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A heart of gold and a mind of steel
(Interview with Marie Bochet)
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PEOPLE
Sesto Dolomites: Everything from one source 10
People around the globe 32
Deep-earth funicular railway for Andra
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Unique in the world: the i360 13
35 years of tradition with the company’s
own band
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The LEITWOLF on tour in Europe
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A typical day in… Stará Ĺubovňa, Slovakia 35
The tallest dam in Turkey to be built
with cable cranes Big Picture 36
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All the best for 2015 37
A ropeway for Berlin
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Travels out to meet the “people in the
clouds” in Peru
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The winds from India are blowing stronger 20
Snow for the Freestyle & Snowboard
World Cup
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Official supplier for Vail and Beaver Creek 22
Off to see the bears, bisons and gorillas in
a ropeway 23
Plan Joran: an environmental approach 24
PANTHER T12, bigger and stronger
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Valuable synergy effects and sustainable
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First „H2“ cabin worldwide
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Strong focus on emerging markets: Georgia
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First urban ropeway project in Mexico
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New aerial ropeway in Kazakhstan
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EDITORIAL
A challenge in harmony
with innovation
Chick Corea, one of the greats of international jazz in
our production center, in order to celebrate the ten
years of Factory Jazz with our group! It was in July
2014 when the world-famous star came to the extreme
north of our country – in Sterzing, where we manufacture the snow groomers and very close to the production site of cableway systems. I liked the idea that he
would ascend our stage, perhaps with a little curiosity
but with the professionalism to which he was accustomed, since he had substantially gotten to know the
music scene in the entire world in the nearly fifty years
of his career. A little bit like us, with our many years of
experience with cableway construction in the mountains of five continents. And we, too, were curious. But
fully convinced, we set off on a path which now leads
us with our cableway technology to the discovery and
conquest of big cities.
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I would be glad to continue to weave together these ideas
which apparently unite Chick Corea and our company.
Because just like the great musician from the USA who
gave the gift of unforgettable emotions to more than five
hundred audience members, it is my firm conviction that
we should also inspire our public. I believe that thanks
to our installations, the cities of the future will be able to
provide emotions to their residents and visitors which will
give a new impetus to the quality of life. And this great
challenge will also decide our own future.
Michael Seeber
President
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Where we live,
where we work
Photocredit: Région Rhône-Alpes_Gil Lebois
Rhône-Alpes – Bourg St Maurice / FR (Le
Fayet, Montmélian, Veyrins-Thuellin, Voreppe)
Capital: Lyon; Surface: 43,698 km²; Inhabitants: 6 millions;
Spoken language: french; Economy: Industries & Research,
Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Industry, Services, Tourism,
Agriculture, Raw Materials and Energy, Agroprocessing.
Typical products: Charcuteries, Cheeses, Walnuts,
Chestnuts, Olives, Fruits, Chartreuse
Spirits, Wines.
Colorado / USA (Grand Junction)
Capital: Denver; Surface: 269,837 km2; Population: 5.2 millions;
Spoken language: english; Economy: Industrial and Service
Sectors, Scientific Research and High-Technology Industries, Food
Processing, Transportation Equipment, Machinery, Chemical
Products, Extraction of Metals such as Gold, Silver, and
Molybdenum; Typical Products: Current agricultural
products are cattle, wheat, dairy products,
corn, and hay.
Quebec / CA (Granby)
Region: Montérégie; Region area: 11,851 km2; Major cities:
Longueuil, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Brossard, Granby; City: Granby;
Location: 70 km East of Montreal; Population: 66,000; City ara:
156 km2; French speaking: 95%; English/Other: 5%; Economy:
Granby Zoo, Granby International Song Festival, Challenger
International Tennis Tournament, Annual Classic Car
Show, Famous parks & fountains, bicycle paths;
Typical food: Maple and apple-derived
products, poutine, terroir
products.
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Baden Württemberg / DE (Herdwangen)
Capital: Stuttgart; Surface: 35,752 km²; Population:
10.51 Million; Language: German (Dialects: Alemannic,
Swabian); Economy: Industry, handcraft,
agriculture; Typical products: Cars,
timber products, beer,
fruits.
South Tyrol / IT (Vipiteno, Bolzano, Chiusa,
Selva Val Gardena)
Capital: Bozen; Surface: 7,400 km²; Inhabitants: 515,714;
Spoken languages: German, Italian, Ladin; Economy:
Tourism, Craftwork, Small and Medium-sized
industries, Agriculture; Typical products:
Apple, Speck (bacon), Wine.
Tyrol / AT (Telfs)
Capital: Innsbruck; Surface: 10,627 km²; Inhabitants:
625,000; Economy:Tourism and industry; Typical
products: Pastries like Kiachl from Tyrol,
Krapfen from Zillertal, different types
of cheese.
Beijing / CN (Huairou)
Capital: Beijing; Surface: 16,410.54 km²; Inhabitants: 21.5 millions;
Spoken language: Mandarin; Economy: Industries & Research,
Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Industry, Services, Tourism,
Finance, Communication technology, Raw materials and
Energy, Internet technology; Typical products: Peachs,
watermelons, Niu Lan Shan baijiu (typical alcohol
made with rice), canard laqué (Beijing
duck).
Tamil Nadu / IN (Chennai)
Prešov Region / SK (Stará Ĺubovňa)
The Prešov region consists of 13 districts, one of which is
Stará Ĺubovňa. Surface: 8,993 km²; Inhabitants:
801,939; Religion: Roman Catholic, Evangelical,
Greek Catholic, Russian Orthodox,
Jewish.
District: Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur; Chennai is the health
capital of India. Former name: Madras; Native Languages:
Tamil; Area: 1,189 km²; Population: 8.7 Million; Economy:
Computer, technology, hardware manufacturing
and healthcare sectors. Chennai is known as the
„Detroit of India“ for its automobile industry.
Location of the Madras Stock
Exchange.
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A heart of gold and
a mind of steel
Marie Bochet, 4 Olympic Championship titels in Sochi, is known for her kind, simple and
fun nature, however she also has a fighting spirit and lives life to the full
Marie, you won 4 Olympic Championship medals at the Sochi games
and were then spotted by POMA.
Why do you think the company
wanted you to represent them?
I think that my working with POMA is
very natural as we share the same love
of the mountains and passion for skiing. I also think that they like the fact
that I am young and energetic and a
typical Beaufortain: natural, simple and
open.
In your native birthplace your image is seen to be that of simplicity,
fun and a breath of fresh air. How do
spectators see you?
In the team, we get the impression that
people have a very positive image of
us because they think we have won a
battle. They are moved by this struggle.
