Made O'Meter
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The featured product is an authentic New York Yankees baseball cap produced by New Era Cap Company, identifiable by the embroidered interlocking 'NY' emblem on the front panels and the New Era flag logo on the wearer's left side.
Founded in 1920 in Buffalo, New York, by German immigrant Ehrhardt Koch, the New Era Cap Company revolutionized headwear manufacturing. In the 1930s, the company began crafting professional baseball caps, eventually becoming the official on-field cap supplier for Major League Baseball (MLB) and a dominant global lifestyle and streetwear brand.
Today, New Era Cap Company remains headquartered in Buffalo, New York. In recent years, private equity investment firms such as ACON Investments have acquired significant minority stakes, while the founding Koch family continues to maintain operational and family ownership leadership. While domestic specialty runs have historically taken place in the United States (notably in Derby, New York), New Era's mass commercial headwear is manufactured across a diversified international network including facilities in China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Haiti, and Laos.
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