Kim Scholze is the new chief sales and marketing officer (CSMO) of Sympatex.

Scholze will be responsible for global Sympatex sales and marketing strategy. She has been part of the sport and outdoor industry for over 30 years. The creation and feeding of communication platforms is her expertise. She believes that to drive change effectively, a different perspective and the openness for collaboration are needed. In this sense, she sees the biggest challenge is to find common ground for ideas.

With Scholzeon the board, the company’s orientation will not be about making the biggest possible profits but about attitude, collaboration, and a shared industry drive towards sustainability.

Sympatex produces functional textiles from recycled and recyclable monomaterials. Sympatex is a pioneer in the development of a circular and regenerative business model and along the way the company has already achieved a lot and helped push boundaries. The intelligent Sympatex membrane has been used in clothing, shoes, accessories and technical applications since 1986 and guarantees being 100 per cent waterproof, windproof and breathable.

Sympatex will no longer use new materials from the oil industry in the future. Instead, used textiles are transformed into new, high-quality membranes, laminates and functional textiles. Sympatex is working with selected brand partners worldwide to close the textile cycle together.