I personally think that in my case it is
the very opposite. It was easier for me
compared to a normal child as I had
much less pressure. I was born without
a left hand but this never stopped me
doing from what I wanted to do and I
never felt restricted. I think that POMA
was moved more by the hard work to
get where I am now rather than my disability.
You talk about your handisport team
members and team spirit seems to
mean a lot to you.
It is this very “team spirit” that helps
us qualify. We stand together and this
is what makes us strong. We all have
different backgrounds and some have
had accidents that turned their lives
upside down. We talk about our experiences and rely on one another for
support: they are my second family and
this gives me a boost. When I was up
on the podium, I could see the whole
team in tears below. We have unwavering support.
You were very much in the spotlight
after winning the Olympic titles and
all the television stations wanted to
interview you. With all these numerous post-Olympic demands, did it
not all become too much for you?
MARIE BOCHET
Chambéry, France, 1994
Marie Bochet, disabled skier,
born with a hemimelia of the
lower left arm, she won two
World Championship titles in
2011 and two silver medals. In
2013 she successfully went on
to win a mere 5 gold medals
at the World Championships in
Spain! She took home 4 Olympic Championship titles from
the Sochi Paralympic games in
Russia last winter. She started
at France’s famous Political
Science University in Paris in
September 2014 and has been
the ambassador for POMA
since spring 2014.
I chose the easy option, which was to
stay natural. Where I am from in the
Beaufort valley, people are very pragmatic. So I go back very often which
brings me back to earth as people
there do not let my celebrity status go
to my head.
Exceeding oneself is also a value
that you share with POMA. Does
top-level sport teach you a good
lesson for everyday life?
Top level means wanting to excel and
aiming for top performance. So POMA
and I are both top-level sportspeople!
(laughs)
Any sport at any level is a good lesson for life in general. In skiing you
are always racing against yourself but
you nevertheless live with a team so
you learn how to live in a community.
With top-level sports, you really get to
know yourself and your limits. You learn
something new every day and it is not
something static as the competition is
always changing. You always have to
stay alert.
Fighting on a daily basis means
being ready to be 100% committed and not crack under pressure
(you were the absolute favourite in
Sochi),so how do you manage this?
It is something that I have worked on.
I was aware that my competitors were
mentally very strong and I could not ignore that. I really made progress thanks
to a sports psychologist who helped
me prepare mentally. I am now more
confident and so can do more and really test my limits. But really this is something we are never fully capable of as it
is a bit complicated for us humans!
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HIGHLIGHTS
Everything from
one source
The Sesto Dolomites invest in state-of-the-art systems
from LEITNER ropeways, PRINOTH and DEMACLENKO
The Versciaco, Monte Elmo and Croda
Rossa ski resorts in the Sesto Dolomites have been connected. Since
last December, two new gondola lifts
transport visitors between Monte Elmo
and Croda Rossa. The snow made at
the company’s resorts by DEMACLENKO equipment is optimally distributed
and prepared using seven PRINOTH
snow groomers.
Two gondola lifts connect
two ski resorts
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te Elmo and Croda Rossa is a showpiece of innovative winter technology.
“In recent years, the LEITNER Group
has become a one-stop shop for ‘ski
resort equipment’,” stresses Mark
Winkler, Managing Director of Sextner
Dolomiten AG. Winkler adds that he’s
only ever had an extremely positive experience with the gondola lifts, snow
groomers and snow making systems
produced by the company, which is
steeped in tradition. “We want to grow
together and take advantage of the
synergies that develop,” states Winkler,
continuing that LEITNER is the ultimate
reliable partner.
Two gondola lifts produced by LEITNER
ropeways are at the heart of the equipment linking the ski resorts. The valley
station of the “Orto del Toro” 8-passenger gondola lift is situated directly on the
Sesto-Monte Elmo ski slope and transports visitors via a midway station from
a height of 1,672 meters to 2,096 meters. The “Tre Cime di Lavaredo” gondola lift is also able to carry eight people
at a time and starts its journey from a
valley station near the starting point of
the existing “Signaue” lift directly on the
road leading to the Passo Monte Croce
mountain pass.
Around 100 snowmaking
machines at work
DEMACLENKO has been taking care of
the company’s state-of-the-art snowmaking system since 2010. While it
used to take two weeks to cover the ski
resort with artificial snow, today the area
Photo above: The Sesto Driver Team in front of the LEITWOLF
Photo below, from left:
Franz Senfter, President of Sextner Dolomiten AG, Michael and Anton Seeber,
Mark Winkler, CEO of Sextner Dolomiten AG, Erwin Lanzinger, President of the
Hochpustertal Tourist Office
can be transformed into a white winter
wonderland in just 60 hours. Around
100 DEMACLENKO snowmaking machines are at work in the entire area and
are fed with water from 46 hydrants.
The world’s most powerful
snow groomer on the new
“Orto del Toro” ski run
PRINOTH snow groomers ensure that
both natural and technical snow is optimally distributed and that the slopes are
in a perfect condition. The fleet of vehicles used on the Sesto Dolomites comprises five Leitwolf snow groomers and
a Beast, which with a 527 hp engine
is the largest, most powerful and most
efficient snow groomer in the world. An
additional Beast will soon be hard at
work on the “Orto del Toro” ski run.
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Deep-earth funicular
railway for Andra
Photocredit: Infographie-Lecarpentier
The French Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra)
has chosen POMA for the Cigeo project
POMA and its subsidiaries SEMER
and COMAG have designed and will
construct a funicular railway capable
of transporting packaged radioactive
waste, while providing an exemplary
level of precision and safety in compliance with the ASN (Nuclear Safety
Authority) regulations.
The Cigeo project involves the longterm storage of high-level radioactive
waste at a depth of 500 meters beneath the earth. The project is studying an area of land located in the
North East of France.
The contract includes initial studies
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essary supplies (2022) and the final
construction of the funicular railway
(2023 to 2024). Operating assistance
and maintenance will be provided by
POMA beginning in 2025, immediately
following commissioning.
This funicular railway is
simple, robust, efficient and
offers great availability
It is designed to travel to great
depths with heavy loads (130
tonnes), and is designed to enable
safe transport of radioactive waste
packages to the underground storage tunnels. The Cigeo project is
composed of surface installations
to receive, inspect and package radioactive waste; an underground installation to store radioactive waste
packages; and connecting infrastructures such as the POMA funicular
railway that will link the underground
installation with the surface.
POMA will collaborate with three
companies, each of which brings
great exper­tise to the project: Airbus
Defence and Space, which is also in
charge of the studies and design of
the Cigeo surface installations; Millennium, engineering experts in the field
of nuclear risk management; and Ligeron, a firm specialising in operational
safety.
