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Volkl ski production goes to China
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Poster:
A snowHead
Poster:
A snowHead
German ski maker
Volkl
, acquired by
K2
earlier this year, will move its mid- and low- priced ski manufacture to
K2
's factory in Guangzhou, China in 2005.
This is part of a rising trend of ski hardware production moving to Eastern Europe and the Far East, also influenced by the sale of integrated ski-binding systems...
Marker, whose bindings have been used by
K2
and
Volkl
for their ski+binding systems, was also acquired by
K2
back in June.
The commercial pressures brought about by the rising demands of technology, sales distribution and fairly stagnant sales are leaving few players in the production of skis, bindings and boots. The first of these factors was thought to be important to the
K2
takeover, since
Volkl
has a respected engineering pedigree in ski making.
Obviously
A snowHead
isn't a real person
Obviously
A snowHead
isn't a real person
I wonder what the Chinese make of the wide range of they make for us...
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