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[seilbahnbilder.ch]

Last summer Poma installed a detachable highspeed six pack in France. This is nothing special. The special thing is, that this chairlift seems to be manufactured by Poma of America! I heard that the ski area insisted on a very low price, so that Poma had no other choice than to import an unsold six pack from the US. I've no idea whether this information is correct or not, but the chair has been manufactured by Poma of America for sure:

Construction:




Source: http://www.remontees...pic=5204&st=180



In Operation:




Source: http://www.alpinforu...hp?f=47&t=35072

[vons]

This lift was built at LPOA and it was not an unsold lift. The resort bid the project directly to LPOA from what I had heard.

[skierdude9450]

Maybe they had other Omega series lifts there and wanted their new lift to be constant with the others rather the new Multix series. It looks like only the towers and assemblies are from Poma and the rest is LPOA.

[seilbahnbilder.ch]

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This lift was built at LPOA and it was not an unsold lift. The resort bid the project directly to LPOA from what I had heard.

Many thanks for that information. But why should Leitner or Poma give LPOA the permission to underprice their offer in a European Skiresort?

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Maybe they had other Omega series lifts there and wanted their new lift to be constant with the others rather the new Multix series.

I also had this thought, but that's very unlikely because they already have a Multix six pack.

[Kicking Horse]

Food for thought,

The resort did not like the Mutitix and wanted to try the Omega out.


Leitner and Poma does not need give to LPOA permission to bid outside of North America.


And also, How do you know that LPOA was lower then Leitner or Poma?

[Bogong]

Something similar happened here in Australia.

For some reason Falls Creek ski resort in the state of Victoria, didn't like the way negotiations were going with the local Dopp and Poma offices for a quad they wanted to install. So they got Leitner-Poma in British Columbia to give a quote and they ended up supplying the lift which was named Drovers Dream when it opened in June 2004.

I'm not sure what model it is, but it's a fixed grip quad chair which was bought from LP in BC. I understand the local Poma office wasn't terribly happy.

This post has been edited by Bogong: 08 April 2010 - 07:27 AM

[seilbahnbilder.ch]

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And also, How do you know that LPOA was lower then Leitner or Poma?

Because it's very likely that LPOA is a subsidiary firm of Leitner and Poma and not the other way round. It's possible that they can act independent, but why should Poma allow that? Doppelmayr and Garaventa wouldn't be amused too, if Doppelmayr CTEC started to sell lifts at more attractive terms in Europe.