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Our new iPad case which celebrated its premiere on the boot attracted great interest in particular. The waterproof headphone jack and the photo-neutral material for the camcorders convinced the top-class audience as well as the sleek cut of the bag, precisely adapted to the dimensions of the iPad. As in 2011 our mobile phone case 108 and our iPad case 668-i were the most sought after items. New customers were astonished that even the touch screen works through the case and that there is no impairment of speech, hearing or photo quality. "I'll take it," was a phrase often heard.
CEO Petra Lichtenberg is more than satisfied. "Just great. We as the market leader will consistently follow our path and offer our customers the best quality and safety. This feedback and the many good conversations are another incentive."
It is already clear: Aquapac will also be on the boot in 2013 - for the 17th time. For those who want to make a note already: From 19 to 27 January 2013, Hall 12, B 66.
Freya Hoffmeister 'round Cape Hoorn - by sea kajak
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Experiences that Freya Hoffmeister made firsthand. With up to 150 kilometers per hour wind speed as she only became aware after she paddled with her nut shell over the open water, with great difficulty reached a rocky beach on Isla Deceit: "Somehow and unharmed," as she writes in her blog. There in a storm she waited in a small tent for better weather, to get back on the water. What was at first impossible. The constant noise of the up to 5 foot rolling in waves mentally exhausted her. Sleep and food were unthinkable. The next day the wind finally decreased a bit. One of the four options checked seemed "80 percent" sure enough to come back on the water.
What finally succeeded. Another eleven kilometers to paddle, then she reached the landing site on the Isla Hornos where cruise tourists go ashore. Finally a New Year's Day meal with all the bells and whistles, no noise and dry clothes. And a hot shower! And a safe way to cast off for the next island. Now it's back to Puerto Williams, the administrative center of Tierra del Fuego. And then further counterclockwise up the Chilean coast to Valparaiso, the destination of her first stage. More infos.
New on the boot 2012 from Aquapac: iPad case with headphone port
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Visit us from 21 to 29 Janaury 2012 in Düsseldorf: Hall 12, Stand B66 (as in the previous year).
Or make an appointment with the Board:
Petra Lichtenberg
| Telefon: | +49 (0) 5722 / 981050 |
| Fax: | +49 (0) 5722 / 981052 |
| e-Mail: | lichtenberg@aquapac.de |
Janice Jakait, Freyas Hoffmeister & Andreas Gabriel: Three want to write history:
Freya Hoffmeister, Janice Jakait and Andreas Gabriel: Three names you should remember and which will make headlines in the coming months - and they already do. All three face challenges, which previously were faced by no German and no woman in the world. And: All three Germans are sponsored by Aquapac with waterproof bags on their trips.
Freya Hoffmeister is currently circumnavigating South America in a kayak, including Cape Horn! The first human being who ever tried it. It is 70 days beginning November 2011 and after takeoff from Buenos Aires, Argentina, she already has half of the argentina-coast behind her on her way to the Cape. After the Cape's circumnavigation she will paddle up to Valparaiso, Chile, where she will arrive in September 2012. Then there is a pause before it goes on in early 2013 to create a total of 22,000 kilometers: more infos.
Freya Hoffmeister
Janice Jakait
Andreas Gabriel
Janice Jakait starts on 21 November 2011 from Portugal to Antigua in the Caribbean, the first German to cross the Atlantic in a rowing boat. She is four months at sea, to row the 6,000 miles. Her adventure is under the motto "row for silence" with which she wants to draw attention to the increasing pollution of the oceans through noise and to the protection of whales: more infos.
Andreas Gabriel has been enroute since May 2011 to go round large parts of Europe in a double-catamaran-kayak. His motto: "Sailing against prejudice." After starting in Husum, he has already left behind Rhine, Main, Danube, Black Sea, the Bosporus and the Aegean including Mykonos having reached the Corinth Canal early November. From there it goes on to Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Bay of Biscay, up into the North Sea and back to Husum. Russia failed because he did not get visas ...: more infos.
