Salomon Group
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| Subsidiary of Amer Sports |
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| Industry | Snowsports, Hiking |
| Founded | 1947, 77 years ago |
| Headquarters | Metz-Tessy, France |
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Key people
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millaud |
| Revenue | €683 million (2004) |
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Number of employees
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2,800 (2004) |
| Parent | Amer Sports |
| Subsidiaries | Mavic |
| Slogan | Freedom, Action, Sports |
| Website | salomon.com |
The Salomon Group (also just known as "Salomon") is a sports equipment manufacturing company that originated in Annecy, France. The company was started in 1947 by François Salomon, his wife, and son Georges (1925-2010). In 1997, it became part of the Adidas group.[1][2]
In 2005, Adidas-Salomon announced on May 2 that it had agreed to sell the Salomon Group for €485 million to Amer Sports of Finland; the transaction was completed on October 20.[3]
Company information
The family's metalworking shop opened in 1947 to produce saw blades. They soon adapted their equipment to make steel edges for skis and progressed to cable bindings.[1][4] Bindings were the primary focus until 1979, when the rear-entry SX90 ski boot was introduced; skis came a decade later.[1] Taylor Made golf was acquired by the company in the mid-1980s.[1]
Salomon currently does not have a global CEO and Heikki Takala is the CEO of its North American headquarters in Ogden, Utah.
Other companies owned by the Salomon brand include:
Market
Salomon produces products for various sports markets, including trail running, hiking, climbing, adventure racing, skiing, and snowboarding in over 40 countries on five continents. They used to manufacture inline skates, transferring technologies from their ski boot range, but have not released any in recent years (possibly due to an infringement judgement).[5] Many in-line skaters consider these to be some of the highest quality skates for street and vert skating.
Design
After a five-year research project, the SX series of ski boots was introduced in the beginning of the 1980s. The boot was the result of collaboration with the French designer Roger Tallon.
The SX91 ski boot was launched in 1984, the result of collaboration with the young French designer Roger Pitiot. The boot contained a number of innovations such as the sliding forward-flex control.
Salomon's dedicated design center is in Annecy, France.
References
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- ↑ adidas-Salomon agrees to sell Salomon to Amer Sports Corporation from adidas-salomon.com
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- ↑ Judgement Forces Salomon to Cease All Sales of Alleged Patent-Infringing Skates from thefreelibrary.com
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- Official website
- Story Behind Salomon Skis
- Skiing History - Georges P.J. Salomon
- Justia - Salomon patents
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