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POC begins 2021 with a host of ISPO Awards

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POC, which has built a reputation on safety, innovation and design, has won three ISPO awards for products and innovations from its new 2021/22 winter collection. Leading out the ISPO ‘Winner’ awards is a brand new goggle, Zonula Clarity, which introduces a whole new visual experience and field of view to benefit all types of skiers and snowboarders. Another ‘Winner’ and brand new product ...

POC’s brand new innovations for 2017/18 earn prestigious snow industry awards

POC is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a host industry awards at SIA and ISPO for several of its 2017/18 snow season innovations. SPIN, which is a brand new patent pending helmet technology created to counter the effects of oblique impacts, was awarded the ‘Outside - gear of the show’ award at SIA and POC Layer, which is a cut resistant performance base layers for ski racers, has b...

POC Local Talent product, Aaron Blunck, takes X-Games gold in new Clarity lens

Aaron Blunck delivered on his prodigious talent with a gold in the men’s SuperPipe at the 2017 X-Games in Aspen. POC and Aaron have been working closely for over five years, which saw him start his progress with POC’s North American Local Talent Program (LTP). Taking gold whilst wearing POC’s newly unveiled Clarity goggle lenses, which have been designed around the needs of competition athletes...

POC Raceday wins inaugural Bicycle Brand Contest

POC, a leading manufacturer of helmets, eyewear, body armor, apparel and accessories has been chosen as a category winner for the POC Raceday collection at the first ever Bicycle Brand Contest (BBC) 2016. POC Raceday has been developed in collaboration with POC aerodynamic experts and pro cyclists, riding grand tours and the Olympics, and represents no compromise road racing performance. Stef...

The smart ski Airbag vest wins 2016 Red dot design award

The smart ski Airbag vest wins 2016 Red dot design award The Spine VPD 2.0 Airbag Vest created by POC and In&motion has been selected as the winner of the prestigious Product Design Red Dot Award 2016. POC, a leading manufacturer of skiing and cycling helmets, apparel and accessories, partnered with French company In&motion, specialists in the creation of wearable protection systems b...

POC earns two ISPO awards for ski protection

POC earns two ISPO awards for ski protection POC is pleased to announce that it has been awarded 2016 ISPO awards in the ski protection category for two of its 2016/2017 winter season products, the Spine VPD 2.0 Airbag vest developed with In&Motion, which has been chosen as a gold winner and the POC layer system as a category winner. Stefan Ytterborn, POC CEO and founder said - “We are hon...

POC Cerebel helmet wins German Design Award

POC, a leading manufacturer of skiing and cycling helmets, apparel and accessories has been awarded the German Design Award 2016 for the Cerebel aero road helmet in the category - Sports, Outdoor Activities and Leisure. The German Design Award is an international premium prize awarded by the German Design Council whose goal is discovering, presenting and awarding unique design trends. The De...

POC exploring active light technology for cyclists

To support POC’s mission and improve safety for road cyclists it has partnered with Light Flex Technology to explore a new and innovative printed light technology. The approach being explored is at the forefront of research and development as it uses independent active light to support rider visibility as opposed to regular passive reflective technology used on most bike apparel. POC is a Swed...

POC earns ISPO Awards for Auric and Super Palm Comp

POC has been awarded a 2015 ISPO Award for the Auric helmet and Super Palm Comp ski racing glove. Every year, ISPO honors the most exceptional sporting goods with the ISPO Award. A jury consisting of independent sports business professionals evaluates several hundred entries following clearly defined criteria. This premium selection presents an orientation for both sports business professionals...

POC earns a prestigious Design S award for the AVIP concept.

POC, a leading manufacturer of skiing and cycling helmets, apparel and accessories, has been awarded a Design S award for the AVIP concept. AVIP stands for Attention, Visibility, Interaction and Protection and is POC’s most ambitious initiative to date, promoting safety for road cyclists. Design S is Sweden’s national design award and singles out creative and innovative solutions in every imagi...

POC earns Grand Award for the Skull Orbic Comp H.I. MIPS.

Popular Science has recognized POC, a leading manufacturer of skiing and cycling helmets, apparel and accessories, as a “Best of What’s New” Grand Award winner for the Skull Orbic Comp H.I. MIPS ski racing helmet. The world’s largest science and technology magazine recognizes the new Helmet Integrity (H.I.) system in its December 2014 issue. “Being recognized by Popular Science for the Skull Or...

The AVIP concept nominated for Design S

The AVIP concept has been nominated for the prestigious Design S Award. Design S is Sweden’s national design award and singles out creative and innovative solutions in every imaginable area of products, services and environments, regardless of the design field. The Design S award has been presented every second years since 2006 and this year’s winners will be announced on November 26th at the ...

POC earns a Eurobike Award for the Cerebel helmet.

POC, a leading manufacturer of skiing and cycling helmets, apparel and accessories, is pleased to announce that the Cerebel aero road helmet has been awarded a coveted Eurobike Award at the Eurobike trade show held in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The Eurobike Award is one of the most prestigious design awards in the bicycle industry and this year saw 500 entries. The industry design award was orga...

