Employee Magazine of the HTI Group

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Vol. 3 / 2015

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The world’s highest ascending observation tower 13

Valuable synergy effects and sustainable competitive advantages 26

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Editors: Maurizio Todesco,Martina Winkler,Françoise Déplantes,Federica Memola,Daniela Innerhofer,Mirjam Cestari,Gokulendu Bharadwaj

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Where we live, where we work 4

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A heart of gold and a mind of steel (Interview with Marie Bochet) 8

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HIGHLIGHTS PEOPLESesto Dolomites: Everything from one source 10

Deep-earth funicular railway for Andra 12

Unique in the world: the i360 13

The LEITWOLF on tour in Europe 14

The tallest dam in Turkey to be built with cable cranes 15

A ropeway for Berlin 16

Travels out to meet the “people in the clouds” in Peru 18

The winds from India are blowing stronger 20

Snow for the Freestyle & Snowboard World Cup 21

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 25

Valuable synergy effects and sustainable competitive advantages 26

First „H2“ cabin worldwide 28

Strong focus on emerging markets: Georgia 29

First urban ropeway project in Mexico 30

New aerial ropeway in Kazakhstan 31

People around the globe 32

35 years of tradition with the company’s own band 34

A typical day in… Stará Ĺubovňa, Slovakia 35

Big Picture 36

All the best for 2015 37

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Michael Seeber President

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 manufac-ture the snow groomers and very close to the produc-tion 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 accus-tomed, 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 moun-tains 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.

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.

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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.

Rhône-Alpes – Bourg St Maurice / FR (LeFayet, 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.

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.

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Tamil Nadu / IN (Chennai)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.

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).

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.

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.

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Marie, you won 4 Olympic Champi-onship 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 ski-ing. 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 im-age 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 dis-ability.

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 ex-periences and rely on one another for support: they are my second family and

A heart of gold and a mind of steelMarie 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

this gives me a boost. When I was up on the podium, I could see the whole team in tears below. We have unwaver-ing 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 numer-ous post-Olympic demands, did it not all become too much for you?

I chose the easy option, which was to stay natural. Where I am from in the Beaufort valley, people are very prag-matic. 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 les-son 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% commit-ted 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 ig-nore 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 real-ly test my limits. But really this is some-thing we are never fully capable of as it is a bit complicated for us humans!

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 Olym-pic 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.

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The Versciaco, Monte Elmo and Croda Rossa ski resorts in the Sesto Dolo-mites 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 DEMACLEN-KO equipment is optimally distributed and prepared using seven PRINOTH snow groomers.

Two gondola lifts connect two ski resorts

The new ski connection between Mon-

Everything from one sourceThe Sesto Dolomites invest in state-of-the-art systems from LEITNER ropeways, PRINOTH and DEMACLENKO

te Elmo and Croda Rossa is a show-piece 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 ex-perience 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 equip-ment linking the ski resorts. The valley station of the “Orto del Toro” 8-passen-ger gondola lift is situated directly on the Sesto-Monte Elmo ski slope and trans-ports visitors via a midway station from a height of 1,672 meters to 2,096 me-ters. The “Tre Cime di Lavaredo” gon-dola 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 snow-making system since 2010. While it used to take two weeks to cover the ski resort with artificial snow, today the area

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can be transformed into a white winter wonderland in just 60 hours. Around 100 DEMACLENKO snowmaking ma-chines 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 opti-mally distributed and that the slopes are in a perfect condition. The fleet of vehi-cles used on the Sesto Dolomites com-prises 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.

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

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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 com-pliance with the ASN (Nuclear Safety Authority) regulations.The Cigeo project involves the long-term storage of high-level radioactive waste at a depth of 500 meters be-neath the earth. The project is study-ing an area of land located in the North East of France. The contract includes initial studies (2015 to 2017), necessary authoriza-tions, construction of a scale model (2018 to 2021), contracting for all nec-

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 stor-age tunnels. The Cigeo project is

composed of surface installations to receive, inspect and package ra-dioactive waste; an underground in-stallation to store radioactive waste packages; and connecting infrastruc-tures 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 exper tise to the project: Airbus Defence and Space, which is also in charge of the studies and design of the Cigeo surface installations; Millen-nium, engineering experts in the field of nuclear risk management; and Lig-eron, a firm specialising in operational safety.

