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Quiksilver purchased Skis Rossignol for $560 million in 2005, but sold Rossignol on 12 November 2008 for $37.5 million (30 million euros) in cash and a $12.5 million note (10 million euro). [6] Quiksilver owned golf-equipment maker Cleveland Golf until 31 October 2007, when it sold the company to a Japanese sporting-goods company. [7]
Rossignol ski boots. The company was founded in 1907 by Abel Rossignol, who manufactured wood products (such as spindles) for the textile industry. Rossignol, a committed skier, used his carpentry skills to make a pair of skis out of solid wood. In 1937, Émile Allais of France became triple world champion on Rossignol Olympic 41 skis. [4]
Fischer Sports is an Austrian winter sports equipment manufacturing company, more specifically Nordic skiing, Alpine skiing and ice hockey equipment. Winter sports equipment include skis, boots, bindings, and accessories (bags, backpacks).
Rossignol purchased Garcia's existing tennis production lines and started selling off the other divisions; when Lange skis and Burt bindings failed to find a buyer they were closed down. The same fate awaited Lange boots, but Rossignol's CEO, Laurent Boix-Vives, purchased the company personally through a Swiss holding company, Ski Expansion. [28]
The purchase also included TaylorMade and Maxfli. Adidas then later sold the company to Amer Sports in 2005. [6] For the first time in its 76-year history, Salomon has become a Premium Partner for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. As part of the partnership, Salomon will supply apparel, footwear, and accessories to ...
Brunswick Corporation, formerly known as the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, is an American corporation that has been developing, manufacturing and marketing a wide variety of products since 1845.
Leonardo Servadio, founder of Ellesse. Ellesse was founded by Leonardo "Mantis" Servadio on 19 June 1959 in Perugia, Umbria, Italy.The name Ellesse derives from Servadio's initials, "L.S.", [1] which are spoken "elle" and "esse" in Italian.
In January 1971, Victoriaville Hockey Sticks was acquired by the Kendall Company. Asked why the brothers chose to sell the company, president Gérard responded, "c'est un hasard qui nous a mis en présence de cette compagnie-là" ["it was a coincidence that put us into contact with this company"], and stated that no one else had tried to buy Victoriaville. [3]