By Duncan Mackay

New Zealand_deal_with_2XU_December_2011December 5 - Paralympics New Zealand have appointed Australian company 2XU as its Official Uniform Partner for London 2012, they have announced.


2XU will engineer all official team wear and supply its market leading performance compression apparel to the New Zealand team.

They already have signed a deal to outfit the Australian team for London 2012.

"As an organisation Paralympics New Zealand looks to partner with the best of the best," said Fiona Pickering, the chief executive of Paralympics New Zealand.

"This is what we have achieved with 2XU."

2XU was launched in January 2005 in Melbourne and is the official compression supplier to the Australian Institute of Sport. 

"2XU comes to us with an unmatched performance pedigree and specialist design process for elite athletes - attributes key to all our team apparel," said Pickering.

"Our formal alliance with 2XU represents a powerful partnership between two leading performance brands, and we look forward to seeing both the New Zealand silver fern and 2XU logo on the podium next year.

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