The New Era Cap Company (or just New Era), located in Buffalo, New York, is a 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 KBO and NPB, Australian Baseball League and maintains agreements with other licensed entities including ...
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The New Era Cap Company (or just New Era), located in Buffalo, New York, is a 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 KBO and NPB, Australian Baseball League and maintains agreements with other licensed entities including NHL, NBA, NRL 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 in its 88-year history. In 2001, with the Communications Workers of America and in 2007/2008 with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
In the summer of 2007,...
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