POC receives three Red Dot Design Awards

For the sixth consecutive year, POC was awarded the Red Dot Design Award. The Skull Orbic Comp helmet, Tempor helmet and Lid goggles was recognized among 4 662 submissions - more than ever before in the history of Red Dot. The jury of the Red Dot Award was once again looking for products and projects true to the motto “in search of excellence”. This year, 1 865 manufacturers, designers and arc...

POC wins two ISPO Awards

[caption id="attachment_943" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="POC Lid and POC Skull Orbic Comp"][/caption] POC is proud to announce two winning products at ISPO Award 2013. Skull Orbic Comp was chosen winner in the helmet category and Lid in the goggle category. Every year, ISPO honors the most exceptional sporting goods products with the ISPO Award. The jury, consisting of independen...

POC Tempor Time Trial Helmet nominated for Design S

"What fantastic project this has been! Gustav Larsson, Sweden´s top international road cyclist, who among a number of successes has a Time Trial Silver medal from the Beijing Olympics, came by the POC office in the spring of 2011, with a question: I want to win the London Olympics and I need the best possible equipment; can you help me doing the worlds fastest Time Trial helmet? The timing was...

Celebration! POC receives the Eurobike Award for the fifth consecutive year.

POC is proud to announce that the Crane helmet has been awarded the Eurobike Award 2012. The Crane helmet is developed with the freeride cyclist in mind, in need for great ventilation and light weight. The challenge has been to meet these demands while promoting durability and dent resistance, as there is often a contradiction between these qualities. Using an EPS sandwich construction combin...

POC Trabec - winner of the prestigious Grand Award of Design

The Grand Award of Design is presented annually to a company and its design supplier for a commercially successful product, services or range of products/services. The design should be the key factor in the success. The award has been initiated to highlight the importance of design to the economic success of engineering companies and to serve as an inspiration in business development focusing o...

POC Trabec Nominee for Stora Designpriset - the "Grand Prize of Design"

The POC Trabec is one among five nominees for the prestiguous Grand Prize of Design. The Grand Prize of Design is initiated by Föreningen Svensk Form (the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design), SVID (Swedish Industrial Design Foundation) and Teknikföretagen (The Swedish Engineering Companies), to promote business excellence deriving from consistant and competent design processing. "It's the se...

POC Red Dot Design (double) Award Winner

For the fifth consecutive year POC is a winner of the Red Dot Design Award. This time it's the POC EYES Eyewear Collection and the Fornix Ski Helmet that have been awarded. POC Eyes Eyewear: With the experience gained in goggle optics, we decided to take the next step with the conviction that we would also be able to make a difference in the field of high performance eyewear. "it's a line of...

The Fornix helmet wins first prize at the ISPO Awards

Fantastic! We are cheering loudly as we get the message here at the POC HQ office in Stockholm. The Fornix is: POCs most recent ski and snowboard helmet, developed for the serious user needing light weight, snug fit, durability and generous and adjustable ventilation. And what´s behind it? Besides parallell ventilation systems and antifog channels/inlets, the ambition has been to incr...

Eurobike Award for VPD 2.0

POC receives the Eurobike Award for the fourth consecutive year POC is proud to announce that the VPD 2.0 Body Armor line, has been awarded the Eurobike Award 2011. With three years behind us in the bike market and presenting the fourth collection at Eurobike, POC is being awarded for the new VPD 2.0 Body Armor Line. VPD 2.0 is the new generation of body armor deriving from the Visco Elastic ...

Best of the Best!

For the second consecutive year POC has been awarded Best of the Best at the Red Dot Design Award. This time it´s the POC Receptor MIPS Back Country that has been awarded. A helmet that manages rotational violence. "With 4.252 entries from 57 countries, it's an honor to be among the very few that receives the finest degree "Best of the Best". What makes it even better is that the awarded prod...

Truly encouraging!

POC awarded "Brand of the Year" in the Swedish sports trades most prestigious competition "Gear of the year". The jury's motivation "When Volvo and SAAB have felt the breath of death, there is another company that holds the Swedish safety position high. POCs design and safety conciousness, together with entering new domains, like bicycling with success, make them the Brand of the Year". "It's...

Second time at Eurobike and second Eurobike award!

POC has received the Eurobike Award for the Cortex DH, anti rotational violence downhill helmet. A lightweight advanced carbon shell wrapped over our patent pending aramid reinforced in-mold liner. The liner has a thin shell of polycarbonate covering the multi-impact Super EPP core. The double overlapping shell design, our patented VDSAP, allows a fully ventilated construction for maximum co...

POC proudly announces two iF Material Awards

POC has been awarded the iF Material Award for the new Cornea Goggle and the VPD Body Protection System. The Cornea Goggle is a patent pending, cylindrical lens goggle that follows POC´s concept and innovation of attaching the lens on the outside of the frame. The result is a better field of view and makes changing lenses hassle free. The Cornea Goggle will be available from September 2009. T...

