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K1 Sportswear - One Stop Manufacturer for Custom Sports Uniforms and Apparel
In this episode of Talking Business, Shelly Peterson - Founder and CEO of Promoting Me, LLC. and Holly Hansen - Community Development Director for the City of Cloquet are talking about the Hidden Gem of K1 Sportswear. K1 is the largest hockey uniform manufacturer in the US and One Stop Manufacturer for Custom Sports Uniforms and Apparel.
K1 Sportswear, currently located at 1309 Avenue C, started with one sewing machine in a basement in 1987 and has grown to be the No. 1 hockey jersey manufacturer in the U.S.A. K1 Sportswear Inc. sells primarily business to business, places like hockey stores, sports equipment stores, college bookstores, teams, and franchise shops. In addition to hockey jerseys, K1 Sportswear makes performance hockey socks, Breezer shells (which go over the top of the padded hockey pants and offer teams an opportunity to do more customization at a lower cost) along with lacrosse uniforms.
Marty Ketola started K1, and Tony Fisher purchased the business in November 2016. Both Ketola and Fisher were exceptional athletes in school and have used that background in business - Ketola into manufacturing hockey apparel and Fisher in his job with the Target Corporation. In Fisher's first job at Target, he was responsible for the licensed apparel portion of the business. Over the next eight years, Fisher's career took on several different roles, but he returned to licensed apparel.
I've always been passionate about sports apparel. Tony Fisher - Owner, K1 Sportswear
K1 is based on a solid set of key values:
K1 jerseys are worn by players at every level, from youth to high school, from juniors in college, even professional players and Olympians. In addition, K1 has made a significant investment into the newest technology, which has allowed them to expand into additional sports like lacrosse, baseball, and softball apparel for the latest designs and trends.
K1 utilizes high-quality materials. They provide a traditional cut and sew-to-die sublimation, tackle twill, sublimated patches, and screenprint. All products are custom designed and sewn in-house.
K1 was the leading manufacturer of the 1980 Team U.S.A. Jersey. They also had the incredible privilege to be selected by the FDNY and NYPD to produce the 2021 jerseys for the charity game to honor the fallen heroes of September 11th.
As a special tribute to these heroes, the names of all 343 firefighters that lost their lives within each of the jerseys numbers.
To learn more about the history of K1 and change in leadership, check out this piece completed by the Pine Journal in 2016. https://www.pinejournal.com/news/k1-sportswear-changes-hands
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By Shelly PetersonIn this episode of Talking Business, Shelly Peterson - Founder and CEO of Promoting Me, LLC. and Holly Hansen - Community Development Director for the City of Cloquet are talking about the Hidden Gem of K1 Sportswear. K1 is the largest hockey uniform manufacturer in the US and One Stop Manufacturer for Custom Sports Uniforms and Apparel.
K1 Sportswear, currently located at 1309 Avenue C, started with one sewing machine in a basement in 1987 and has grown to be the No. 1 hockey jersey manufacturer in the U.S.A. K1 Sportswear Inc. sells primarily business to business, places like hockey stores, sports equipment stores, college bookstores, teams, and franchise shops. In addition to hockey jerseys, K1 Sportswear makes performance hockey socks, Breezer shells (which go over the top of the padded hockey pants and offer teams an opportunity to do more customization at a lower cost) along with lacrosse uniforms.
Marty Ketola started K1, and Tony Fisher purchased the business in November 2016. Both Ketola and Fisher were exceptional athletes in school and have used that background in business - Ketola into manufacturing hockey apparel and Fisher in his job with the Target Corporation. In Fisher's first job at Target, he was responsible for the licensed apparel portion of the business. Over the next eight years, Fisher's career took on several different roles, but he returned to licensed apparel.
I've always been passionate about sports apparel. Tony Fisher - Owner, K1 Sportswear
K1 is based on a solid set of key values:
K1 jerseys are worn by players at every level, from youth to high school, from juniors in college, even professional players and Olympians. In addition, K1 has made a significant investment into the newest technology, which has allowed them to expand into additional sports like lacrosse, baseball, and softball apparel for the latest designs and trends.
K1 utilizes high-quality materials. They provide a traditional cut and sew-to-die sublimation, tackle twill, sublimated patches, and screenprint. All products are custom designed and sewn in-house.
K1 was the leading manufacturer of the 1980 Team U.S.A. Jersey. They also had the incredible privilege to be selected by the FDNY and NYPD to produce the 2021 jerseys for the charity game to honor the fallen heroes of September 11th.
As a special tribute to these heroes, the names of all 343 firefighters that lost their lives within each of the jerseys numbers.
To learn more about the history of K1 and change in leadership, check out this piece completed by the Pine Journal in 2016. https://www.pinejournal.com/news/k1-sportswear-changes-hands