Arkel

The vendor's terms of service name the operating entity Arkel Inc, and its contact page gives a single Sherbrooke, Quebec address with no mention of outside investors or a parent company; madeinca.ca independently lists Arkel as Canadian owned. A Corporations Canada federal search for "Arkel" returned zero results, consistent with a provincial (Quebec) incorporation rather than a foreign or federal one; the Registraire des entreprises du Quebec, which would confirm the incorporation and any shareholders, is bot-walled and could not be checked.

• Terms of Service · the vendor's own site “This website is operated by Arkel Bike Bags.”
• Contact Us · the vendor's own site “2520 Roy, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, J1K 1C1”
• Search for a Federal Corporation - Corporations Canada · registry record “0 results were found, 0 returned.”
• Arkel | Made in CA · directory “Canadian owned, based in Sherbrooke, Quebec.”

The vendor's ethical manufacturing page states that 80 percent of bags and panniers are sewn at its own Sherbrooke, Quebec facility, with the remaining 20 percent made by overseas partners in China and Vietnam and shipped to Canada for final assembly and inspection; madeinca.ca corroborates the Sherbrooke, Quebec figure at directory level.

• Ethical Manufacturing · the vendor's own site “80% of Arkel's bags and panniers are produced in their Sherbrooke, Canada facility... the remaining 20% comes from overseas partners in China and Vietnam.”
• Arkel | Made in CA · directory “Arkel makes 80% of its products in Canada.”

Arkel operates from a single Sherbrooke, Quebec address and its ethical manufacturing page describes its Sherbrooke sewing floor and its assembly partnership with CRDITED Estrie, a local Sherbrooke social service program, as the workforce; no other office or facility is named anywhere on the site.

• Contact Us · the vendor's own site “2520 Roy, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, J1K 1C1”
• Ethical Manufacturing · the vendor's own site “Arkel partners with CRDITED Estrie... since 2003.”

Arkel's ethical manufacturing page states its Cordura and X-Pac fabrics are made in the USA, and its tariff-information page names fabrics, bungee cords, and plastic hardware as components sourced from US partners, so the mix is weighted toward the United States. The remainder is an estimate: some hardware and its patented Cam-Lock hook system may be Canadian or sourced from the same overseas partners used for the 20 percent of overseas-made bags, and no vendor statement covers the origin of its recycled Ecopak fabric.

• Ethical Manufacturing · the vendor's own site “Cordura 1000D... made in the USA. X-Pac fabrics... manufactured in the USA.”
• US Tariff Information · the vendor's own site “components and fabrics manufactured in the United States... fabrics, bungee cords, and plastic hardware.”