Unique in the world:
the i360
Photocredit: Marks Barfields Architects. Images by F10 Studios
SIGMA will build the highest ascending observation tower
in the English city of Brighton
The unique i360 observation tower,
which is expected to be one of the major tourist attractions in Great Britain,
will be situated in the seaside city of
Brighton. Work on the i360 has just
begun, and the observation tower is
to open in summer 2016.
The i360 will be administered by
Brighton i360 Ltd, a team formed by
four companies: the Jacobs Engineering
Group Inc (Jacobs), the London architects Marks Barfield, the Dutch company Hollandia, and SIGMA. This team has
worked together previously to build the
famous London Eye observation wheel,
and is pleased to have the opportunity
to build another attraction. The structure
of this huge vertical aerial ropeway has
been designed by Jacobs. Jacobs is
a global player in large-scale construc-
tion for impressive leisure projects for
tourist attractions as well as passenger
transport installations. Jacobs and HOP
(a local engineering firm) will manage the
project together.
The i360 represents an incredible breakthrough that combines technology, engineering,
innovation and design
David Marks and Julia Barfield, the
architects and creators of the i360 and
of the London Eye, comment: “We are
going to build something totally unique
and internationally renown right here in
Brighton & Hove. We are very enthusiastic about working once again with this
top team and look forward to the start-
up of the attraction in Summer 2016.“
The i360 will have a restaurant at
ground level, a souvenir shop, an exhibition area and facilities for conferences
and special events.
TECHNICAL FEATURES
i360
Height: 162 m
Vertical rise: 138 m
Height-to-width ratio of: 40:1
Capacity of the cabin: 200 visitors per trip
Speed:
0,4 m/s
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LEITWOLF on tour
in Europe
PRNOTH combines technical innovation with
exceptional performance
From left: Per Olav Øverby – Mechanical technician in Hafjell Alpinsenter; Ole Erik Aasen –
Head of the drivers Hafjell Alpinsenter; Olav Galde – Mechanical/technical staff from Owren AS
Technical features
Driven by Innovation. This motto set
the scene for all the LEITWOLF central demos that were held in the Alps
during the 2013/14 winter season.
In Piz Sella (IT), Claviere (IT), Adelboden-Lenk (CH), Fiesch-Bettmeralp
(CH), Lenzerheide (CH), Zermatt (CH),
Scuol (CH), and Montgenevre (FR),
more than 500 snow groomer drivers
and ski area operators were impressed
by the LEITWOLF and took advantage
of the opportunity for a test drive. This
enabled them to experience the unique
parallel offset of the tiller, the extensive
grooming performance, the dynamic design and the improved overall
performance of the vehicle. “Together
with the powerful thrust performance,
the parallel offset of the tiller and the
winch, the additional 30 cm width
makes it possible for us to complete
is confirmed by Per Granås, Operations Manager in the Norwegian ski
resort of Sälen: “It has a lot of interesting extras, such as the increased width
for greater grooming performance and
the 3B engine.” The drivers were also
enthusiastic about the active drive,
which gives the user of the LEITWOLF
a range of options for manoeuvring the
vehicle.
Other important criteria that make the
LEITWOLF especially attractive to customers are its reliability and driver comfort. “The LEITWOLF is a very reliable
vehicle offering extremely high performance! We particularly appreciate the
comfort in the cabin, which will make
the preparation work so much more
enjoyable for our drivers!”, commented
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the preparation work in a much shorter
time”, explained Josef Furtschegger, who manages the fleet of vehicles
in the UNESCO World Natural Heritage site of Sesto (IT). The demos were
particularly successful for PRINOTH in
Switzerland. The ski resort of Zermatt
welcomed four LEITWOLF vehicles
into its fleet for the forthcoming winter
season, while two LEITWOLF vehicles
were delivered to Fiesch and the resorts of Bettmeralp and Scuol bought
one each.
Important issues covered by the demos included the engine and the undercarriage of the LEITWOLF. The engine
is the first of its class worldwide to
have met the new Euromot IIIB / TIER
4i exhaust emission standard, making
it considerably more environmentally
friendly than comparable models. This
The tallest dam in Turkey
to be built with cable cranes
Three AGUDIO installations will go into operation on
the Black Sea coast
Photos above: Cable cran to build Baixo Sabor dam in Portugal
Three cable cranes from AGUDIO will
be the most important means of transport on the Yusufeli dam in Northeastern Turkey. The impressive structure
in the immediate vicinity of the Black
Sea coast is being built by the Turkish
construction giant Limak Cengiz-Kolin.
It represents the tallest dam in Turkey
and the third tallest in the world.
THE YUSUFELI DAM
The dam has a height of 270 meters
taken from its base; the reservoir
has a total capacity of 2.2 billion cubic metres. Almost 2.9 million tons
of concrete were used to build the
dam, and the turbines generate 1.8
billion kilowatt-hours of electricity
every year. The turbines are set to
produce an output of 540 megawatt.
As a result of their great reliability and their performance
which has remained unsurpassed to date, the cable
cranes from AGUDIO were
awarded the contract
A lifting and lowering speed of 3.0 m/s
and a payload of 28 metric tons represent the absolute top in the whole
world. The three cable cranes will begin
operation starting in the spring of 2015
and will transport a total of three million
cubic meters of concrete.
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A ropeway
for Berlin
LEITNER ropeways builds a gondola lift
for the International Garden Exhibition IGA 2017
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Up to 3,000 visitors per hour and direction will be able to enjoy a bird‘s eye
view of the premises of the 2017 International Garden Exhibition (IGA). The
cabins will rise from the main entrance
to the IGA, at the “Neue Grottkauer­
Straße” underground station, up to the
102 meter summit of the Kienberg,
near the future viewpoint structure, the
Wolkenhain. After a stopover, the ropeway will continue towards the central
Photocredit: geskes.hack_Landschaftsarchitekten
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Photo above from left:
Jochen Sandner, CEO of Deutsche
Bundesgartenschau; Christoph
Schmidt, CEO of Grün Berlin and
IGA Berlin 2017; Michael Müller, Mayor of Berlin ; Stefan Komoß, District
Mayor of Marzahn-Hellersdorf Berlin;
Michael Seeber, President; Katharina
Langsch, CEO of IGA Berlin 2017;
Christian Graeff, District Councilor
for Economic and Urban Development in Marzahn-Hellersdorf;
Photo left:
Berlin‘s new Mayor Michael Müller
enters the cabin first.
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section of the garden show.
