castle Collins manufacturer of tremendous Bowl logo patches bought to new local owner

Pat Ferrier fortress Collins Coloradoan

posted 2:fifty three PM EDT may also 31, 2019

for most of Brown Abrams' 40 years as proprietor of FiberLok, the business quietly manufactured one of the crucial most iconic sports logos worn with the aid of one of the most iconic avid gamers on the largest of stages.

The fortress Collins company that specializes in emblems and graphic design has considered its work in the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in manhattan, on super Bowl jerseys, World collection hats, T-shirts and end zone pylons. 

they have been worn by using the Manning brothers, John Elway, Derek Jeter, Tom Brady, Clayton Kershaw, and tons of greater. 

Now, it might be up to AJ Steger to proceed the legacy.

Abrams bought the enterprise in February to Steger, a fort Collins entrepreneur drawn to manufacturing. After a 3-month transition, Abrams retired this month.

under his watchful eye, FiberLok developed numerous new items and technologies and became awarded 50 patents. 

the important thing to FiberLok's success is a material called ChromaFlex, which allows the enterprise to replicate the shine and visual depth of a 3D embroidered patch without interfering with player performance or vogue. 

The logo for the 50th tremendous Bowl, received through the Denver Broncos, stands out among Abrams' favourite moments. "to see your product on the most generally broadcast software on earth is a really proud element," Abrams noted in a 2015 interview before the super Bowl.

"For the iconic super Bowl emblem they desired the foremost means to reproduce it that they may get," he spoke of.

ChromaFlex expertise changed into an ideal healthy, he pointed out. 

Abrams moved his company to citadel Collins 29 years in the past and noted he enjoyed the thrill of chasing a large deal, the diversity and foreign flavor of the company and being his own boss.

He all started looking for a successor to take the business ahead.

"a lot of people desired to buy it, however they wanted it as an funding," he said. Steger "definitely desired to make issues. finding each other changed into a real step forward. in short order, AJ and i dependent the personal and professional connection that enabled his acquisition of FiberLok."

 Steger changed into previously chief economic officer at Forney Industries, a distributor of metalworking items in castle Collins, and before that a accomplice with EKS&H (now a part of Plante Moran), an accounting and consulting firm.

FiberLok's patented dimensional pics products are used as a substitute for embroidery and display printing. The company has about 60 employees and is continuing operations at 811 Stockton Ave., off the Interstate 25 Frontage highway, in citadel Collins.

Pat Ferrier is a senior reporter masking business, health care and growth concerns in Northern Colorado. Please support her work and that of different Coloradoan journalists via subscribing: See Coloradoan.com/subscribe to learn how.