Salomon Group is a French sports equipment manufacturing company based in
Annecy, France. It was founded in 1947 by François Salomon in the heart of the French Alps and is a major brand in outdoor sports equipment.
Salomon constitutes a part of
Amer Sports
Amer Sports Oyj is a Finnish sporting goods retailer and holding company overseeing equipment brands Salomon, Arc'teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic, Suunto, Wilson, Armada, ENVE Composites, Louisville Slugger, DeMarini, and Sports Tracker. , owned since 2019 by the Chinese group
ANTA Sports
Anta Sports Products Limited is a Chinese sports equipment multinational corporation headquartered in Jinjiang. It is the world's largest purely sports equipment company by revenue and third-largest manufacturer of sporting goods overall, behind ...
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, https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/15393732 with sister brands
Wilson Sporting Goods, Wilson,
Atomic,
Sports Tracker
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,
Suunto
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, Precor,
Arc'teryx
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.
History
Salomon was founded in 1947 in the city of
Annecy in the heart of the French Alps. Francois Salomon launched the company by producing ski edges in a small workshop, with only his wife and son, Georges, to help. Georges Salomon is credited with taking the company and evolving it toward the global outdoor sports brand it is today.
Operations
Today, Salomon produces products for various sports markets, including
trail running
Trail running is a sport-activity which combines running, and, where there are steep gradients, hiking, that is run "on any unpaved surface". It is similar to both mountain and fell running (also known as hill running). Mountain running may, h ...
,
hiking
Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century.AMATO, JOSEPH A. "Mind over Foot: Romantic Walking and Rambling." In ''On Foot: A Histor ...
,
climbing
Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part of the body to ascend a steep topographical object that can range from the world's tallest mountains (e.g. the eight thousanders), to small boulders. Climbing is done fo ...
,
adventure racing
Adventure racing (also called expedition racing) is typically a multidisciplinary team sport involving navigation over an unmarked wilderness course with races extending anywhere from two hours up to two weeks in length. Some races offer solo co ...
,
ski
A ski is a narrow strip of semi-rigid material worn underfoot to glide over snow. Substantially longer than wide and characteristically employed in pairs, skis are attached to ski boots with ski bindings, with either a free, lockable, or partia ...
ing, and
snowboarding
in over 40 countries on five continents. They used to manufacture
inline skates
Inline skates are a type of roller skate used for inline skating. Unlike quad skates, which have two front and two rear wheels, inline skates typically have two to five wheels arranged in a single line. Some, especially those for recreation, ha ...
, transferring technologies from their ski boot range, but have not released any in recent years.
Salomon's current CEO is Franco Fogliato. Salomon is part of
Amer Sports
Amer Sports Oyj is a Finnish sporting goods retailer and holding company overseeing equipment brands Salomon, Arc'teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic, Suunto, Wilson, Armada, ENVE Composites, Louisville Slugger, DeMarini, and Sports Tracker. , headquartered in Helsinki (Finland).
The US operations of Salomon are located in
Ogden, Utah.
Salomon also sponsors and hosts many trail races throughout the world, including the
Golden Trail Series.
Golden Trail Series
It also runs Salomon TV, a channel that tells inspirational stories about athletes, places and interesting characters from the world of skiing, trail running, and the outdoors.
References
External links
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Story Behind Salomon Skis
Skiing History
- Georges P.J. Salomon
Justia
- Salomon patents
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Manufacturing companies established in 1947
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