The journey provides a view over
the IGA premises, with its water and
themed gardens, as well as the international gardens of the world. The 1.5
kilometer panoramic journey ends, after
around five minutes, at the Blumberger
Damm, where visitors have direct access to the exhibition hall - with a marketplace, culinary offerings and largescale floral displays.
"We finally decided on a
ropeway," says Christoph
Schmidt, IGA Managing
Director "because it was
the best fit for this range of
requirements: It shortens
routes and connects exhibition
areas which would not
otherwise be accessible for
families with small children,
older guests and disabled
visitors."
The investor and operator of the ropeway will be LEITNER AG who also will
bear the costs for the construction and
operation of the ropeway. In August
2014 the website www.seilbahn.berlin
went online. Interested people can
read current news about the project in
Berlin.
The “Internationale
Gartenausstellung” (IGA
- International Garden
Exhibition) in Berlin opens
in April 2017. This garden
exhibition focuses on green
city zones and horticulture of
all shapes and sizes.
On a site of around 100
hectares in the east of Berlin,
the IGA will run for 170 days.
2.4 million visitors are
expected untill the end of the
event in October.
The 2017 International
Garden Exhibition in Berlin
is dedicated to the future
of green cities. It deals with
renewable energy, natural
city zones and beautiful
landscapes which are
both visionary and flourish
sustainably.
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Travels out to meet
the “people in the
clouds” in Peru
A POMA gondola lift for Kuelap fortress, one of the oldest
and most mysterious archaeological sites in Peru
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Perched at an altitude of 3,070 metres,
POMA is slated to build a gondola lift
which will give access to the Kuelap
fortress, and will make way for it to become one of the country’s major tourist
attractions.
At present time, the only way to access
to the Kuelap fortress is by following a
long unpaved road from the Nuevo Tingo village.
The Peruvian government wishes to
develop tourism in the North of Peru,
particularly in the “Amazonas” area,
and increase the number of visitors to
this fortress which dates back to the
pre-Inca Chachapoyas, first built in the
Photocredit: Proinversion
THE KUELAP FORTRESS
Photocredit: Victor Kinet - Poma Group
6th century AD. The best way to do
this is to improve access to the site,
making it easier, faster and safer to
reach, while preserving the site’s environment.
Ropeway transport always provides
sustainable solutions for mobility and
accessibility needs. Thus, the POMA
gondola lift will render possible the aim
of economic development of the area,
and will promote eco-responsible tourism while being itself a tourist attraction.
All over the world POMA has consistently developed its services, to offer
operating and maintenance solutions in
response to its clients’ needs.
TECHNICAL FEATURES
Gondola lift Kuelap
Length: Vertical rise: 4 km
663 m
Capacity: 500 p/h
with the possibility of increasing
to up to 1000 p/h
Number of cabins: Cabin capacity: Number of towers: Speed: 26
8 persons
Kuelap, the fortress of the “people in the clouds”, lies 72 km
southeast from the Chachapoyas
town, which is the capital city of
the Amazonas area. It was discovered in 1843 by the outside
world, subsequently earning the
attention of explorers, historians
and archaeologists and becoming one of the most important
archaeological monuments in
South America. Construction
started in the 6Th Century AD by
the pre-Inca Chachapoya civilisation, in a very wild area of the
Amazonian highlands. The citadel spreads over 6 hectares and
comprises 420 circular buildings,
of which the most important are
the dungeon (torreon) and the
castle (castillo). The observation
tower offers an incredible view of
the surroundings.
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The winds from India are
blowing stronger than ever
LEITWIND Shriram (LSML) has secured important
new orders in the state of Gujarat
The winds from India are blowing stronger and stronger. The best confirmation
of this is the important new order that
LEITWIND Shriram (LSML) has been
able to secure with the signing of the
contract with Gujarat Industrial Power
Company. Construction of a windpark
is planned with 34 LTW80 installations
of 1.5 MW each that are to be built in
the Indian state of Gujarat. The work is
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to be completed with the installation of
the system, which is scheduled for the
first months of 2015.
The activity of LEITWIND Shriram
(LSML) has therefore had the wind at
its back, if it is taken into consideration that the company has brought in
other important orders in just one year.
Those included first of all the 43.2 MW
Tadipatri windpark in the Indian state of
Andhra Pradesh and then the scheduled 51 MW installation in Kaluneerkulam, close to Tirunelveli in the state of
Tamil Nadu. With this latter windpark,
LEITWIND has taken on the total completion, including the regulatory process, design, manufacturing, preparation, transport, and assembly as well as
the operation and maintenance of the
facilities after they go into operation.
Snow for the Freestyle &
Snowboard World Cup
DEMACLENKO with its 25 Titan victorious at Kreischberg,
in Styria (Austria)
It has been known since June 2010
that Kreischberg is to host the International Ski Federation’s first Double World Cup in the history of winter
sports, featuring both freestyle and
snowboarding.
DEMAC­LENKO will be there, together
with PRINOTH, as an exclusive supplier, offering the organizers and the best
athletes in the world the full benefits of
the group’s synergy. Twenty-five Titans
will prepare the pistes. The snow guns
are installed at an elevation of 1,000
meters and will produce 200,000 sqm
of snow in record time to provide athletes with top-quality pistes.
From the peaks to the valleys, everyone in Kreischberg is eagerly anticipating this major event. The Styria ski
area has already achieved worldwide
fame thanks to the 2003 world championships, which also provided a huge
boost for tourism in the area.
PRINOTH as exclusive
supplier for the Double World
Championship
Significant funds have been spent on
the snowmaking system at Kreischberg, but it is a timely and beneficial
investment given the sustainability of
DEMAC­LENKO‘s products and the
fact that these pistes need never worry again about a lack of snow.
The system will cover approximately 100 hectares (250 acres) and a
pumping station with a total capacity
of 600l/s has also been built to enhance it.
A cooling system completes the
equipment, tackling the issues surrounding snowmaking at marginal
temperatures.
From left: Reinhard Kargl - CEO of Murtal Seilbahnen Betriebs GmbH, Manfred Gruber Demaclenko Customer Service and Siegfried Kargl - Snowmaking Manager in Kreischberg
MAJOR TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE NEW SYSTEM
Expansion of the pumping station:
• two new preliminary pumps with a total power of 270 kW (in addition to the
three already installed)
• three high pressure pumps with a total power of 1500 kW (in addition to the
two already installed)
• two medium-pressure pumps with a total power of 320 kW
• one pipeline under natural pressure
• Total pumping station capacity: 600 l/s
Cooling System:
Six double cooling towers (50 l/s per tower and a power of 2x15 kW per tower)
Two bubbling system compressors with a total power of 60 kW
Snow guns: 25 x Titan AMK
SnowVisual 2
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Official supplier for Vail
and Beaver Creek 2015
Two major cooperations for PRINOTH : Alpine World Championship
in Colorado and the US Ski Team
From February 2-15, 2015 the most
significant winter sports and skiing
event in the world, second only to
the Winter Olympics – the FIS Alpine
World Ski Championships – will take
place in Vail and Beaver Creek, Colorado.
