Actualidad
Courchevel - 100% equipped with Magnestick BAR
Courchevel/La Tania/Méribel-Mottaret always on top of technology for skiers safety.
Three years after the development of Magnestick®KID - special safety for kids transportation on chairlift - La Société des 3 Vallées (S3V) who operates Courchevel / La Tania/ Méribel-Mottaret resorts will be the first skiing area in the world with 100% of chairlifts equiped with the very new Magnestick®BAR.
Magnestick®BAR is the universal safety bar locking system.
This innovative system can be adapted on all brandsa and all types of
chairlifts. It works with the same "magnestism" technololy than
Magnestick®KID. When the passenger pull down the safety bar, the bar
lock automatically. It is then impossible to pull up the safety bar. It
is automaticcaly unlocked just before the arrival station. So no
passenger can pull up the bar very far from the arrival and make other
passengers uncofortable.
M. Thomas THOR-JENSEN Interview ,
Director of Courchevel Valley skiing area : « We transport skiers
everyday and I think that it is natural to be preoccuped by our
customers' safety. Every type of transport is concerned by safety
(airlines companies, bus companies, ...), and nowadays it is one of our
priority. To have 100% of our chairlifts equiped must avoid falls
consequently to a wrong use of the safety bar before the arrival station
for example ».
Magnestick®BAR figures:
Magnestick®BAR is a SOMMITAL product (www.sommital.net).
Cost of a Magnestick®BAR installation on a chairlift : approximatly 70 000€.
Magnestick®BAR is compatible with Magnestick®KID.
Courchevel/La Tania/Méribel-Mottaret figures:
400 000 skiers every winter
25 millions people transported every winter
3 resorts (Courchevel/LA Tania/Méribel-Mottaret) in the heart of the biggest skiing area in the world
Contact S3V : Jean-Pierre LALANNE – +336 11 24 98 97 – jp.lalanne@s3v.com
Contact Sommital : Damien Laymond – +336 09 59 23 93 – d.laymond@sommital.net
VALLNORD MARKETING MOVIE
A very nice marketing Movie about Magnestick in Vallnord (Arcalis)
MAGNESTICK in Austria
Westendorf is the first Austrian ski resort to adopt Magnestick system.
Westendorf is part of SKIWELT, the biggest Austrian skiing area.
Kids of 2 skischools (The Reds & Ski Top) will automatically wear Magnestick vests (Back Protector).
Magnestick team is very proud of this installation on a special beginner chairlift.
Below a picture of the chairlift Schneeberg at Westendorf with the ski instrcutors :
Magnestick works well in US
Magnestick up in running in USA. Magnestick is working very well at Alpine Meadows ski resort (CA) in USA. With 2 chairlifts "Magnesticked", Alpine Meadows is the first ski resort in North America equipped with our security system.
Below are few pictures of our system in action :
Damien Laymond (Product Manager - SOMMITAL) ; Kent Hoopingarner (General Manager - ALPINE MEADOWS & HOMEWOOD Resorts) : Matthew McBride (Sales Manager - MAGNESTICK OF AMERICA)
Magnestick Of America
Magnestick Of America será el encargado de las instalaciones Magnestick en EE.UU. y Canadá.
Matthew Mc Bride será el representante.
2nd chairlift in Arcalis
A 2nd Chairlift equiped with Magnestick system in ARCALIS, Andorra !
One week after the opening, regarding to the success of La Basera
chairlift equiped with Magnestick system, Arcalis ski resort (part of
Vallnord group) decides to equip a 2nd chairlift.
In
deed, the 6 places chairlift La Coma which is higher on the slopes will
be equiped with the system so the skiing area particularly securised
for kids will be bigger.
The installation will be done during january 2010 so the skiers will enjoy it from this winter.
Magnestick en Andorre
ARCALIS, first ski resort in Andorra equiped with Magnestick® system.
The resort from Vallnord group will equip one chairlift with Magnestick.
The "Basera" Poma chairlift is a very special one for kids.
This investment will make families hollidays more comfortable !
This installation is a very special one because it is the first time out of France for Magnestick.
New set
New set.
More efficient and more comfortable.
All chairlifts will be equiped with this new set (also the 6 chairlifts which are already equiped).
Gourette et Peyragudes s'équipent
Gourette and Peyragudes, first resorts of pyrenees (France) to stick kids on chairlift with Magnestick® system.
