Entity
  • FREITAG

    Created in 1993
  • BETA

    Up & running (A)
    Existing signals show a regular activity
  • Social networks

    17,529
  • Activities

  • Technologies

  • Entity types

  • Location

    Zürich, Switzerland

    Zürich

    Switzerland

  • Employees

    Scale: 51-200

    Estimated: 285

  • Engaged corporates

    7
    3 4
  • Added in Motherbase

    3 years, 6 months ago
Description
  • Value proposition

    We believe in the next life of things. That's why we think and act in cycles. And cycle.

    THE FREITAG STORY

    In 1993, graphic designers Markus and Daniel Freitag were looking for a functional, water-repellent and robust bag to hold their creative work. Inspired by the multicolored heavy traffic that rumbled through the Zurich transit intersection in front of their flat, they developed a messenger bag from used truck tarpaulins, discarded bicycle inner tubes and car seat belts. This is how the first FREITAG bags took shape in the living room of their shared apartment – each one recycled, each one unique.

    With their innovation, the brothers inadvertently triggered a seismic event in the world of bag making. Its tremors have since made themselves felt in Zurich and the cities of Europe and spread all the way to Asia, making FREITAG the unofficial outfitter of all urban, bike-riding individualists.

    The tarp bag headquarters have been located at the Noerd industrial complex in Zurich-Oerlikon since 2011. Here, on premises measuring over 80,000 square feet in area, the tarps are disassembled and washed and cut to size by hand. FREITAG thinks and acts in cycles – and that is evident in the factory as well: Each step and process is looked at not only from the aspect of profitability but also through the eyes of FREITAG.

    In 2014, Daniel and Markus Freitag gave themselves a new raw material on which to flex their creative muscles: F-ABRIC. Their rugged, completely compostable textiles are based on vegetable fibers produced using a minimum of resources within an area of 2500 kilometers form the factory.

    LKW-Planen, Recycling, Kreislaufwirtschaft, and Holacracy

Corporate interactions BETA
Corporate TypeTweets Articles
On
On
Retail
On
Retail
Other

10 May 2021


Google
Google
IT services, Software Development
Google
IT services, Software Development
Other

20 Feb 2018


Covestro
Covestro
Chemistry, Chemical Manufacturing
Covestro
Chemistry, Chemical Manufacturing
Other

24 Jun 2022

4 Sep 2024



Apple
Apple
Consumer Electronics, Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
Apple
Consumer Electronics, Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
Not capitalistic
Not partnership
Event

22 Aug 2019


Plan A
Plan A
IT services, Software Development
Plan A
IT services, Software Development
Other

21 Oct 2019


Impact Hub
Impact Hub
Startup accelerator & VC, Civic and Social Organizations
Impact Hub
Startup accelerator & VC, Civic and Social Organizations
Not capitalistic
Not partnership
Event

30 Sep 2022


Brompton Bicycle
Brompton Bicycle
Manufacturing
Brompton Bicycle
Manufacturing
Not capitalistic
Partnership
Event

12 Aug 2022

30 Nov 2023



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