It is the third time after 1989 and 1999
that the Vail Valley has played host to
this prestigious international event and
the fourth Championships ever held in
the United States, all of them in Colorado.
The World Ski Championship
represents the largest and
most impressive collection
of ski racing talents in the
world
This edition will host 700 of the world’s
best ski racers representing more than
70 nations with an estimated 750 million worldwide television viewers and
an onsite media and broadcast entourage of approximately 1,500 members. The Vail Beaver Creek World
Ski Championship will be special,
PRINOTH is proud and excited to announce two major sponsorships, the
2015 Alpine World Championship and
the US Ski Team.
PRINOTH will serve as the official
snow grooming supplier for the 2015
FIS Alpine World Championship in Vail/
Beaver Creek. “PRINOTH has been an
exceptional partner of ours for several
years now,” explained Michael Imhof, Vice President of Sales and Operations for the Vail Valley Foundation
“and we could not be more pleased
to have them as an official sponsor
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Members of American ski team and PRINOTH team in front of the snow groomers special
edition ‘US SKI TEAM’
of the momentous 2015 Alpine World
Ski Championships. PRINOTH is a
leader in the ski industry and will play
an important operational role preparing the competition venues leading
up to, during and post event for our
host partners, Vail and Beaver Creek
Resorts.”
PRINOTH entered a
4-year-agreement with
USSA
A 4-year agreement with the US Ski
and Snowboard Association (USSA)
was also entered by PRINOTH, as the
“official snow grooming supplier” for
the US Ski Team. “With over 20 FIS
World Cup events per year to operate, the USSA relies heavily on snow
grooming from PRINOTH machines to
deliver ‘Best in the World’ courses and
events for our athletes,” says USSA
CMO Michael Jaquet. He then adds,
“This unique partnership with
PRINOTH not only delivers the quality we need for our events but it also
gives us competitive advantage with
operations at the Cooper Speed Center and our fall and spring training
camps.”
Off to see the bears, bisons
and gorillas in a ropeway
Two new gondola lifts from LEITNER ropeways in Cabárceno Nature
Park in Spain
Visitors to Cabárceno Nature Park in
Spain will no longer have to sit in their
cars to explore the nature park. Beginning in 2015, they will be able to enjoy
a visit to the extensive park, with over
120 types of animals, from the comfort
of an 8-passenger cabin from LEITNER
ropeways. The clients for the ropeway
are the Government of the Autonomous
Community of Cantabria and the CANTUR regional tourism promotion agency,
with LEITNER ropeways as the technical partner for the winner of the award,
Mexican company Transporte Alternativos de Cabarceno S.A.
Reduced noise and emissions
in the Nature Park thanks to
DirectDrive and LeitDrive
One technical highlight is the inclusion
of DirectDrive and LeitDrive in the ropeways. These innovative drive systems
from LEITNER ropeways impress thanks
to their reduced consumption, the resulting lower emissions and reduced
noise, which, especially in a nature park,
provide noticeable advantages to both
operators and visitors. The ropeways
further improve the Nature Park‘s attractiveness, offering new experiences
to its visitors. They can now view bears,
bison and gorillas from above, and enjoy a better view during the 20-minute
tour. The speed can be adjusted to the
number of visitors. A further attraction is
a cabin with a glass floor, offering even
more exciting views. The improved quality of the experience is one advantage
of the two ropeways. The reduction in
automobile traffic and the resulting environmental pollution in a sensitive nature
park will be a second one.
CABÁRCENO NATURAL PARK
Central Cantabria, in Tal Pisueña
in the Pas-Miera region: The
world’s largest elephant sanctuary. With more than 21 hectares,
and also Europe’s largest bear
and gorilla sanctuaries: Cabárceno Natural Park is not an ordinary
zoo. The Park was created in a
karst region, where there used to
be an iron mine, and offers a vast
living space to more than 1,200
animals from five continents.
A wide variety of local flora and
fauna can be seen at the zoo,
such as bears, wolves, red deer,
chamois, etc. and other species
from the other four continents
such as lions, tigers, giraffes, zebras, elephants, hippopotami, ostriches, hyenas, apes, etc.
Top picture: The Cabárceno Natural Park
spans more than 750 hectares and is thus
the largest park in its category in Europe.
The park was opened in June 1990.
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HIGHLIGHTS
Plan Joran: an
environmental approach
POMA designed and installed the Plan Joran gondola lift at the heart of the
capital of alpine sports: Chamonix (in the south east of France)
This 10-passenger gondola lift replaces 2 detachable 4-seater chairlifts
from 1986 with a capacity of 3,200
p/h for a journey of 2.4 km. A high
performance (comfort, safety and
availability) is required by our client,
La Compagnie du Mont-Blanc.
The challenge facing this installation is
that it must be built in a year whilst at
the same time respecting the natural
habitat of this classified site.
Photocredit: Jean-Pierre Gardet - Poma
The project teams were joined
by a team of ecologists
This is why the usual project teams
for cases such as these were joined
by a team of ecologists headed by an
environmental project engineer to deal
with the nature aspect.
The ecologists were the ones to set
the pace for the work. The absence
of solitary butterfly caterpillars was
validated along with the environmental
project engineer before any earthworks were carried out.
The pouring of the footings and the
helicopter transport were divided into
two operational phases including a
pouring zone without any clearing so
as not to interfere with the reproduction period of the black grouse (from
coupling to the baby birds flying from
the nest).
A pouring zone including clearing has
been set up once the Chamonix hunting federation had validated the absence of protected bird species.
Plan Joran is the perfect example of
Poma‘s expertise, managing to combine both technical performance and
respect for classified natural sites and
their ecosystems.
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Operational phase including a pouring zone
without any clearing so as not to interfere
with the reprodution period of the black
grouse
TECHNICAL FEATURES
Gondola lift Plan-Joran
Type: Dual drive MULTIX 8/10
Length: Vertical rise: Passenger capacity: Speed: Trip time: 2,349 m
897 m
3,200 p/h/d
6 m/s
6 min. 53
Photocredit: Shutterstock
PANTHER T12,
bigger and stronger
PRINOTH’s new product in the
Tracked Utility Vehicles sector
Presented for the first time last March
at CONEXPO 2014, the PANTHER T12
is the newest low ground pressure vehicle from PRINOTH.
