World cup snow in Austria

01/01/2009

Application: Municipal water supply

Vogel Pumpen is giving nature a hand on the Word Cup ski slopes of Sölden in Austria. The ski resort has been one of the Tyrol’s most popular since 1922, and Vogel has a successful history here, supplying the very first multistage pumps for snowmaking in the area back in 1996.

The slopes are once again open for the World Cup season this year. Now seventeen Vogel pumps are working to guarantee snow on more than 100km of slopes from November through to May in the high Alpine location and two glacier ski areas of Rettenbach and Tiefenbach.

ITT-Lowara (www.lowara.com), headquarters of "Residential and Commercial Water - EMEA" part of the ITT Corporation and located in Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza - Italy, is a leading manufacturer of hydraulic pumps and water handling and control systems. It has 1.819 employees in Europe, 675 operating in Italy. In 2009 its consolidated sales totalled about 286 million €, or over 396 million $.
ITT Corporation (www.itt.com) is a high-technology engineering and manufacturing company operating on all seven continents in three vital markets: water and fluids management, global defense and security, and motion and flow control. With a heritage of innovation, ITT partners with its customers to deliver extraordinary solutions that create more livable environments, provide protection and safety and connect our world. Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., the company generated 2009 revenue of $10.9 billion.