Deep-earth funicular railway for AndraThe French Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra)has chosen POMA for the Cigeo project

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Unique in the world: the i360 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 ma-jor 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 archi-tects Marks Barfield, the Dutch compa-ny 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 incre-dible breakthrough that com-bines 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 enthusi-astic about working once again with this top team and look forward to the start-

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Height: 162 mVertical rise: 138 mHeight-to-width ratio of: 40:1Capacity of the cabin: 200 visitors per tripSpeed: 0,4 m/s

up of the attraction in Summer 2016.“ The i360 will have a restaurant at ground level, a souvenir shop, an exhibi-tion area and facilities for conferences and special events.

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Driven by Innovation. This motto set the scene for all the LEITWOLF cen-tral demos that were held in the Alps during the 2013/14 winter season. In Piz Sella (IT), Claviere (IT), Adel-boden-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 dynam-ic 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

LEITWOLF on tour in EuropePRNOTH combines technical innovation with exceptional performance

the preparation work in a much shorter time”, explained Josef Furtscheg-ger, who manages the fleet of vehicles in the UNESCO World Natural Heri-tage 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 re-sorts of Bettmeralp and Scuol bought one each.Important issues covered by the dem-os included the engine and the under-carriage 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

is confirmed by Per Granås, Oper-ations Manager in the Norwegian ski resort of Sälen: “It has a lot of interest-ing 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 cus-tomers are its reliability and driver com-fort. “The LEITWOLF is a very reliable vehicle offering extremely high perfor-mance! We particularly appreciate the comfort in the cabin, which will make the preparation work so much more enjoyable for our drivers!”, commented Ole Erik Aasen, snow groomer man-ager in Hafjell.

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

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The tallest dam in Turkey to be built with cable cranesThree AGUDIO installations will go into operation on the Black Sea coast

Three cable cranes from AGUDIO will be the most important means of trans-port on the Yusufeli dam in Northeast-ern 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.

As a result of their great reli-ability and their performance which has remained unsur-passed 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 rep-resent 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.

The dam has a height of 270 meters taken from its base; the reservoir has a total capacity of 2.2 billion cu-bic 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 mega-watt.

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A ropeway for BerlinLEITNER ropeways builds a gondola lift for the International Garden Exhibition IGA 2017

Up to 3,000 visitors per hour and di-rection will be able to enjoy a bird‘s eye view of the premises of the 2017 Inter-national 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 rope-way will continue towards the central

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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, Ma-yor of Berlin ; Stefan Komoß, District Mayor of Marzahn-Hellersdorf Berlin;Michael Seeber, President; KatharinaLangsch, CEO of IGA Berlin 2017; Christian Graeff, District Councilor for Economic and Urban Develop-ment in Marzahn-Hellersdorf;

Photo left:Berlin‘s new Mayor Michael Müller enters the cabin first.

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.

section of the garden show. The journey provides a view over the IGA premises, with its water and themed gardens, as well as the inter-national gardens of the world. The 1.5 kilometer panoramic journey ends, after around five minutes, at the Blumberger Damm, where visitors have direct ac-cess to the exhibition hall - with a mar-ketplace, culinary offerings and large-scale 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 rope-way 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.

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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 be-come 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 Tin-go 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

Travels out to meet the “people in the clouds” in PeruA POMA gondola lift for Kuelap fortress, one of the oldest and most mysterious archaeological sites in Peru

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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 envi-ronment.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 tour-ism while being itself a tourist attraction. All over the world POMA has consis-tently developed its services, to offer operating and maintenance solutions in response to its clients’ needs.

