Chronological List of Outdoor and Equipment Manufacturers
Year founded / Name / Location
1862 Mammut – Switzerland – acquired by Raichle in 2003, then re-branded Mammut footwear in 2009.
1877 Helly Hansen – Norway
1920 Eddie Bauer – Seattle – patented first quilted down jacket – 1st American to summit Everest, Jim Whittaker sponsored by Eddie Bauer
1938 Columbia Sportswear – Portland, Oregon
1938 REI – Seattle
1946 Gerry – Denver
1965 Sierra Designs – Berkeley, California
1965 Chouinard Equipment Ltd – Ventura, California
1966 The North Face – San Francisco, California – Doug and Susie Tompkins
1967 Lowe Alpine – Ogden, Utah
1969 MSR – Seattle
1971 Cascade Designs / Thermarest – Seattle
1972 Feathered Friends – Seattle
1974 Marmot Mountain Works (Marmot) – Grand Junction, Colorado
1981 Outdoor Research – Seattle
1981 Jack Wolfskin – Germany
1981 Rab – UK
1985 Dana Design – Bozeman, MT – essentially acquired by Marmot; co-founders Dana Gleason and Renee Sippel-Bake also started Mystery Ranch
1989 Arc’teryx – British Columbia, Canada
1989 Black Diamond Equipment – Salt Lake City, Utah
1993 Mountain Hardwear – founded by former Sierra Designs employees; acquired by Columbia Sportswear in 2003.
1991 Sea To Summit – Perth, Australia
1994 Icebreaker – New Zealand
2000 Mystery Ranch – Bozeman, Montana
2007 Oboz Footwear – Bozeman, Montana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mountaineering_equipment_brands