Manufacturer

Mr. Kolmes is the CEO of Supreme Corporation, USA. Supreme's Mission is to make the highest quality cut, slash, and abrasion resistant yarns, fabrics, and safety products in the world. They achieve this utilizing proprietary coatings engineered to provide antimicrobial, flame retardant (FR), durable water repellent (DWR), and other desired protective finishes.  Supreme celebrated its fifty eighth year in business this July, and has engineered yarns, fabrics, and safety products for many prestigious organizations including the Japanese Police Department, Holland SWAT, The Italian Ministry of Defense, Beijing SWAT, and the New York Police Department (NYPD). Supreme engineers a diverse array of high-tech yarns, including those used for body implants and medical devices, as well as conductive and reflective yarns used for military, police, sports, and motorcycling applications. Their latest projects include heated gloves for the military, medicine releasing yarns and fabrics, an anti-viral finish that kills viruses on contact, geo-location and impact sensing shirts with vital sign monitoring for soldiers, first responders, police and athletes. Matt's focus has been on developing products that improve health and well-being or help prevent fatalities. 

Matthew Kolmes has a degree in Economics from New York University (1994)  and graduated from New York Law School in 1997. He has a background in Civil Litigation and Intellectual Property Law. After 10 years as a Litigation Attorney, Mr. Kolmes joined Supreme Corporation in 2007 as a salesman. He travelled extensively until 2010 before launching and promoting the Tuff-N-Lite® brand all over the world.  In 2010, Mr. Kolmes made the transition to In-House Counsel for Supreme Corporation and managed the patent, trademark, and trade Secrets aspects of Supreme’s intellectual property portfolio. In 2011, Mr. Kolmes was named Executive Vice-President of Supreme Corporation, and continues to work as In-House Counsel, and focused on new product development, and operations management. In 2014 Mr. Kolmes was named CEO of Supreme Corporation. The development of new technology, and the licensing and commercialization of that technology are now his prime focus at Supreme Corporation. Supreme has won 6 innovation awards in the last 6 years. Mr. Kolmes was named one of the “100 Most Influential People in Fashion & Textiles” by MARSUM in 2021. Matthew lives with his wife and three sons in Hickory North Carolina and his hobbies include snowboarding, playing speed chess online, and riding motorcycles.