Team Kits Fore You

MACRON & ASTON VILLA FOOTBALL CLUB

Macron is pleased to announce the new partnership with Aston Villa as new official technical sponsor starting from season 2012-13.

Combining qualities and skills associated internationally with Italian sartorial elegance, Macron has established a strong international profile and a proven commitment to the technical excellence of its product and service since its launch in 1971.

Reliability and determination – core values of Macron – are integral to its success in the conception, design, prototyping and distribution of technical apparel for sports teams from North America  to the Middle East, Champions League clubs and national associations.

Aston Villa will be Macron’s flagship club in the Premier League. In addition to Macron supplying the Club with official match kit and training apparel for players and management staff to May 2016, Macron will offer a full range of fashion wear – featuring over 100 product lines – including home and away replica kits (also providing a choice of two goalkeeper kits), training and travel apparel, exciting accessories and extensive labels for females, children and infants.

In creating the new kit, the Club has worked closely with Macron whose focussed development in design and materials is evident in its partnerships with clubs from La Liga, Serie A, Holland’s Eredivisie and Portugal’s Liga Sagres.

The new home kit will be launched in mid-June at Villa Park and will go on sale immediately. A full range of apparel and accessories will be available from early July, distribution of which will be managed by the Club’s merchandising department. The away kit will also be available in July.

Villa CEO Paul Faulkner, in announcing the new partnership, said: “We are pleased and excited to be partnering with Macron and we look forward to the launch of our new kit for the 2012-13 season and also to benefiting immensely from a close working relationship. “Commercially, this is the best deal the Club has ever secured with an official kit partner. “Macron has established its credibility in the development of high-quality performance football apparel and the sales and distribution of licensed products and this new partnership will significantly benefit Aston Villa in the years ahead.”

Macron CEO Gianluca Pavanello, said: “We are both proud and delighted to announce the partnership with Aston Villa. “Macron is a European company with a successful growth in the UK. “We are particularly pleased to partner with Aston Villa, a club with great tradition and heritage, with which we share common values which are: a passion for sport, commitment and, most importantly, a focus on product quality. “We look forward to this alliance and we are sure it will bring great success to what is already an historic club.”

Macron is an Italy-based European company operating in the hi-tech sportswear sector, specifically in Teamwear. Founded in 1971, the company initially produced sportswear for major Italian and international brands. In 1997, Macron began developing its own brand and taking on all activities regarding the design, prototyping and marketing of hi-tech apparel for football, basketball, volleyball and baseball. Today, Macron supplies teamwear for amateur and professional clubs around the world, benefiting from the high level of service and product quality it provides, which increasingly meet the requirements of athletes. Macron distributes his products through a network of 800 authorized dealers and since 2010 through a monobrand retail network: the Macron Store. Macron is kit suppliers to a number of high profile football clubs in Europe, including West Ham United, Leeds United, SC Braga, SSC Napoli to name a few as well as being kit suppliers of different sports including Basketball, Handball, Volleyball, Baseball and Rugby. Enthusiasm, creativity, results, enjoyment and a very strong commitment: these are the rules that Macron shares with athletes.

MACRON is now the Technical Sponsor of major clubs throughout Europe, including: 

• Football: Aston Villa*, West Ham Utd, Leeds Utd, Sheffield Utd, Charlton Athletic and Millwall FC in Great Britain; SSC Napoli, Bologna FC 1909 in Italy; AS Monaco, Le Mans FC, FC Lorient in France, RCD Mallorca in Spain; SC Braga and FC Portimonense in Portugal; AZ Alkmaar, FC Den Bosch and Willem II in Holland;
• Baseball: Corendon Kinheim in Holland; Rouen Huskies in France; Fortitudo B.C. 1953 in Italy,T&A San Marino, the Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS); the Real Federación Española de Béisbol y Sófbol (RFBS) in Spain;
• Basketball: Virtus Bologna, Benetton Treviso, Pallacanestro Varese, Bancatercas Teramo, Scandone Avellino, Sutor Montegranaro, in Italy; Alicante in Spain; Orleans Loiret in France;
• Volleyball: Norda Foppapedretti Bergamo, Sisley Belluno, Pallavolo Modena, Robur Tiboni Urbino, Tonno Callipo Volley, M.Roma Volley in Italy; Almeria Volley in Spain; Espinho in Portugal;
• Handball: Portuguese National Team and official League ball in Portugal; C.B. Mar Alicante in Spain;
• Rugby: Edinburgh Rugby in Scotland, Wakefield Wildcats, Featherstone Rovers in England; Neath RFC in Wales; Rugby Rovigo, Firenze Rugby 1931 in Italy.
                                                    (* from season 2012/2013)