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is growing in importance, winter tourism continues to be the biggest market for Poma
products.
In addition, there are over 30 other cableway manufacturers in Europe. All these
companies are significantly smaller than Doppelmayr-Garaventa and Leitner-Poma
and most of them are likely to be SMEs. These companies are listed in Table 2.22.
European Manufacturers of Subsystems and Safety Components
In addition, Europe also has a number of manufacturers that supply subsystems and
safety components to cableway manufacturers. In some cases, these companies are
involved in the process of certification of subsystems and safety components, while in
other cases, this may be carried out on their behalf by cableway manufacturers. An
indicative (and by no means exhaustive) overview of the numbers of companies
involved in manufacturing different subsystems and safety components is given below
in Table 2.14. It is of note that these represent very different types of companies,
ranging from subsidiaries of cableway manufacturers or of large multinationals to
much smaller companies. Where such information is known, it appears that many of
these companies are also supplying sectors other than cableways manufacture.
Table 2.14: Numbers of Suppliers of Subsystems and Safety Components
Subsystem/component Type
Number of Companies
Cables and cable connections 19
Drives, engines and breaks 16
Mechanical equipment 11
Cabins, seats and drag devices 6
Electrotechnical devices 24
Non-EU Cableway Manufacturers
In general, many non-European companies involved in the cableways industry have
links to the European manufacturers. For instance, Leitner-Poma was created
following the merger of Leitner (of Italy) and Poma (of France) as a joint venture in
North America. Leitner-Poma has three sales and services offices across North
America (Vermont, Ontario and British Colombia) as well as headquarters in
Colorado where design and manufacturing takes place. Leitner-Poma installed over
380 cableways between 1998 and 2008 in North America, New Zealand and Australia
(Leitner-Poma, nd). Currently, Leitner-Poma employs 90 people and had an annual
turnover of €60 million in 2008 (Le Moci, 2010).
Table 2.15 presents a summary of non-EU manufacturers of cableways.
Table 2.15: Summary of Non-European Cableways Manufacturers
Doppelmayr (North America)
Leitner-Poma (North America)
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