Aquapac at the Outdoor Friedrichshafen 2011
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As in previous years Aquapac will be represented again this year at the OutDoor in Friedrichshafen - the outdoor fair for all retailers worldwide. The market leader will show the Stormproof range as its new product line, also the new gray material of the Waterproof range. The new corporate identity including a new logo and slogan will be presented to our visitors. Of course, all products are water and dust proof in proven Aquapac quality. The exhibition runs from 14 to 17 July. We are happy to receive your appointment for your visit. You'll be surprised what's new. Please visit us in Hall B1-414.
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Boot Düsseldorf 2011
For Aquapac it was the most successful participation in the Boot-Show in Dusseldorf to date. We have never had so many visitors to our newly designed booth. They could find out everything about the waterproof bags and use the opportunity to learn about our new look, the new color of our cases and the new storm-proof range. The most popular cases were our phone case 108 and the new iPad case 664-i. Particularly new clients could not believe their eyes, when they noticed that even the touch screen works through the case, and that there are no impairments of speech, hearing or photo quality. "I'll take it, " was an often heard phrase.
Managing Director Peter Lichtenberg was accordingly satisfied. "Just great. Customers know that they get the best quality and safety from the market leader. An incentive for us to continue our way consistently and to care for the best satisfaction of our customers. "
It is already clear: Aquapac will also be on the boat in 2012, for the 16th time.
Aquapac 2011: Stormproof? Or rather waterproof?
New appearance, new film material for the approved waterproof range, and with the Storm Proof Range a new product range from January 2011: Three updates will be presented on the Boot Dusseldorf 2011 by Aquapac, Your manufacturer of waterproof bags for protection of your electronic devices and your personal valuables.
Waterproof-Range: Aquapac here relies on proven methods. For 27 years, the waterproof bags with the worldwide patented Aqua clip are on the market: submersible to five meters and also protecting against sand and dust. The bags are tested under the IPX8 standard, the highest industry standard. The film of the bags is still made from TPU, that is absolutely free of PVC. The Waterproof range is delivered in a fine gray from January 2011. Just the right app to waterproof iPad, iPhone, Android phone, mini-or SLR camera, PDA or GPS & Co. and still use the device through the clear film without further restrictions.
Stormproof-Range: With the Stormproof Range with its roll-up seal closure system Aquapac has expanded its range, especially for the outdoor sector. There, where rain, splash water, mud, sand and dust are to be expected, but you don't necessarily have to go underwater with your mobile phone, camera, GPS, tablet PC, or the personal belongings. In addition to various smaller bags for all sorts of electronic devices there is a new waterproof, very lightweight backpack with 25 liters and waterproof bags up to a size of 35 liters. Backpack and bags are distinguished by the fact that you can separate wet / dirty items from clean / dry ones with inside pockets. For the first time Aquapac also offers three padded, waterproof camera bags: for your mini up to the SLR camera.
The Stormproof range is tested by IPX6 standard which means it that is unharmed when besprinkled with a fire hose. The film is made of durable nylon PU. As with the waterproof series, all buttons, rotary switches and touch screens can be operated through the case. The photo quality is not compromised. Cases are delivered in the colors gray or orange. The series will be available from January 2011.
Visit us at the Boot Dusseldorf from January 22nd to 30th in Hall 12, Stand B 66. Or arrange an appointment:
Petra Lichtenberg (MD)
| Telefon: | +49 (0) 5722 / 981050 |
| Fax: | +49 (0) 5722 / 981052 |
| e-Mail: | lichtenberg@aquapac.de |
Two new cases for the Flips
On 1 January 2011 Aquapac will launch two new cases in connection with a relaunch of the brand and a new product range: the Cases 106 and 346. Both have been designed in close collaboration with Cisco, Inc. for the super-small video cameras of the Flip-series: for all Mino, Ultra, and Slide. Through the clear back with its special Lenzflex film you can shoot videos without quality impairment. Through the clear front, you can use the buttons and watch the display to see what you are filming or have just filmed. Like all Aquapacs these bags are waterproof down to five meters and of course they protect against sand and dust.
