Rugged Thread, LLC

A triple-impact company: Converting Broken Outdoor Industry Clothing and Gear into Capital.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Other
  • Location Bend, OR, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded October 2011
  • Employees 4
  • Incorporation Type LLC
  • Website ruggedthread.com

Company Summary

We believe in the transformative power of nature to heal. We believe the story of our gear should not end in a landfill. We believe in positive cultural shifts. We believe in the value of repair to reduce textile waste. We believe in developing innovative repair tools, processes, and skills that pay family wages and create opportunity. We believe in Design For Reparability. We believe in converting broken gear into a new Repair Economy.

Team

  • Kimberly Kinney
    Founder/CEO

    Kim's love of skiing lead her to Utah’s Snowbird Ski Resort where she built and sold Wasatch Design, a mountain ski resort tailor and repair shop by the age of 26. Kim started Rugged Thread in 2011 and is ecstatic to see the Outdoor Industry embrace sustainability and begin to take responsibility for externalities. Her repair skill, teaching talent, team and vision are leading the emergence of a national Repair Economy.

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