Acerbis

Italian sports gear manufacturer

Acerbis S.p.A.

Company type	Private
Industry	Textile
Founded	1973 (1973)
Headquarters	Albino, Bergamo , Italy
Products	Racing suits, helmets, shoulder pads, clothing, association football balls
Website	acerbis.it

Acerbis S.p.A. is an Italian sporting goods manufacturing company. Acerbis focuses on motorcycle racing, producing racing suits, helmets, gloves, shoulder pads, and boots. Other products by Acerbis include association football balls and sportswear for multi-sport purposes, such as t-shirts, pants, shorts, socks, and other clothing items.

History

The company was founded in 1973 by Franco Acerbis. The company began its business by producing motocross fenders, and then expanded its production to all thermoplastic components of motocross parts. It has two production units – one in Albino and one in the Czech Republic, and two distribution units, in the United States and the United Kingdom.^[1]

Sponsorship

The company is the sponsor of the Netherlands round of 2017 Superbike World Championship (as Acerbis Dutch Round), as well as the shirt manufacturer of Italian football clubs: AlbinoLeffe,^[2] and other teams.^[3]

In 2016 Superbike World Championship, Acerbis sponsored the United Kingdom round.^[4]

Sponsorship teams

Basketball

Geas Basket^{[citation needed]}
Landstede Hammers

Cycling

Gazprom

Football

San Luis de Quillota^[5]
Dorchester Town
Valenciennes^[6]
AEL Larissa (Since 2021-2022 season).
Platanias
Kawina
Galway Women's Football Club
AlbinoLeffe^[3]
Aurora Jesi^[3] (Since 2021-2022 season).
Breno
Cremonese ^[7]
Pavia (Since the 2021–2022 season)
Tolentino
Legia Tiraspol
Heracles Almelo^[3]
IJsselmeervogels^[3]
Limavady United^[8]
SR Brașov^[3]^[9]
Primorje
Arucas C.F. [es]^[3]
Crevillente Deportivo^[3]
Ejea^[3]
Tropezón^[3]
Vilafranca^[3]
Bellinzona^[3] (Since 2022-2023 season).
Federazione Ticinese Calcio^[3]
Aberystwyth Town^[3]
AFC Whitchurch

Futsal

CAME Dosson (from 2021 -2022 season).
Ciampino Aniene (from 2022 -2023 season).
Coccaglio

Handball

National teams

Greece^[3]

Minifootball

National teams

Belgium^{[citation needed]}

Rugby

National teams

Andorra (From 2021)

Club teams

Bergamo ^{[citation needed]}

Volleyball

Tennis

National teams

Romania (Since 2019 season)^[3]

References

^ "Acerbis, 50 years of passion and innovation: and celebrate by giving yourself a Guinness World Record". Retrieved 2023-06-20.
^ "AlbinoLeffe, UBI Banca ed Acerbis insieme per non… fermarsi!" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Professional sport supply". Acerbis. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^ "Acerbis launches Official WorldSBK Riding Gear and backs Dutch Round". Superbike World Championship. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ ""We are proud to announce the technical partnership with San Luis de Quillota , a football club founded in 1919 in Quillota, Chile, which plays in the Campeonato Nacional de Primera B del Fútbol Profesional Chileno"". Acerbis, Facebook Official Page. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ "We're excited to show off the new VAFC - Valenciennes Football Club Jerseys for the 2018/19 season, exclusively designed by ACERBIS". Acerbis, Facebook Official Page. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
^ "We are proud to announce our partnership with U.S. Cremonese". Acerbis, Facebook Official Page. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
^ "We are proud to announce our partnership with Limavady United Football Club based in #Limavady, #NorthernIreland". Acerbis, Facebook Official Page. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ "Fan Shop SR Brasov". Acerbis, Dplay Sport. Retrieved 25 July 2018.