Aquapac makes your iPad 100% waterproof
Go on the net anywhere with the all-new iPad, check or send e-mails, listen to your music or read an ebook: all the things you've always wanted. If there were no adverse circumstances outdoor waiting to finish off your new acquisition: water, rain, sand or dust.
Das spezielle, weltweit patentierte Verschlusssystem verhindert, dass Wasser oder Staub eindringen können, und das iPad oder auch jeder andere Tablet-PC Schaden nehmen kann.
Everything no longer a problem if you rely on the 100% water- and dust-proof Aquapac bag, the iPad Case. The special worldwide patented closing system prevents water and dust ingress so that neither the iPad nor any other Tablet PC will be damaged.
At the same time, you can operate your device through the clear film. Touch screen, keyboard, filpping ebook pages, Bluetooth or sound: Everything works as normal without sacrificing quality. You only have to keep in mind that the closed bag of course does not let in fresh air for cooling. So users don't need to worry if they lie on the beach or if they are surprised by a rain shower.
The Link to your iPad-case
Aquapac at Outdoor Friedrichshafen2010:
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Like every year, Aquapac will be at the Outdoor Friedrichshafen, the fair for retailers and customers. We will present six brand new developements to our customers. Please have a look at hall B1-414.
Aquapac at "boot 2010" in Düsseldorf
The market-leader for waterproof cases Aquapac strikes a positive balance of the fair "boot Düsseldorf 2010". The trend of 2009 with a growing number of visitors and dealers continued. Lots of counseling session were hold: with consumers and dealers. We listed lots of acquisitions. Some visitors came the third or fourth time to our booth to buy their Aquapac-Cases personally.
Best running products are our iPhone-Case and our camera-bags. But also our waterproof bag, the Noataks, and our waterproof backpack was asked for frequently. Lots of dealers found their way to Aquapac, too. We are expecting that Aquapacs will be representend in much more communities in the following month.
„The interest for Aquapac waterproof cases is undaunted", as the managing-director of Aquapac-Aquaman Germany Petra Lichtenberg stated: „Consumers and dealers bank on our brand quality." For Aquapac it was the 14th appearance on the world biggest fair for watersport.
Freya Hoffmeister: Race around Australia is done!!!
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Congratulations Freya!!!! Freya Hoffmeister has done it: Today (December 15th, 2009) the German sea kajaker finished her race around Australia. 14000 kilometers of paddling around the fifth continent. At noon she landed at Queenscliff close to Melbourne where she startet on the 18th of January. In one of her first interviews she said: " I am happy. And I am tired. I am happy not to be paddling any more, but it was worth the risk."
Freya is supported by Aquapac-Aquaman Germany with waterproof cases for the safety of all her electronic equipment for years now.
If you wanna have a look on a video of her arrival, please click
Race around Australia: Freya Hoffmeister will land on tuesday, 15th of december!!
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German sea kayaker Freya Hoffmeisters race around Australia in a year is finished nearly. On tuesday 15th around midday she will land at Queenscliff at the Victorian Seakayak-Clubs close to Melbourne where she started her race around the fifth continent on january 18th 2009. 332 days she has been on her way, 245 days of paddling. And she will be the first woman who ever made it. And - after Paul Caffyn, New Zealand (361 days, 257 days of paddling) - the second human who has ever done it. Freya is supported by Aquapac Germany with waterproof cases for the safety of all her electronic equipment for years now.
14000 kilometers of paddling are in the arms of Freya, a former "Miss Germany": attacked by a shark or close to saltwater crocodiles; being on sea for eight days without landing to cross the bay of Capentaria; paddling along cliffs for days without any chance to land or surrounding Cape Leeuwin at the west coast of Austrlia where waves of eight meters clashed against the rocks. Unbelievable what she has done. She has reached borders.