Kuelap, the fortress of the “peo-ple in the clouds”, lies 72 km southeast from the Chachapoyas town, which is the capital city of the Amazonas area. It was dis-covered in 1843 by the outside world, subsequently earning the attention of explorers, historians and archaeologists and becom-ing one of the most important archaeological monuments in South America. Construction started in the 6Th Century AD by the pre-Inca Chachapoya civili-sation, in a very wild area of the Amazonian highlands. The cita-del 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.

Gondola lift Kuelap

Length: 4 km

Vertical rise: 663 m

Capacity: 500 p/h with the possibility of increasing to up to 1000 p/h

Number of cabins: 26

Cabin capacity: 8 persons

Number of towers: 23

Speed: 6.0 m/s

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The winds from India are blowing stron-ger 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

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 consider-ation 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 sched-uled 51 MW installation in Kaluneerku-lam, close to Tirunelveli in the state of Tamil Nadu. With this latter windpark, LEITWIND has taken on the total com-pletion, including the regulatory pro-cess, design, manufacturing, prepara-tion, transport, and assembly as well as the operation and maintenance of the facilities after they go into operation.

The winds from India are blowing stronger than everLEITWIND Shriram (LSML) has secured importantnew orders in the state of Gujarat

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It has been known since June 2010 that Kreischberg is to host the Inter-national Ski Federation’s first Dou-ble World Cup in the history of winter sports, featuring both freestyle and snowboarding. DEMAC LENKO will be there, together with PRINOTH, as an exclusive suppli-er, 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 ath-letes with top-quality pistes. From the peaks to the valleys, every-one in Kreischberg is eagerly antici-pating this major event. The Styria ski area has already achieved worldwide fame thanks to the 2003 world cham-pionships, 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 Kreisch-berg, but it is a timely and beneficial investment given the sustainability of DEMAC LENKO‘s products and the fact that these pistes need never wor-ry again about a lack of snow. The system will cover approximate-ly 100 hectares (250 acres) and a pumping station with a total capacity of 600l/s has also been built to en-hance it. A cooling system completes the equipment, tackling the issues sur-rounding snowmaking at marginal temperatures.

Snow for the Freestyle & Snowboard World CupDEMACLENKO with its 25 Titan victorious at Kreischberg, in Styria (Austria)

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

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From left: Reinhard Kargl - CEO of Murtal Seilbahnen Betriebs GmbH, Manfred Gruber - Demaclenko Customer Service and Siegfried Kargl - Snowmaking Manager in Kreischberg

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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 oper-ate, 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 quali-ty we need for our events but it also gives us competitive advantage with operations at the Cooper Speed Cen-ter and our fall and spring training camps.”

Official supplier for Vail and Beaver Creek 2015Two 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, Colo-rado. 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 Colo-rado.

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 mil-lion worldwide television viewers and an onsite media and broadcast entou-rage of approximately 1,500 mem-bers. The Vail Beaver Creek World Ski Championship will be special, PRINOTH is proud and excited to an-nounce 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 Im-hof, Vice President of Sales and Oper-ations for the Vail Valley Foundation “and we could not be more pleased to have them as an official sponsor

of the momentous 2015 Alpine World Ski Championships. PRINOTH is a leader in the ski industry and will play an important operational role prepar-ing 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)

Members of American ski team and PRINOTH team in front of the snow groomers special edition ‘US SKI TEAM’

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Off to see the bears, bisons and gorillas in a ropewayTwo 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. Begin-ning 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 CAN-TUR regional tourism promotion agency, with LEITNER ropeways as the techni-cal partner for the winner of the award, Mexican company Transporte Alternati-vos 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 rope-ways. These innovative drive systems from LEITNER ropeways impress thanks to their reduced consumption, the re-sulting 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 at-tractiveness, offering new experiences to its visitors. They can now view bears, bison and gorillas from above, and en-joy 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 qual-ity of the experience is one advantage of the two ropeways. The reduction in automobile traffic and the resulting envi-ronmental pollution in a sensitive nature park will be a second one.

