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About us

HistWear is a mini-enterprise founded by six motivated students from St Peter's College Leuven. Together, we are striving to make the world a better place. 

We do this by making shoulder bags from recycled materials. To do this we use old banners that would normally be thrown away as fabric for our products. This allows us to ensure that each product is unique. At the same time we also try to reduce waste by contributing to a circular economy.

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Sustainable

Upcycling

When designing and making our bags, we try to go as far as possible in that process of upcycling. The bags themselves are produced from old discarded banners, which would otherwise end up in a landfill. For the shoulder straps, we reuse old car seatbelts and our logo is laser-cut out of broken bicycle tyres. Only the closure of our bags is fastened with new velcro to ensure optimal use for a long time.

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The team

We are HistWear, a group of motivated students all with a similar dream of making the world a sustainable place. So to do our bit, we founded HistWear. 

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Mathijs Van Rompaey: Managing Director

Rembrand Soetewey: Technical Director

Siska Vangrimde: Administrative Director

Bo Klaps: Financial Director

Zoë Deno: HR Manager

Lander Steyaert: Commercial Director

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Press

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Het Nieuwsblad https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20230514_94359987
Het Laatste Nieuws
https://www.hln.be/leuven/histwear-schopt-het-tot-mini-onderneming-van-het-jaar~a38244c6/
Rob tv
https://www.robtv.be/nieuws/leerlingen-van-sint-pieterscollege-leuven-zijn-beste-mini-onderneming-van-het-jaar-153560
School 2030
https://school2030.be/news/histwear-is-een-van-de-mini-ondernemingen-van-leerlingen

 

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