Who owns dynamic skis

In Rossignol acquired a powerful new competitor in the ski market—Salomon. During the s, companies that moved more quickly into new ski technology gained market share, largely at the expense of Groupe Rossignol ski brands.

Success in the boot and binding markets kept the company profitable. He was a bona fide ski racing nut, putting nearly 3. But first and foremost, Boix-Vives was a financial wizard. But the most important thing is that he had the ability to divorce himself from the nuts and bolts, step back, and see the big picture.

The millionth Rossignol ski was built in During the new millennium, the dollar dropped to historic lows relative to the Euro—hitting EUR. Part of the problem was that Rossignol was still making skis and boots in Western Europe, while most of the competition— including the large Austrian companies—had reacted to the sinking dollar by moving much of their factory capacity to China, the Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and other cheap-labor nations. To keep prices competitive, Rossignol had to slash its wholesale margins.

The and winters saw late snow in key markets, and sales stalled. Rossignol posted a solid loss. In March , at age 78, Boix-Vives faced retirement. Quiksilver consolidated all North American snowsports operations—Rossignol, Dynastar, Lange, Look, and their related snowboard divisions—in Park City, Utah, and sold the Voiron factory grounds to a real estate developer. I had the pleasure and honor of working for Laurent Boix-Vives while at Lange from through He also cannot be dissociated from his very different, yet quite successful competitor, Georges Salomon, who left us a decade earlier.

Salomon was obsessed with the product, its marketing and a quest for innovation, whereas Boix-Vives who supported ski racing wholeheartedly, was more of a public person who loved the financial side of business and enjoyed contacts with the who-is-who of captains of industry and politicians. I f you would like to leave a comment or remark, please login to your subscriber account. Skip to main content. Rossignol chief Passing Date:. Thursday, June 18, Anyone have a reference source with the answers?

Philpug Notorious P. SkiTalk Tester. The majors There are brands that share production facilities or have their products built in other factories too. Last edited: Oct 30, Philpug said:. Click to expand Joined Nov 13, Posts 3, Location Colorado.

Is Black Crows under Amer or just made in the Atomic facilities? Whatever happened with the proposed sale of Newell? I remember something to the effect that the company was looking to sell off assets and no one knew if that meant that Volkl would be auctioned off separately from K2, etc.

Something to do with private equity vs public company. Thread Starter. Surprised to see Volkl and K2 "under one roof" now, along with the inclusion of Dalbello. Dwight Practitioner of skiing, solid and liquid Admin.

The strong brand reputation and the global teams who have developed, manufactured, sold and serviced these products are the primary reasons for our enthusiasm. Isnt Black Crows part of Amer as well? Joined Nov 13, Posts Location Sleeping in a mop closet. Joined Jun 17, Posts Are there any public ski manufacturers? Joined Nov 13, Posts Location Kansas. It would adhere to either metal or wood skis. TEY tape did not stick to most snow and it could hold wax.

It was sold as part of the Aluflex and also offered through ski shops for application to any ski. Disadvantage: TEY Tape was soft, and relatively easily ripped. This edge was quickly adopted by Head. The Chris ski usually had a TEY tape base. Hoerle made about pairs but the ski was never brought to market. It had a plywood core glued under pressure and heat between top and bottom aluminum sheets with plastic sidewalls.

The bottom sheet had a continuous full length steel edge. It was the first successful ski made of very different components. The secret to success was Bostik, a flexible contact cement that allowed the different layers to shear against each other without weakening. Head skis, along with competitors and imitators, supplanted at least half the wood skis by But these early attempts spread the idea of the possibility of a ski with more liveliness and less vibration than could be achieved with an aluminum ski.

Designers saw that a fiberglass ski might be lighter and easier to turn than the best metal skis. Kofix proves slippery enough in most snow conditions to eliminate the need for wax.

It is easy to repair minor scratches and gouges by melting more polyethylene into it. A similar material made by InterMontana in Switzerland is marketed under the brand name P-tex. Polyethylene is widely adopted by ski factories, and supplanted earlier plastic bases like Cellulix. With the addition of a polyethylene base, Howard Head introduces the final version of the Head Standard ski.

He convinces Laurent Boix-Vives, new owner of Rossignol, to build the aluminum Metallais and Allais 60 aluminum skis, which revolutionize downhill racing beginning in From then on, the concept spread rapidly.

By , fiberglass had supplanted both wood and aluminum for use in slalom racing skis and in most recreational skis. Aluminum laminates remained important for all high-speed skis GS and downhill. Prepreg fiberglass construction proves efficient but very expensive.

S-glass supplants E-glass in wet lay-ups. Manufacturers mix small quantities of Kevlar, carbon fiber, ceramic fiber and other high-strength materials into fiberglass to help improve strength, resilience, damping, torsion — or simply to improve marketing buzz. Sintered polyethylene begins to supplant extruded polyethylene as a tough, wax-retentive, high-speed base material.