Outsourcing

Amer Sports’ sourcing office in Hong Kong is responsible for qualifying vendors, ensuring product quality and service levels, negotiating prices, administration related to exports, and working to ensure that subcontractors follow Amer Sports’ standards for ethical operations.

Amer Sports manufactures approximately 20% of its products itself and approximately 15% is produced by partially outsourced vendors. Of Amer Sports’ total production value, approximately 65% is outsourced. This includes manufacturing in all racquet sports and golf products, most team sports products and most of the apparel and footwear. The manufacturing of products and components for a variety of winter sports equipment, cycling, sports instruments and fitness equipment has also been outsourced.

In general, Amer Sports preference is to have at least two vendors for the Group’s most critical products and components. Amer Sports has a good relationship with its vendors and will continue to secure an adequate supply of high-quality products in a timely manner and on competitive commercial terms.