the outdoor apparel company has prototyped and developed an approved Level 3 isolation gown for frontline healthcare workers. The pattern, design and technical specifications of the medical gown can now be accessed by manufacturers worldwide through the B.C. Apparel and Gear website.
Five hundred of these medical gowns were delivered to hospitals last week, and the brand is expected to manufacture 30,000 medical gowns in the weeks ahead. Between Arc’teryx and local manufacturing partners Mustang Survival and Boardroom Clothing, a total of 90,000 medical gowns will be delivered to community hospitals going forward.
The call for medical gowns came directly from the local healthcare community by way of the B.C. Apparel and Gear Association, of which Arc’teryx is a member. Working alongside manufacturing partners and with the guidance of health authorities to design, test and prototype a final design, within two weeks a team of Arc’teryx sewers, engineers, sample and pattern makers gathered at the ARC’One facility in New Westminster, B.C. to fulfill the first production order of 500 medical gowns.
“The world around us has shifted, and we knew that we needed to help protect our frontline healthcare workers,” said Shirley Chan, Senior Director of Product Commercialization and Quality. “There wasn’t much we could do on the medical front lines, but as apparel designers and manufacturers, we could turn our expertise to support the medical community in this fight. Creating the right gear is something we know how to do, and by making the pattern open source, we hope others with manufacturing capabilities can bring more protective equipment to those communities in need.”
The team manufacturing these medical gowns have been adhering to strict health and safety protocols at the ARC’One facility. Workstations are arranged to comply with social distancing practices, and all employees are wearing masks and gloves while working. Before the medical gowns are distributed to healthcare workers, they will be washed and sanitized by K-Bro Linen Systems, a laundry and linen service for hospitals and healthcare providers across Canada.
As part of a federal initiative to establish and secure new supply chains to produce personal protective equipment for Canadian healthcare workers, Arc’teryx is currently focused on producing medical gowns for health workers in British Columbia. However, the brand will continue to consider requests from other provincial, federal, and international health authorities.
For more information about Arc’teryx Equipment and the medical gown initiative, please visit www.arcteryx.com
About Us
Arc’teryx is a global design company based in North Vancouver, Canada, specializing in technical high-performance apparel, outerwear and equipment. Our products are distributed through more than 3,000 retail locations worldwide, including over 50 branded stores. Arc’teryx is named for the Archaeopteryx Lithographica, the first reptile to develop the feather for flight.
Media Contact
Debra Pangestu
Communications Specialist
debra.pangestu@arcteryx.com