TechnoAlpin

TechnoAlpin AG, which is based in Bolzano, South Tyrol specializes in manual and fully automated snow-making systems.

In the early 1980s, Georg Eisath and Walter Rieder, operations managers at the Obereggen ski resort, imported a snow gun from America. Using this as a model, they constructed their first prototype. Together they founded the WI.TE company and started to produce machines in larger numbers. The first systems were built in Cortina (ITA), Falcade (ITA) and Valzoldana (ITA). In 1988, the first foreign offices was established with the Schneider company in Seefeld (AUT). In 1990, the Latemar M90 snow gun was launched on the market. After sales figures rose, Eisath and Rieder brought in salesman Erich Gummerer. Together they founded TechnoAlpin GmbH in 1990. In 1996, TechnoAlpin founded its first subsidiaries in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In 2005, the company was transformed into a joint stock company. Today the company has a global network of 7 subsidiaries and 18 trading partners. TechnoAlpin has 750 employees worldwide. In 2018/2019, the company reached the 250 million euro barrier.

Every year TechnoAlpin invests more than 6 million Euro in Research & Developement. The company has two centers of excellence. One in Nantes (France) and one in the headquarters in Bolzano (Italy). In 2019 TechnoAlpin has released the new fan gun TR10 and the SNOWMASTER, a mobile application for ski resorts managers. This is the first time that an application provide ski areas with forecasts for snow production.

TechnoAlpin holds the patents to the following developments:

Valve arrangement

Motorized actuator

Water atomization nozzles

Round lance head for snow lances

Blade heating

TechnoAlpin is in possession of several certifications:

ISO 9001: Quality management system

ISO 14001: Requirements of the environment are integrated into the company processes

OHSAS 18001: Industrial safety management system

ISO 3834-2: Plant and pipe engineering

AEO

SOA NordEst