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In a recent interview with the Handelszeitung, a Swiss German language business newspaper Stöckli CEO Marc Gläser said that Hess & Co AG https://www.hessco.ch/en/ the Swiss ski core manufacturer is to close at the end of 2022. See the 3rd line in the 2nd paragraph. https://www.handelszeitung.ch/speci...-ceo-marc-glaser-uber-wachstumschancen-543800
Other sources https://www.schreinersicht.ch/artikel/Aus_nach_fast_100_Jahren--6200 (also in German) say the closing date is actually the end of January 2023.
I’m pretty sure that Hess ski cores are used by all the World Cup teams apart from maybe Fischer who have their own core production facility in the Ukraine. Hess cores are also used in many European manufactured high-end recreational skis.
The closure was announced in September, so the ski manufacturers don’t have very long to find replacement suppliers. Hess could be the only supplier of cores made from rotary cut veneers, I think Fischer also make this type of core but I don’t know if they supply other companies. Finding another plywood manufacturer willing to make these might not be easy.
Other sources https://www.schreinersicht.ch/artikel/Aus_nach_fast_100_Jahren--6200 (also in German) say the closing date is actually the end of January 2023.
I’m pretty sure that Hess ski cores are used by all the World Cup teams apart from maybe Fischer who have their own core production facility in the Ukraine. Hess cores are also used in many European manufactured high-end recreational skis.
The closure was announced in September, so the ski manufacturers don’t have very long to find replacement suppliers. Hess could be the only supplier of cores made from rotary cut veneers, I think Fischer also make this type of core but I don’t know if they supply other companies. Finding another plywood manufacturer willing to make these might not be easy.