The2 reorts members of NP'Y chain will equip chairlifts Carroussel (Peyragudes) and Pitchounes (Gourette).
Thes chairlifts are mostly taked by kids.
This investment will make children and families' hollidays more comfortable !
The skischool (ESF) of Gourette and Peyragudes will equip the kids during ski lessons.
Magnestick back protectors will be also available in the skishops (sale and rental).
Val Fréjus (FRANCE) new resort equiped
Val Fréjus (FRANCE), new resort equiped with Magnestick® system
www.valfrejus.com
EUROPEAN SKI AWARD
The "MAGNESTICK VEST" presented by Rossignol at ISPO trade show has been elected ISPO EUROPEAN SKI AWARD, category "ACTIVE KIDS".
ISPO is 2000 brands and is the biggest winter sports trade show of Europe.
This AWARD confirm that MAGNESTICK is a real innovation and a real necessity.
Les Trois Vallées: 6 telesillas equipados
Además del telesilla de PRALONG en Courchevel 1850, instalado en 2007/2008,
otros cinco se equiparán con el sistema Magnestick® este invierno (2008/2009): el telesilla de SIGNAL en Courchevel 1650, el DOU DES LANCHES en La Tania y los telesillas AROLLES, COMBES y CHATELET en Méribel-Mottaret. Estos telesillas son especialmente frecuentados por niños y por alumnos de los cursos de las escuelas de esquí.
Una instalación a gran escala para la tranquilidad de padres e hijos.
Escuelas francesas de esquí (ESF): 1.000 protecciones dorsales en los dominios
Se ha reforzado la colaboración con el Sindicato Nacional Francés de Monitores de Esquí (SNMSF).
A partir de la temporada 2008/2009, las ESF de Courchevel 1550, 1650, 1850, La Tania y Méribel-Mottaret remplazarán sus dorsales clásicos por protecciones dorsales Magnestick para los alumnos de nivel 2 ó 3 estrellas.
Así, diariamente, serán visibles más de 1.000 protecciones en el dominio de esquí.
Megève in "Magnestick web"
News
Megève will equip 2 chairlifts :
Chairlifts "Petit Rochebrune" and "Grands Champs" will be equiped with Magnestick system this winter.
Two places will be equiped on each chair of these two fixed grip chairlifts.
Megève is the 8th ski resort equiped in the world.
Magnestick team is very proud to count this famous ski area in "Magnestick web"
Nuevos colaboradores
Nuevos colaboradores del mundo de los seguros - Gras
Savoye y Mondial Assistance - se han unido a Magnestick últimamente.
Asimismo, un nuevo colaborador bancario - la Caisse d'épargne Rhône Alpes - ha deseado también apoyar el proyecto.
Para las temporadas futuras, varias estaciones francesas y extranjeras han mostrado su interés en equipar sus dominios. A fin de poder proponer el sistema Magnestick para sus telesillas nuevos o existentes por todo el mundo, Sommital está en fase de discusión con todos los constructores de remontes mecánicos.
Magnestick®: creación de la filial Sommital
Seis meses después de su presentación, el progreso de Magnestick® se precisa con la creación de la sociedad 
Sommital. Un crecimiento que se apoya en varias colaboraciones.
Presentado en diciembre de 2007, el sistema Magnestick® dispone actualmente de una verdadera entidad jurídica destinada a su propio desarrollo: Sommital.
Filial de S3V, se encarga del desarrollo, comercialización y distribución del sistema Magnestick®. Sommital es, por supuesto, propietaria de la licencia exclusiva para la comercialización del sistema en todo el mundo.
Damien Laymond abandona su función como responsable de comunicación de S3V y pasa a ser responsable de productos de Sommital.
Asimismo, Pascal Vie director financiero de la S3V toma la dirección de la sociedad.
Contacto:
Damien Laymond - Sommital - BP 10838
81, rue François Guise - 73008 Chambéry
+33 (0)6 09 59 23 93 - d.laymond@sommital.net
Rossignol, primer fabricante y distribuidor de Magnestick®
Rossignol presentará durante la ISPO 2009 un modelo de protección dorsal Magnestick destinado al alquiler o a la venta a partir del verano 2009.
La empresa explotadora asumirá los gastos de la instalación del sistema de imanes en el telesilla. En cuanto a la protección dorsal, que se utilizará mucho en las escuelas de esquí ESF, estará a cargo del usuario (la empresa explotadora podrá proponerla en alquiler, si así lo desea).