Nearly every australian knows her name right now. And her name is on the most important landmarks to remember who passed it. And there are not to many names on the plates!
The last days there were blowing heavy tailwinds. She paddled around 80 kilometers a day. For her arrival there is arranged a big party already. The media is waiting for her. And also a huge crowd of Australians who wanted to see the woman who surrounded their continent:
That`s what she wrote in her blog on saturday 12th of december:
"It looks like I'm having three days of padling left. My arrival day at Caffyn's Cove in Queenscliff, Melbourne will probably be Tuesday, 15th, before slack tide around noon. Everybody is very much welcome to join me to paddle to Caffyn's Cove the last few km from Point Lonsdale.
The VSKC is so kind to organize plenty of media on the spot. They organize a Q&A talk with the final Melbourne party on Wednesday, 15th.
Please check on the VSKC website for details. I'll be giving another talk in Sydney on Saturday, 19th.
Organized by Mark Sundin, Expedition Kayaks. Details on his website.
I'll be flying home on Sunday, 20th, 4.35pm from Sydney via Singapore. I'll arrive in Germany, Hamburg airport on Monday, 21st, 10.30 from London, BA 0964"
Posted under Australia, Stage 15: Victor Harbour - Queenscliff
Which Aquapac cases are on board of Freya Hoffmeisters kayak:
All of the electronical equipment of Freya Hoffmeister like VHF, GPS, Cellphone, camera or maps are packed in the waterproof cases of Aquapac Germany. The cases made its job very well, as Freya Hoffmeister wrote in a mail. During her trip we send her some new ones, while some get damaged during very rough landings. Here a message of Freya:
"Hallo Petra,
Aquapacs allover my luggage, vielen Dank! Und jeder bewundert, (oder bedauert?) die vielen electronics, die ich so mitführen muss, aber sie werden täglich ziemlich hard benutzt! Der large whanganui case ist meine Kartentasche, die täglich auf meinem Deck ist. Die leckt inzwischen irgendwie, ich kann nicht herausfinden, wo und wie. Ich könnte eine oder zwei neue gebrauchen! Und die large VHF classic hält mein Motorola-Satelliten Telefon, das wird auch ordentlich täglich strapaziert und hat schon mehrere reparierte Lecks. Ein oder zwei neue wäre fein!
Vielen Dank!!!
Freya
If you wanna have a look what kind of Aquapacs Freya got on board and used for which reasons, please have a Look.
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| Sally Turner lost her camera overboard during a sailing rescue. Jon Puckey found it 2 weeks later 12 miles down the coast - still safe and sound in its Aquapac |
What a customer experienced with her Aquapac:
Dear Sir or Madam
I am enclosing the Aquapac Camera Case which I have been using this year when sailing, as I think that you may be interested in its story.
On 24 August 2008, it was lost overboard from our club safety boat, during a rescue in very rough conditions off Pentewan, Cornwall. The clasp of the dry bag it was in had snapped.
On 7 September, it was discovered wedged in rocks on the beach at Talland Bay by Jon Puckey. He was amazed to discover that inside the case, the camera was still dry.
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| John Puckey shows where he found the case |
Using the memory card, he uploaded the pictures, numbering about 100, and together with his family, managed to deduct that we probably lived in Fowey and, due to pictures of the Red Arrows taken from our property, were even able to pin point the house. The family returned it to me yesterday.
We estimate that the camera and case had covered, at the very least, twelve miles eastward along the coast before coming ashore! As you can see from the condition of the case, it suffered quite serious scouring among the rocks!
So, I have my camera back, together with pictures which I had not yet transferred to my computer, so I am delighted and have met some lovely people.
Best wishes
Sally Turner
Race around Australia: Freya Hoffmeister on the final stage!!
