PRINOTH and Snow Park Technologies Join Forces to Collaborate on Development of Snow Groomers Dedicated to Terrain Park and Pipe Building
North American Headquarters, Granby, Québec, November 18, 2013 – PRINOTH and Snow Park Technologies (SPT) announced today a long-term partnership related to the development and marketing of PRINOTH snow groomers dedicated to terrain park and pipe building. The scope of the agreement is worldwide for both companies.
The results of this partnership will benefit mountain managers, operators and fleet managers throughout the industry. Working in collaboration with a world renowned company like SPT will permit us to deliver the most innovative and efficient snow park groomers to our customers.” said Jean-Claude Perreault, Vice-President Sales North America for PRINOTH.
“The SPT team has been loyal PRINOTH supporters since our company began. This partnership allows us to take our working relationship to another level. These machines enable us to build the best terrain parks and pipes for the biggest action sports events all over the world as well as resorts nationwide. PRINOTH is the industry leader when it comes to snow groomers, and we consider this a great opportunity to help influence the future of the machines we use to get our job done,” added Chris ‘’Gunny’’ Gunnarson, President of SPT.
As a first result, PRINOTH will be unveiling at the upcoming NSAA Trade show on January 21st, Steamboat, Colorado, USA, the BISON Xpt, the newest version of the BISON X, the number one in snow park construction. This new model will include features that will improve the ability of our clients to shape and groom the best parks and pipes.
The new BISON Xpt is equipped with PRINOTH POSIFLEX Tiller, 12-way blade, best in-cab comfort, joystick-in-joystick system and low maintenance costs. A multitude of additional features will be presented at the official launch in January that will reinforce PRINOTH’s leadership in terrain park groomers. PRINOTH and SPT will shape your mountain’s future and keep even your most demanding riders on the edge.
Snow Park Technologies (SPT)
Snow Park Technologies (SPT) was founded on a simple premise: to build and maintain the most progressive and innovative terrain park offerings in the world of snowsports. Without straying from this original goal, SPT has grown from two friends building the very first Winter X Games courses in 1997, to consulting for over fifteen of the top ski resorts in North America, building the courses for the biggest events in snowboarding and skiing all over the world, designing and building features for top athlete projects, providing sport organizing services to ESPN and offering a full range of snow shaping tools.
The SPT team is a collection of the most experienced and talented freestyle park and pipe innovators in the world, whose dedication and passion for snowsports has redefined the winter landscape and what is possible on snow.
SPT has designed and built over 250 competition courses, including: all of the Winter X Games and Winter X Games Europe courses, the Winter Dew Tour, the Burton US Open and the Vans Triple Crown, among others.
PRINOTH: a Reliable Name for Over 50 years
Since the early sixties, Prinoth has been building innovative and reliable snow grooming equipment and have been the number 1 snowgroomer in North America for the past 20 years.
From the very beginning, PRINOTH has been synonymous of highest quality vehicles. The acquisition of Canadian tracked utility vehicle manufacturers Camoplast and Bombardier industrial tracked utility vehicles in 2009 gave PRINOTH the most extensive product range in the world. With over a half century of tracked vehicle experience, PRINOTH continues to develop and refine the sprocket-track system invented by Bombardier in 1935. It’s just one of the reasons why our tracked vehicles are regarded as the best in the world and why you’ll find a PRINOTH wherever there’s hard work to be done.
Nowadays, PRINOTH, a company of the LEITNER Group, is the leading manufacturer of tracked utility carriers, snow groomers and vegetation management products for all types of terrain and conditions.
Globally competitive high-tech companies under one roof
The LEITNER Group concentrates on selected market segments in ropeway fields: ropeways, snow groomers and tracked utility vehicles, snowmaking systems, public transportation systems and wind power plants. Through strategic coordination and networking within the group, these segments benefit from valuable synergies which make us the world’s first single-source supplier for winter technologies.
The group’s worldwide presence is based on 70 subsidiaries and 124 sales and service points. Our production locations and offices are found in ten different countries, all centralized to our markets: the Alps (Italy, France, Austria, Germany, Slovakia), Scandinavia (Sweden), the USA, Canada and China, and in India as a dynamic wind-power country. One of the group main strengths is the workforce with 3,270 employees.