Arktis Company Profile

From Arktis Website Year 2000

ARKTIS was established in 1985 and incorporated in 1991. The company has offices and a manufacturing facility located in Exeter (South West England) where most of our specialist products are manufactured in a 1500m² factory and warehouse.

Four distinct categories of equipment are made:

Specialist silent outerwear, jackets and trousers.

Mid-layer knit clothing, much of it fire-retardant.

Bivouac gear for camping: sleeping bags, hammocks, bivis.

Specialist webbing including Battle vests, Firearms vests and rucksacks.

Major Target Customers

All elements of military and Police - Rescue Teams - Air Forces - Special Forces - Medic Teams - Diving Units - Oil Industry

ARKTIS also represents CAMELBAK MAXIMUM GEAR products in the UK and Ireland.

The majority of the company's goods are supplied to military and police markets, with an emphasis on special units within these forces. Generally, the expert roles requires products of particular specification and often a higher performance level than standard issue. In addition, the company is expert in swift manufacture for urgent and unforeseen circumstances. Many of the goods in the company's wide product profile were initially developed for the specific needs of a particular unit. Tim Holden, the company's owner and chief designer, regards specific requirements as a challenge and is prepared to open dialogue on new developments where a wide need is seen as potential.



Countries to which Arktis products are currently exported:

Ireland - Norway - Sweden - Finland - Denmark - Holland - Belgium - France - Portugal - Italy - Germany
- Greece - Japan - Australia - Malaysia - Singapore - South Africa - The Gambia - CAR - USA - New Zealand


ARKTIS has distributors located in Germany, USA and Australia trading under the Arktis name. There are exclusive agency arrangements in Norway and Portugal. Our goods are also sold to certain premium retail customers where fully professional help can be given. Our distributors are all top professionals, well in tune with the product.

Company Motto

THE QUALITY OF ENDURANCE. Says what it implies - that endurance of the product is the quality to which we first give consideration. The ability of the product last is of greater importance to the man in the field than whether it looks good when it comes out of the box. Where we have to put in a lot of moving parts we seek to install fail-safe backup devices. The recent Pegasus with detachable and axis-shifting modules has three support devices. The incredible Double D design has simple support mechanisms which provide the user with great security. My current main focus is on speed of access in design.


OUR AIM is to always be the best. The fastest. The longest-lasting. The smartest. Kitting out the unit that leaves at short notice, stretching our resources, sending goods through the middle of the night to meet the urgent needs of our customers, is all part of the excitement of a fantastic product. We live in a world of NO. This company strives to defeat the cautious, stretched to overcome the forces of negativity. There's nothing like the returning user who got the best out of the kit, appreciated what went into it, especially the hard-bitten who'd used the wrong stuff in the past. ARKTIS is fortunate to achieve this sort of praise pretty often.


OUR PRODUCT is mostly unique. We take sometimes unusual blends of raw materials and combine them into high-performance items. Generally we use the best raw materials available on the market. In some cases we make our own. We have many imitators, the worst of whom can't admit it and claim to be original. The customers in the know, know it. Those who don't soon find out. We wish our imitators weren't there, but we accept their flattery with resignation. These people come and go, whilst we seem to have hung around for a while.

Tim Holden