One week left and german kajaker Freya Hoffmeister finished her race around Australia. She will be the first woman who ever surrounded the fifth continent in a kajak and the second human being ever. She ist on her final stage right now, on the 10th of december (day 326) she reached Brown Bay, just a week away from where she startet on the 18th of january 2009: Queenscliff close to Melbourne. The Australians nearly could not believe what is happening right now. The blog of freya who is supported by Aquapac Germany with dust- und waterproof cases for years, is full of comments.
Good luck on the last miles
The whole Aquapac-Team
Who wants to know what is going on: www.qajaqunderground.com
Boot 2010 at Düsseldorf: hall 12, box H 21
Also in 2010 Aquapac-Aquaman Deutschland GmbH is at the boat 2010 at Düsseldorf, the world greatest boat-fair and watersport for consumers and retailers. The fair lasts from 23rd to 31st of January 2010. We present our waterproof cases the 14th times . Brand new is Aquapacs waterproof backpack, which was launched in summer 2009.
Take a visit to hall 12, booth H 21
Freya Hoffmeisters Race around Australia: Update
13. stage, 303rd day on the water: German extrem kayaker Freya Hoffmeister is still on her way around Australia. And is still doing well. She had to fight strong headwinds, some days it was not possible to paddle. She managed 189-Kilometer nonstop: 38 hours of paddling in front of the Bunda Cliffs. No chance to go onshore while there were no beaches, only cliffs. And she got seasick. But now Adelaide is close. And the australian summer with up to 50 degrees and lots of black flies has to be fight. And still 2000 kilometers left.
Wanna see how it goes on? www.qajaqunderground.com. Freya Hoffmeister is posting there daily.
Race around Australia: German kayaker Freya Hoffmeister nearly at home!
German Kayaker Freya Hoffmeister is on the 250th day of her trip around Australia. And she is close to be the first woman who ever done it. She is on the 12th stage from Perth to Esperance. In Perth were waiting several additional Aquapacs. Her whole electronical advice is stored secure in our waterproof cases.
On september 24th she took a stepstone: the surrounding of Cape Leeuwin. Two days she has to wait for reasonable weather conditions. Normaly there a clashing waves of about 30 fts. against the cliffs. And shortly under the surface are waiting dangerous cliffs, too. On day 249 the weather and the waves were okay. Dozens of people were waiting at the lighthouse to witness the historical surrounding. And Freya managed it without any problem. When she reached land she jubilate: "I made it!!!! I´m on the homerun now". Congratulations from the whole Aquapc-Team.
And Freya goes on paddling: still 3000 km out of 15.000 left - then she has reached Melbourne. Where she started at the beginning of the year.
Wanna see how it goes on? www.qajaqunderground.com
Aquapac on the „boot“ fair: No sign of crisis 
In spite of the economic crisis Aquapac was successful on the Düsseldorf „boot“ fair in January 2009. Although the total number of show visitors was 10% below 2008 we had more visitors on our booth than ever before. And these people bought more than the years before. Especially our new SLR case and the new „Small Camera mit Hardlense“ attracted attention. The new „Noatak“ dry bags most of all surprised „old“ fans as they mark a completely new range.
Managing director Petra Lichtenberg: „We had a responsive audience. Competent and more interested in the upcoming summer season than in economic crises.” Her impression: “More customers tend to protect their devices with our cases because a new purchase is clearly more expensive – another form of saving. Our customers und us we don’t let anyone spoil our good mood. We will attend the next “boot” again!” Our 11th by the way.
Royal Award
Aquapac wins the ‘Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2007’. The Queen's Award has been described as "A Corporate Knighthood". It's the UK's most prestigious business award. The awards are made each year by The Queen, on the advice of the Prime Minister who is assisted by an advisory committee that includes representatives of government, industry and commerce and the trade unions. The awards are given solely on merit and competition is fierce. The number presented each year is not pre-set and depends on the quality of the applications received.