It operates in off-road and harsh
weather conditions even at full payload
capacity (25,000lb). Replacing the
GO-TRACT 2000, the Panther T12
will offer exceptional performance and
versatility, in mining, construction, oil
and gas as well as electric utility market
segments. The PANTHER’s widened
chassis accepts virtually all implements
without any modifications. Equipped
with the new Tier 4 C7.1 Caterpillar en-
gine, this vehicle meets all EPA (Tier 4)
& Euromot (Stage IV) requirements.
Much bigger than the PANTHER T8,
this unit is equipped with a full range of
features that provides multiple benefits
to its user: The undercarriage design
with large wheels provide superior offroad performance.
Sprocket torque has been set to allow
360 degree turning on any surface,
even pavement.
Infinitely-variable transmission results
in a smoother ride thus increasing productivity.
Unique tread pattern offers maximal
ground adherence.
Highest ROPS (Roll Over Protective
Structure) safety standard in the industry.
Other safety features include the Safety Brake System, Auto-Brake and
Brake-Implement Interlock, etc.
Equipped with the PANTHER narrow
cab, the T12 will easily accommodate any boom implement placed on
its back. This increases stability and
allows for easier transport as the vehicle dimension complies with shipping
height and width limits for standard
trailer transport.
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HIGHLIGHTS
Valuable synergy effects
and sustainable competitive
advantages
DirectDrive, LeitDrive, and tubular steel towers
from LEITWIND and LEITNER ropeways
At LEITNER, the development of the
DirectDrive began more than a decade ago. The first DirectDrive was
built into the chairlift in Ladurns, Italy
in 1999. This gearless technology
that was developed for ski lift facilities
was the basis for the first wind power
installation that was erected in Mals,
Italy in 2003. While with a cableway,
the DirectDrive moves the bullwheel
with the help of electricity, with a wind
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turbine, it turns the wind energy into
electricity.
The first DirectDrive was built
into the chairlift in Ladurns,
Italy in 1999
Many years of intense development
work and numerous trials on the test
stand in Telfs, Austria followed on the
part of LEITWIND. The technicians
designed numerous air-cooled and
water-cooled generators with a torque
between 200 and 2,300 kNm. These
generators were produced and put
into operation in nearly three hundred
wind power installations.
The numerous advantages of this
drive that was then developed further
were recognized by the technicians
at LEITNER, who went on to use the
DirectDrive to drive cableways. In the
meantime, the DirectDrive was setting
records with consumption, reliability, and emissions, and it is now being
used with numerous renowned cableway projects. These include cableways in famous ski areas such as
Kitzbühel and big cities such as Ankara, Turkey, where a GD10 cable car
connects the Şentepe district with the
Yenimahalle metro station and with
the city’s main traffic arteries.
But it’s not just DirectDrive! With the
construction and installation of the
support towers in Ankara, LEITNER
ropeways was also able to rely upon
LEITWIND’s know-how in the manufacture of tubular steel towers. The
competence of the technicians from
LEITWIND with projects involving wind
turbines helped LEITNER ropeways
with the technical configuration and
design of the support towers for the
urban context.
One final example of the cooperation
between the two affiliated companies
is the new LeitDrive 4Q frequency
converter. As a result of its modular
construction method and the group’s
own converter software, the LeitDrive
can be offered “customized”, so to
speak, to the customers of both
LEITNER ropeways and LEITWIND.
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First "H2" cabin
worldwide
Photocredit: Jean-Pierre Gardet - Poma
POMA is gliding toward new ropeway
transport markets
POMA exhibited an experimental prototype of their cabin powered by a hydrogen fuel cell at the Mountain Planet
show in Grenoble. With this experimental cabin “H2”, POMA wants to develop
a new generation of comfortable, connected cabins for its future installations
worldwide, in particular for the Asian,
African and South American markets.
The “H2” project is based on fuel cell
technology, which converts hydrogen
into an energy carrier, to electrically and
independently power cabins for aerial
ropeways used in winter sports and urban transportation. Each cabin is fitted
with a hydrogen fuel cell coupled with
a lithium-ion battery. There are several
advantages to this technology: it does
not generate any greenhouse gas emissions; it produces a continual current
that is both clean and constant; and
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the fuel cell is autonomous. It does not
need to be powered by any additional
devices linked to the aerial ropeway’s
power supply system – and thus it reduces maintenance and optimizes lift
availability.
The design is an integral part of this
project. The cabin’s curves are softer and
the chairs fitted so that passengers are
seated back-to-back enabling them all
to enjoy the view. This cabin of the future
gives all passengers a better view of the
city or landscape below them, thus making each journey even more enjoyable.
HYDROGEN, A CLEAN ENERGY CARRIER
The world of energy is rapidly
changing, and hydrogen energy
is one of the short-term solutions
to the challenges of sustainable
mobility: reduction in greenhouse
gases, local pollution around cities, and dependence on petroleum-based fuels. Hydrogen in
the fuel cell combines with ox-
ygen from the surrounding air to
produce electricity; the only waste
product is water. Hydrogen can
be produced using various energy
sources, including natural gas and
renewable energy sources. Hydrogen represents a strong potential for
the provision of clean energy and a
guaranteed security of supply.
Strong focus on emerging
markets: Georgia
DEMACLENKO is to be the sole supplier of snowmaking systems to
the Gudauri and Didveli ski areas from 2015
From left: Christian Bouvier, Vice President, POMA; Anton Seeber, CEO POMA and member of the Supervisory Board, DEMACLENKO;
Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia; Andreas Dorfmann, Member of
the Board of Directors, DEMACLENKO; Aleksandre Onoprishvili, Director, Gudauri Development Agency;
DEMACLENKO‘s development strategy includes a strong focus on emerging markets. This strategy has paid
off: our company has been awarded
the contract for two important snowmaking system construction projects
in the Gudauri and Didveli areas of
Georgia. Georgia‘s first ski slopes
were built in the Soviet era, and in recent years public and private funding
has focused on modernising old systems or expanding them significantly.
In 2013 POMA sold a new GD10 gondola lift to Gudauri, not far from the
Russian border, to improve the old
system. The work to be undertaken in
Gudauri by DEMACLENKO involves
the installation of a fully-automated
system, including 29 lances and 29
fibreglass pits. In order to offer the
client a complete solution, DEMAC­
LENKO is also building a suitable
pumping station for the system.
POMA builds four gondola lifts
in Cheraki
Meanwhile, the smaller resort of
Didveli will be provided with a new
snowmaking system comprising 36
fibreglass pits, 34 lances and two fan
guns. A new pumping station is also
planned for this project, as well as a
cooling system.
