Salomon Group
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The Salomon Group (also just known as "Salomon") is a sportswear manufacturing company that originated in Annecy, France. The company was started in 1947 by François Salomon, and his wife and child. In 1997 it became part of the adidas group. On 2 May 2005, adidas-Salomon announced that they had agreed to sell Salomon Group for 485 mn Euros to Amer Sports of Finland. The transaction was completed on October 20, 2005.
They cater for "Freedom, Action, Sports".
Today, they make equipment / clothing for the following sports:
- Hiking and Trekking
- Inline skating
- Skiing
- Snowboarding
- Skiboarding
- Surfing
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[edit] Company Information
Salomon's current CEO is J.L. Diard and he reports directly to Roger Talermo, CEO of Amer.
Other companies owned by the Salomon brand include:
[edit] Sponsored Teams
[edit] Inline Teams
[edit] Street
The Salomon inline street skating team used to comprise of: PRO
- Charles (Chaz) Sands (Now on Razors)
- Brandon Campbell (Fired)
- Rob Thompson (Also fired)
- Vinny Minton (Now on Razors)
AM
- Don Bambrick (Now on Razors)
- Chance Dunstan
- Chris Chesire
However, in 2006 Salomon ceased to continue their aggressive skates, and made their team redundant, leaving the Rollerblade industry and community to feel betrayed by one of their foremost companies, to "save a dollar"
[edit] Speed
The SAAB Salomon international inline speed skating team comprises of:
- Thomas Boucher
- Pascal Briand
- Franck Cardin
- Arnaud Gicquel
- Romani Davide
[edit] Skiing
Salomon is a popular producer of skis, ski boots and ski bindngs. The company is probably best known for its boots, which mix performance and comfort very successfully. Salomon's X Wave series has been very successful in recent years.
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