Central Cantabria, in Tal Pisueña in the Pas-Miera region: The world’s largest elephant sanctu-ary. With more than 21 hectares, and also Europe’s largest bear and gorilla sanctuaries: Cabárce-no 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, ze-bras, elephants, hippopotami, os-triches, hyenas, apes, etc.

CABÁRCENO NATURAL PARK 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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Plan Joran: an environmental approachPOMA 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 replac-es 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.

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 earth-works 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 reproduc-tion 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 hunt-ing federation had validated the ab-sence of protected bird species.Plan Joran is the perfect example of Poma‘s expertise, managing to com-bine both technical performance and respect for classified natural sites and their ecosystems.

Gondola lift Plan-Joran

Type: Dual drive MULTIX 8/10

Length: 2,349 m

Vertical rise: 897 m

Passenger capacity: 3,200 p/h/d

Speed: 6 m/s

Trip time: 6 min. 53

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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

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PANTHER T12,bigger and strongerPRINOTH’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 ve-hicle 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 off-road 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 pro-ductivity. Unique tread pattern offers maximal

ground adherence. Highest ROPS (Roll Over Protective Structure) safety standard in the in-dustry. Other safety features include the Safe-ty Brake System, Auto-Brake and Brake-Implement Interlock, etc.Equipped with the PANTHER narrow cab, the T12 will easily accommo-date any boom implement placed on its back. This increases stability and allows for easier transport as the vehi-cle dimension complies with shipping height and width limits for standard trailer transport.

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At LEITNER, the development of the DirectDrive began more than a de-cade 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

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

Valuable synergy effects and sustainable competitive advantagesDirectDrive, LeitDrive, and tubular steel towers from LEITWIND and LEITNER ropeways

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DirectDrive to drive cableways. In the meantime, the DirectDrive was setting records with consumption, reliabili-ty, and emissions, and it is now being used with numerous renowned cable-way projects. These include cable-ways in famous ski areas such as Kitzbühel and big cities such as An-kara, 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 man-ufacture 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 worldwidePOMA is gliding toward new ropeway transport markets

POMA exhibited an experimental pro-totype of their cabin powered by a hy-drogen fuel cell at the Mountain Planet show in Grenoble. With this experimen-tal cabin “H2”, POMA wants to develop a new generation of comfortable, con-nected 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 ur-ban 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 emis-sions; it produces a continual current that is both clean and constant; and

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 re-duces maintenance and optimizes lift availability.The design is an integral part of this

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 cit-ies, and dependence on petro-leum-based fuels. Hydrogen in the fuel cell combines with ox-

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 mak-ing each journey even more enjoyable.

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. Hydro-gen represents a strong potential for the provision of clean energy and a guaranteed security of supply.

HYDROGEN, A CLEAN ENERGY CARRIER

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Strong focus on emerging markets: GeorgiaDEMACLENKO is to be the sole supplier of snowmaking systems to the Gudauri and Didveli ski areas from 2015

DEMACLENKO‘s development strate-gy includes a strong focus on emerg-ing markets. This strategy has paid off: our company has been awarded the contract for two important snow-making system construction projects in the Gudauri and Didveli areas of Georgia. Georgia‘s first ski slopes were built in the Soviet era, and in re-cent years public and private funding has focused on modernising old sys-tems or expanding them significantly. In 2013 POMA sold a new GD10 gon-dola 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 posi-tion in the market. We hope that our collaboration as part of the HTI group can be further strengthened in the years to come.