Both projects will be completed and
ready to use by December 2015.
Thanks to the perfect synergy with
POMA, we have taken an important
step towards obtaining a leading position in the market.
We hope that our collaboration as
part of the HTI group can be further
strengthened in the years to come.
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First urban ropeway
project in Mexico
LEITNER ropeways builds two gondola lifts to solve
the traffic problem in the capital
The greater Mexico City region
has around 22 million inhabitants
and ranks among the largest, fastest-growing metropolitan regions in
the world. As its infrastructure has not
kept pace with the number of inhabitants, the search is on in the Mexican
capital for alternative, space-saving
transport concepts. LEITNER ropeways is now building two gondola lifts
that are independent of each other
but connected by a transfer station
in Ecatepec de Morelos, a part of the
city located to the north. These link
the Via Morelos with San Andrès De
La Cañada. There are a total of seven
stations for passengers to enter/exit
the cable cars, which span a distance
of 2,900 and 1,800 meters.
Up to 3,000 people can be
transported per hour, and the
gondola lifts operate for 17
hours per day
TECHNICAL FEATURES
TECHNICAL FEATURES
Ecatepec 1
Inclined length: Vertical rise: Number of cabins: Max. Speed: Capacity: Travel time: 30
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Ecatepec 2
2,919 m
55 m
108
6 m/s
3,000 p/h
10 min 30 sec
Inclined length: Vertical rise: Number of cabins: Max. Speed: Capacity: Travel time: 1,805 m
62 m
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3,000 p/h
7 min 30 sec
The project is scheduled to be completed at the end of 2015. The Mexican government has commissioned
the new cable cars, and the license
holder is the company “Mexitelefericos”. For the residents of and visitors
to Ecatepec de Morelos, this connection will substantially improve the quality of life, making every-day living there
far easier. It used to take more than
three quarters of an hour to cover this
distance in the “Peseros” or mini-buses, and now it will take just 20 minutes. The gondola lifts will have a direct link to the public transport system.
With the ropeways in Mexico, LEITNER
DirectDrive will be used in the Americas for the first time.
New aerial ropeway in
Kazakhstan
POMA wins the contract to replace the existing aerial ropeway linking the city of Almata
in Kazakhstan with the mountain peak at the top of the famous Kok Tobe tourist site
Esengali Baimenov, Owner of Merkur GROUP,
the holding owning TOO „Park Kok-Tobe“ and
Fabien FELLI, POMA Export Director
Built in 1965, the existing Kok Tobe
aerial ropeway will be replaced by a
brand new gondola lift of the latest
generation. The work on site will last 10
months, from the end of August 2014
through to June 2015. Fast, silent, efficient, reliable and with very low CO2
emission, this new gondola lift will aptly
demonstrate the numerous advantages
of ropeway transport, and will connect
the city with the summit at an altitude
of 1135 m above Almaty. The gondola will offer a breath-taking view on its
journey to the mountain peak.
The new gondola lift will be 1632 metres long, with an average slope of
14.2% and will be comprised of 17
Diamond cabins for 10 passengers (8
seated and 2 standing). It will have a
capacity for 750 passengers per hour
on delivery, with the possibility to increase to 1000 passengers per hour if
necessary. It will take under 4 minutes
for passengers to travel from the Kok
Tobe station to Almaty in the comfort of
the Diamond cabins. In order to blend
elegantly with the perched urban park
and reduce the environmental footprint,
POMA’s engineers designed a parking
system for the carriers along the line,
thus avoiding building additional parking tracks at the departure and arrival
stations. The new Kok Tobe gondola
lift will welcome its first passengers in
June 2015.
Fast, silent, efficient, reliable
and with very low CO2
emission
Kok Tobe is an iconic site of Almaty,
and it is the highest point of the city,
at an altitude of 1135 m. It is also an
amusement park and a must for tourists. The city of Almaty is situated 970
km to the south of Astana, the capital
city.
TECHNICAL FEATURES
Kok Tobe gondola lift
Length: Drive station: Return station: Transport capacity: Line speed: 1,632 m
Kok Tobe
Almaty
1,000 p/h
6 m/s
Number of cabins: 17 cabins of 10 passengers
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PEOPLE
People around the globe
Starting a new life abroad. Leaving one’s homeland and breaking away from one’s roots
to build a fresh existence in a foreign country. A step that is not always easy, but which
nevertheless some of our colleagues have ventured to take.
1 Why did you go abroad?
2 How do you perceive your “new life”?
3 What are the greatest differences in comparison to your native country?
1 I think I must have been born beneath a turning wheel,
so my Karma involves travelling! Ever since I turned 20, my
life has been made up of travel, with trips of varying length.
Travelling implies discovering new places but also meeting
new people.The Poma People Mover in Cairo was a fascinating challenge for me, but also allowed me to take my family
along for the first time!
2 First of all I would like to say that this project allowed me
to replace my family at the top of my priorities, and their
well-being is a vital key to my success in this mission. My
professional relationships are complex and codified; I am
constantly learning more about the subtlety and cultural
wealth of relationships in the Arab world. The locals have
a particular way of dealing with time, and punctuality is
not considered very important, so sometimes the simplest
things take an incredible amount of time!
3 France is a comfortable place to live with children, where
we were familiar with the way things worked. Moving to Cairo was a shock at first, and we wondered if we had made
the right choice! But after our rather upsetting initial contact
with the heat, the turmoil and the apparent chaos, we rapidly adapted to this new environment, where religion and tradition are very important. We
gradually forgot all about
the dust and dirt of the
megalopolis that constantly throbs with never-ending
energy, and were dazzled
by the smiles and warmth
of Cairo’s inhabitants! Today, not everything is easy,
but we have
learnt how to
put things
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1998. I had met the woman
that was to become my wife
and she was born in Vipiteno. Before we moved here
we had visited often and from
the beginning I really liked the
area around Vipiteno. I truly
love the mountains as well as
all of the sports connected
to them. I come from a small
village located in a hilly region
just outside Paris. I studied in Strasbourg. I worked at the Alpe
D’Huez resort for several seasons as a canyoning, rock climbing, mountain bike and ski instructor. I knew that my professional and personal life had to take place amidst the mountains. It is my destiny.
2 I love the life we lead here. I am happy that my kids can
grow up in this calm and beautiful area that provides many
cultural activities. I enjoy it here both in the winter and the summer because there is always so much to do. Eating is also an
activity that I enjoy and I love the different cultures that you can
meet through gastronomy.
