Sunday, October 28, 2012

New Era Cap Company !



The New Era Cap Company, located in Buffalo, New York, is an American headwear manufacturer. It was founded in 1920 by German immigrant Ehrhardt Koch. New Era is the exclusive manufacturer and marketer of the official on-field cap worn by every Major League Baseball team and their minor league affiliates, as well as select teams in the Korea Baseball Organization, Nippon Professional Baseball, and the Australian Baseball League, and maintains agreements with other licensed entities including the National Hockey League, National Basketball Association, National Rugby League, and over 200 colleges and universities in the United States. New Era became the official on-field cap provider for the National Football League in April 2012.
On November 21, 2006, New Era moved its headquarters from the Buffalo suburb of Derby to its new, renovated home in the former Federal Reserve Building in downtown Buffalo.
New Era has had two labor situations[clarification needed] in its 88-year history: in 2001 with the Communications Workers of America and in 2007/8 with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
In the summer of 2007, New Era voluntarily pulled three styles of New York Yankees hats from shelves across the country because the designs on the caps were seen to be gang-related. A New Era spokesperson stated that the company does not market to gangs and when notified by activist groups and public officials, the company took immediate action.
[59Fifty]
59Fifty is a brand of hats made by the New Era Cap Company based in Buffalo, New York. They are also often referred to as "Fitted Hats". The caps are available for every Major and Minor League Baseball team in an assortment of colors, as well as NHL, NBA and NFL (Adidas normally manufactures the NBA's). The cap is also available with assorted city names and Marvel Comics and DC Comics character designs on them.
In 1992, the MLB New Era 59Fifty caps for the first time featured an MLB logo on the back of every cap. The New York Yankees were among the last teams in 1993 to wear the 59Fifty caps with the green underbrim. They didn't switch to the gray underbrim until 1994, whereas most teams switched to the gray underbrim during the late 1980s.
In 2007, New Era changed the design of their 59Fifty hats significantly. The 59Fifty is the official on-field cap for every major and minor league baseball team.

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