Wow! Materialica Design Technology Award 2008!

We are proud to announce that POC was awarded ”Winner of Category Products ” at the Materialica Price Giving Cermony,in Munich last night,14th of October.For more info on the award,check our press release from the 15th of September.

Eurobike/IF Award for the Spine VPD Body Armor Line

POC is proud to announce that the Spine VPD Body Armor line, has been awarded, the Eurobike/IF Award. It is especially satisfying to receive this important award, simultanously together with POCs first launch of POCs bike line of Helmets & Armor, Wheels. It was evident to us, entering the summer season, to go with bike. And especially the action related disciplines such as downhill, freeri...

Materialica Design and Technology Award for the Recptor+ Helmet

This is a special award. The Materialica Award has evolved from the Materialica International Trade Fair for Materials Applications, Surface Technology and Product Engineering. POCs Recptor+ helmet,developed and certified within EU and USA, according to the CE and ASTM standards, for a broad variety of disciplines,such as snowsports, biking,skateboard and watersports, is the subject, something...

POC awarded "Design Observeur 09 quality label"

Both the RECEPTOR+ and the POCito helmet have been awarded with the "Design Observeur 09 quality label". It will be presented on the exhibition from 23 October to March 9 2009 at the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie (Museum of Science and Industry) as well as in the "Observeur du design 09" catalogue. Inaugurated in 1999 by the APCI (Agency for the Promotion of Industrial Creation), the De...

POC's Receptor+ nominated for the Design S Award

It is with great joy that we received the news this morning. POC has once again been nominated for the Design S Award. This time it's the Receptor+ helmet which is nominated. One helmet developed and certified for a number modern actionsports, such as skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, biking and watersports such as wake or kiteboarding. Something thought to be impossible but thanks to convin...

POC is awarded silver in the "Prize of Prizes"

POC has been awarded silver at the German Design Award 2008 for the Lobes goggles. Lobes are our newest ski goggles, with a huge lens to optimize the field of vision. The inspiration comes both from Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerents, who puts his windows outside the facades, and from astronaut Neil Armstrong. The lens is a perfectly shaped spherical surface to minimize optical distortion. Hav...

POC Synapsis helmet awarded Design+

The office is sprawling. We just got the information. POC has been awarded Design+ "on the occasion of Material Vision 2007", for the Synapsis helmet, by the German Design Council. The Synapsis helmet, is an in-mold helmet using POC's patent pending; anti penetration barrier - ABP. The challenge was to make an extremely light helmet certified according to European helmet standards. What is ex...

POC wins the "Prize of Prizes" Designpreis 2007

POC was recognized for excellence in design with the Gold Award for the Skull Comp Helmet in the 2007 Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany. As part of the opening ceremony of the Ambiente - International Frankfurt Fair on 9 February 2007, the German Design Council / Rat für Formgebung presented the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany on behalf of the Federal Ministry of ...

POC nominated for the VOLVO SportsDesign AWARD

Having won the AWARD in 2006, POC is proud to yet again find itself among the nominees for the VOLVO SportsDesign AWARD, this time with its new LOBES goggles. The jury has met at ISPO Winter 07 in Munich and picked the nominees for the 3rd VOLVO SportsDesign AWARD. POC's LOBES goggles are one of 5 products in the Headwear/Footwear category. Over 300 applications from students, designers and t...

POC elected "Gear of the year" in Ski Magazine

The December issue of Ski Magazine features POC's Skull Comp helmet as "Ski gear of the year 2007": "Time was, a full-coverage, highly impact- and penetrationresistant (injection molded) helmet was relatively heavy, while lighter, streamlined (in-mold) models were comparatively fragile. The Skull Comp is turning that principle of ski-helmet relativity on its head. A super-thin, fully enclosed ...

POC awarded "Design S"

POC is one of the winners of the "Design S" award for best design solution. The Advertising Association of Sweden, the Swedish Industrial Design Foundation and Svensk Form (the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design) have jointly created Swedish Design Award to reward Sweden's best design solutions with a "Design S". Over 250 entries from a wide spectrum of applications were judged and 11 winner...

POC wins Swedish Outdoor Design Award

The newly instituted prize of SEK 300,000 (EUR 35,000) is awarded to companies working in the field of outdoor recreation who consciously highlight design in their product development to create innovative and attractive products or services. The winner of this year's Swedish Outdoor Design Award is POC Sweden AB. The jury motivates its decision as follows: "Outdoor recreation and active experi...

POC finalist in the 11th ISPO BrandNew Awards

POC finalist in the 11th ISPO BrandNew Awards February 6-9 2005, the winners and finalists of the world´s largest start-up competition in the sports industry will be awarded in Munich, Germany. A jury of international sports experts, including industry experts, magazine editors, publishers and retailers have evaluated 158 entries from 21 countries. We are proud to announce that the jury was im...