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;

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First urban ropeway project in MexicoLEITNER 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, fast-est-growing metropolitan regions in the world. As its infrastructure has not kept pace with the number of inhabi-tants, the search is on in the Mexican capital for alternative, space-saving transport concepts. LEITNER rope-ways 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

The project is scheduled to be com-pleted at the end of 2015. The Mex-ican government has commissioned the new cable cars, and the license holder is the company “Mexiteleferi-cos”. For the residents of and visitors to Ecatepec de Morelos, this connec-tion will substantially improve the qual-ity 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-bus-es, and now it will take just 20 min-utes. The gondola lifts will have a di-rect link to the public transport system. With the ropeways in Mexico, LEITNER DirectDrive will be used in the Ameri-cas for the first time.

Ecatepec 2 Inclined length: 1,805 mVertical rise: 62 mNumber of cabins: 76Max. Speed: 6 m/sCapacity: 3,000 p/hTravel time: 7 min 30 sec

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Ecatepec 1 Inclined length: 2,919 mVertical rise: 55 mNumber of cabins: 108Max. Speed: 6 m/sCapacity: 3,000 p/hTravel time: 10 min 30 sec

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New aerial ropeway in KazakhstanPOMA 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

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, ef-ficient, 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 gondo-la will offer a breath-taking view on its journey to the mountain peak.The new gondola lift will be 1632 me-tres 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 in-crease 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 park-ing 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 tour-ists. The city of Almaty is situated 970 km to the south of Astana, the capital city.

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Kok Tobe gondola lift

Length: 1,632 mDrive station: Kok TobeReturn station: AlmatyTransport capacity: 1,000 p/hLine speed: 6 m/sNumber of cabins: 17 cabins of 10 passengers

Esengali Baimenov, Owner of Merkur GROUP, the holding owning TOO „Park Kok-Tobe“ and Fabien FELLI, POMA Export Director

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People around the globe

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?

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 I came to Vipiteno in July 1998. I had met the woman that was to become my wife and she was born in Vipite-no. 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 climb-ing, mountain bike and ski instructor. I knew that my profes-sional and personal life had to take place amidst the moun-tains. 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 sum-mer 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.

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 fascina-ting 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 Cai-ro 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 rapid-ly adapted to this new environment, where religion and tradi-tion are very important. We gradually forgot all about the dust and dirt of the megalopolis that constant-ly throbs with never-ending energy, and were dazzled by the smiles and warmth of Cairo’s inhabitants! To-day, not everything is easy, but we have learnt how to put things into perspective.

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1 After graduating in 2002 I decided to go to Hamburg to learn Ger-man. The political situation in Europe back then was very different to 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 atmosphe-re. 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 Itali-an, 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. Al-most 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 cont-rast, 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.

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 Eng-land, 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 qui-te 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 advan-tage 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..!

JAMIE THOM

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Great Britain

Innsbruck, Austria

A research and development engineer with

PRINOTH for 6 months: Cabin

KAMILA WRZECIONOWSKA

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Legnica, Poland

South Tyrol, Italy

LEITWIND, since 2009, assistance to Project

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35 years of tradition with the company’s own band

Founded: 1979 Members: 31Music: 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 custom-ers, e.g. in Saibei, Kitzbühel and Montecatini

2007 - Opening of the Dolomeidi/Saibei ski area

2002 - Opening of the Montmélian branch

2010 - Opening of the Kasereck/Kitzbühel chair lift

2009 - Opening of the Montecatini wind farm

2009 - Opening of the Grand Junction production site

1979 - Founded

2011 - Children’s party

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Stará Ľubovňa

Stará Ľubovňa, SLOVAKIAA typical day in…

LEITECH s.r.o.

· Around 65 people work at LEITECH in the high season.

· This 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.

On the way to work

Coffee break

English lesson In the office View from the office Ready for transport

The team

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Big picture

BIG PICTURE 2015We are looking for the best pictures for 2015. The best of them will once again be selected, and the photog-rapher 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: news@high-technology-investments.com

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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Ayez du cœur pour qu’ils en aient un ! Have a heart so they can have one too !

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回首往事，我们一路走来，历经坎坷，用辛勤和汗

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如既往的奉献给我们，共同创造美好幸福的明天。

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