Brütting

The Brütting & Co. EB Sports Int. GmbH is a German sports shoe manufacturer that was originally founded in 1946 by Eugen Brütting as shoe manufacturing. Later Brütting merged with the trading company Geka Sport GmbH and is now more than a medium-sized company based in the Upper Franconian Küps.

History

The foundation for the company Brütting laid in 1946 the trained " Schuhmodelleur " Eugene Brütting with the opening of its own shoe factory.

In 1965 Brütting founded the company branch EB- Sport International, in which the emphasis was placed on athletics. 1966 first Arnd Krüger German in Brütting shoes (indoor ) champion. His extensive for athletes of various sports specialty shoe program has grown with time. Among other shoes for fencers, weightlifters, boxers, wrestlers and runners were offered. The most famous bearer of the brand Brütting were Liesel Westermann, the silver medal in the discus won at the 1968 Olympic Games, Bernd Kannenberg, who won gold at the 1972 Olympics in the 50 km walk, and Peter Müller, boxer and former German champion at middleweight.

Developed together with the New Zealand athletics coach Arthur Lydiard, and various other athletes Eugen Brütting in 1970 running shoes " Roadrunner ", which is with its construction of lightweight suede instead of leather with cushioning midsole foam rubber as an ancient form of modern running shoes and because of its novel sickle bars enjoyed an excellent reputation among the entire previous runner elite.

For this later emerged the Fußerholungsschuh " Siesta ", was his special property in an optimal Fußanpassung.

1972 Brütting recognized the growing importance of the tennis market and continued his second model and production focus to the area tennis shoes.

In parallel, Gerhard Krapp made ​​in May 1973 with the company Geka Sport GmbH independently, in the shoe and sports sector was also active. In September 1984, Bernhard Meyer was hired as second managing director, with Gerhard madder together took over the mid-eighties the company Brütting. Under the new name EB- Sport Shoe -Vertriebs GmbH, the company was finally continued.

Eugen Brütting stood from 1984 to the company as a modeller and also as an advisor until his death in 1991 are available. In addition, he was still in the range bars for further development of the company Brütting active. In the same year the company was again renamed and called henceforth the Brütting & Co.EB Sports Int. GmbH.

Eleven years later (2002) went Gerhard madder in the Retirement and Bernhard Meyer became the owner of the company Brütting.

After years of expansion led Brütting 2007, the new own brand " EB -Kids " and thus replaced in the children 's footwear his " mouse " collection from. Bernhard Meyer in 2011 was replaced by Tobias Dormann as CEO. Bernhard Meyer has since worked as a consultant to the company Brütting.

Products

The most famous and best-selling shoe is the "Road Runner", followed by " Astroturfer ", " Marathon " and " multiplex ", which are to this day produced by hand in Germany. In addition to other sports shoes handmade shoes for different sports, fashion and leisure areas yet to be made ​​to children's shoes and sizes.

Distribution

Brütting shoes are available in Germany in regular shoe stores and in various online stores.

Quotes

"With Brüttings models then ran for nearly a decade, the German elite runners and many of the world's elite [ ... ] Franz -Josef Kemper, Manfred Steffny, Werner Gierke, Manfred Loetzerich, Hans -Jürgen Orthmann, Gerhard Weidner - and beside them attacked a thousand nameless to the same model. "