Fjällräven
Introducing Fjällräven cycling equipment
24 Feb 2025
Fjällräven, the Swedish outdoor clothing and equipment company, combines decades of experience creating long-lasting and functional trekking gear with a long-held love for cycling and adventure to lau
Fjällräven Classic 2025
31 Jan 2025
Fjällräven Classic, Fjällräven’s largest global event, returns in 2025 with seven treks across four continents from July to December. Taking place in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the UK, the USA, Korea,
LONG LIVE YOUR EXPEDITION
10 Sep 2024
The Fjällräven Expedition Down Jacket, made to keep you warm in the harshest of conditions, has changed very little in the 50 years since its launch. This is testament to the functionality, durability
Fjällräven Polar 2025
02 Sep 2024
In April 2025, Fjällräven Polar is once again bringing together 20 people from across the globe for a 300-kilometre expedition across the Scandinavian Arctic tundra. During the journey, participants d
Sustainability, durability and CSR 2023
17 Jun 2024
Fjällräven believes transparent communication about sustainability and other CSR topics, that everyone can learn from and enjoy, is the way forward. Plus, with more people committed to minimising thei
Summer trekking for everyone
07 Jun 2024
As summer arrives and the outdoors calls, it’s time to gear up for adventure. Whether you’re experienced or new to exploring, it’s prime time to get out there and discover new trails and experiences.
Kånken Art 2024
26 Mar 2024
Fjällräven is launching the sixth edition of Kånken Art on April 15. Kånken Art is a project that asks renowned artists to express their relationship to nature while using a Kånken backpack as their c
Fjällräven Classic 2024
05 Feb 2024
In 2024, Fjällräven Classic is celebrating its 20th anniversary of trekking the Fjällräven way. Recognising this milestone, Fjällräven Classic is expanding to Chile for the first time and Fjällräven C
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The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