3 What do I miss the most about France? My family, of
course, but also the food. I’m happy that thanks to my job I
have the opportunity to go back to France and reconnect with
my roots. My life is here in Vipiteno with my family and that
makes me quite happy.
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1 I was never afraid of travelling and living in different places. My father was in
the Royal Air Force, so that meant that we moved to a different base in England, Wales or Germany every three to four years. After studying engineering at
Loughborough University I moved to Tyrol to work in a skiing region. I fell in love
with the area and decided to stay! We don’t have any “real” mountains at home, so it was something quite special to live here as I love spending my free time in the great outdoors. My main pastimes are skiing,
mountain biking and kite surfing. My job with PRINOTH’s R&D department means that I can stay here in
the Alps and continue my career in my specialist field.
2 So far so good! All of the people I have met so far have been very friendly, and I love the area. I live
close to Innsbruck, a wonderful town that offers almost everything you could ever need. However, the
mountains in particular offer infinite opportunities for summer and winter pastimes. I am already looking
forward to next winter - to going skiing again and also, because I have done a bit of kite surfing over the
past few years, I’d like to learn snow kiting. Tyrol’s central location in Europe also offers the great advantage of enabling extensive travel.
3 Of course the biggest change is the language (with its many different dialects), although there are also other differences. In
contrast to England, most of the shops are closed on Sundays, and the climate is very different. In the United Kingdom we hardly
ever have temperatures of 30°C or -15°C. In general, everything seems to be more relaxed in Tyrol, both with regard to work and
social life, which I really enjoy. And for some inexplicable reason the people here drink their tea without milk..!
1 After graduating in 2002 I decided to go to Hamburg to learn Ger-
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the situation today. There were huge differences between the Eastern
and Western countries, at both a political and an economic level. One of the key factors behind my
move abroad was a longing for change and a love of the new, right in line with the English phrase
“the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence”. I spent my 2003 winter holiday in South
Tyrol. I fell in love with the fairy-tale mountains, covered in snow, and the idyllic, romantic atmosphere. I discovered this region’s bilingualism and was fascinated by it. I really wanted to get to know this
bilingualism better, as I have a passion for foreign languages. One year later the right opportunity
came up, and my adventure in South Tyrol started.
2 I am happy. I have found it easy to fit in, and feel really happy - even though breaking the ice so-
metimes took a while and wasn’t totally easy. I have made friends. At work I deal with colleagues who speak German and Italian, and as an outsider I am fascinated by observing the differences between the two language groups. I love nature and really
enjoy being so close to the mountains. There are so many ways to actively explore this region.
3 I think the people of South Tyrol take a much more relaxed look at a lot of things. That’s probably due to the fact that the
quality of life here is excellent. Mediterranean and Austrian traditions meet in South Tyrol, and this is reflected in many areas
such as the excellent cuisine. Poland’s different regions all have their own special features. Food differs greatly according to
the region, and our cuisine is saltier and a bit spicy, a bit like good home cooking. There isn’t a set lunch break in Poland. Almost all of our businesses don’t stop for lunch. It is quite typical to have a second breakfast, such as a sandwich or some fruit.
Lunch is generally between 3 and 5 pm. Another example is the relationship the Southern Tyrolean people have with their own
country. They are passionate about their values and traditions, and pass these on authentically to the next generation. In contrast, in Poland our relationship with our own country isn’t as strong, with the exception of religious festivals. On a closing note:
The fact that the sun shines here for more than 300 days a year means that the people are warm-hearted and mostly in a good
mood, even if the winter here lasts longer than in Poland.
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35 years of tradition with
the company’s own band
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Founded: 1979
Members: 31
Music: Traditional brass
music, marches, polkas as
well as religious and modern
pieces
Performances: End of year
celebrations, anniversaries
and laying cornerstones, e.g.
in Telfs and Grand Junction,
opening facilities at customers, e.g. in Saibei, Kitzbühel
and Montecatini
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of the Montm
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2010 - Opening of the Kasereck/Kitzbühel chair lift
A typical day in…
Stará Ľubovňa, SLOVAKIA
LEITECH s.r.o.
·A
round 65 people work at LEITECH in the high
season.
·T
his company produces supports for cable cars, as
well as parts for DEMACLENKO and PRINOTH.
· Employees
take their cars to work, and drive for half
an hour at most.
· Stará
Ĺubovňa is in the north east of Slovakia.
Stará Ľubovňa
km2
17,000
30,786
On the way to work
The team
Coffee break
Production of DL parts
English lesson
In the office
Our parking lot
Welding work
View from the office
Ready for transport
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PEOPLE
Big picture
BIG PICTURE 2014
The photo of the year 2014 was taken by
Emmanuel Darlix, an amateur photographer
living in Grenoble (France). He is the PLM
Project Manager in the IT Department at POMA
in Voreppe. His photograph of a rider during the
2014 final of the UCI Mountain bike World Cup
in the Méribel resort in Savoie.
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BIG PICTURE 2015
We are looking for the best pictures
for 2015. The best of them will once
again be selected, and the photographer will be presented in the next
edition of TOGETHER GLOBAL.
We look forward to receiving
your photos, which should be sent
by August 2015 to:
[email protected]
All the best for 2015!
2015
LEITNER-POMA OF AMERICA, INC.
2746 SEEBER DRIVE, BLDG A  GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81506
(970) 241-4442  FAX (970) 241-3023  www.leitner-poma.com
2746 SEEBER DRIVE, BLDG A  GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81506
(970) 241-4442  FAX (970) 241-3023  www.leitner-poma.com
LEITNER-POMA OF AMERICA, INC.
波马嘉仕其（北京）索道有限责任公司
回首往事，我们一路走来，历经坎坷，用辛勤和汗
水浇灌出今天丰硕的成果。末来希望您将支持和关心一
如既往的奉献给我们，共同创造美好幸福的明天。
2015
2015
POMA S.A.S
THE YEAR OF THE SHEEP
Crédit Photo : © Sophie Anita
2015
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4O G E T H E R T O W A RD S A B R I G H T E R F U T U RE
Crédit Photo : © Sophie Anita
Ayez du cœur pour qu’ils en aient un !
Have a heart so they can have one too !
www.mecenat-cardiaque.org
ENFANTS DU MONDE
Ces enfants ont été photographiés pour Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque par la photographe Sophie Anita
.
www.sophieanita.com
Ayez du cœur pour qu’ils en aient un !
Have a heart so they can have one too !
www.mecenat-cardiaque.org
ENFANTS DU MONDE
Ces enfants ont été photographiés pour Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque par la photographe Sophie Anita
.
www.sophieanita.com
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Season's Greetings
and Best Wishes
for the New Year