FABIEN FELLI, POMA EXPORT SALES DIRECTOR, PRESENTS OUR LATEST RUSSIAN INSTALLATION: Fabien FELLI, POMA export sales director, presents our latest Russian installation: “We have already equipped our client, Northern Caucasus Resort, in Arkhyz with two MULTIX ropeways on the first face of the site, called Romantic. Moon Valley, the new face currently being developed has just received a magnificent POMA MULTIX 6 BUBBLE, the Moon Express. This third MULTIX is equipped with the child safety device Magnestick® Kid. Arkhyz and Elbruz are two beautiful sites, with enormous potential. They showcase just how dynamic Russian ski area development is.”

THE TYPICAL RESORT TOWN MANIGOD, IN THE HEART OF THE ARAVIS MOUNTAINS, CHOSE TO INSTALL A NEW UNIFIX 4. CALLED THE TETE DE CABEAU, THIS BEAUTIFUL ROPEWAY HAS ALREADY MET WITH SUCCESS, BOTH DAY AND NIGHT! Eric GOUAZE, general manager of the LABELLEMONTAGNE Group, explains: “Indeed, we created the concept for night skiing combined with discovering local gastronomy. Developed in the Croix Fry and Merdassier sectors, night skiing is an attractive and alternative offer that has already seduced many clients coming from nearby Annecy. Our bet has paid off! In addition, outside public opening hours, we can also open the resort for private events!”

MULTIX. ONE, TWO AND THREE!

2016ENGAGE

BEHIND JEAN SOUCHAL, THE ENGAGE 2016 PLAN IS MOBILIZING EVERYONE AT POMA

THE POMA MULTIX 8 TIME WARP EXPRESS, A SUPERB VESSEL

THE UNIFIX 4 POMA, GATEWAY TO MANIGOD’S NIGHT SKIING AREA

IN THE HEART OF MOON VALLEY, THE POMA MULTIX 6 BUBBLE MOON EXPRESS

POMA AT THE HEART OF THE 2022 OLYMPIC GAMES

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IN MANIGOD, THEY SKI EVEN AT NIGHT!

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Jean SOUCHAL, POMA chairman of the board* Learn more about our Industrial Policy Plan ENGAGE 2016 on page 4

THE OLYMPIC SITE FOR BEIJING 2022, THE CHONGLI SKI AREA HAS JUST INAUGURATED THREE MAJOR ROPEWAYS: A MULTIX 8, MULTIX 6 BUBBLE, AND A MULTIX 4 BUBBLE.“Our client, THAIWOO, wanted us to deliver three turnkey ropeways”, states Gilles GENOUX, POMA sales manager for Asia. “They are the first ropeways to serve the new ChongLi ski area, the future site of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.”

Engagement. For POMA, engaging is a duty, a requirement and is part of our daily life. Our new Industrial Policy Plan called ENGAGE 2016* invites us to strive for perfection by cultivating what makes us best—because this engagement is essential to our clients.Just like in sports, we are a team, facing our challenges together, to serve you, our clients. Together, we strive to better meet your natural and legitimate requirements. We innovate and build with French panache by respecting our clients, our commitments and the environment. Our daily actions are guided by our will to act sustainably every day. Our ENGAGE 2016 plan reinforces this bond of trust we have built over the years between you and us. And if we are growing stronger in our local region of France, it is to lay even stronger foundations for POMA’s future. We would like to invite you to celebrate this enthusiasm during Mountain Planet 2016.We are very proud to welcome you to our booth and wish you a positive, friendly show filled with that mountainous spirit that guides us all—strength, innovation and optimism. We wish you an excellent Mountain Planet!

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MULTIX 10 Le Montalbert - LA PLAGNE - France

MULTIX 10 Les Pionniers - PAS DE LA CASE - Andorra

UNIFIX 4 STAR HILL RESORT - South Korea

TC 6S+ Le Signal - LES CONTAMINES - France MULTIX 4 Mélèzes - LES HOUCHES - France MULTIX 6 Les Combes - MERIBEL-MOTTARET - France ALPHA 4 Les Têtes - SAINT-JEAN-D’AULPS - France

MULTIX 6 Siberia Express - SQUAW VALLEY - USA MULTIX 6 Les Brochaux - AVORIAZ 1800 - France MULTIX 8 Elbruz 3 - ELBRUZ - Russia

MULTIX 8 Furongjiang - CHONGQING – ChinaMULTIX 6 Haute-Plane - AURON - France EEZII 6 La Forêt - SAINT-LUC CHANDOLIN - Switzerland

MULTIX 4 BUBBLE Galaxy Express - CHONGLI - China MULTIX 4 High Alpin - SNOWMASS ASPEN - USA

MULTIX 6 BUBBLE Light Speed Express - CHONGLI - China

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IN BARROSO, BRAZIL, LAFARGEHOLCIM—WORLD LEADER IN THE BUILDING MATERIALS INDUSTRY—CHOSE AGUDIO’S FLYINGBELT TECHNOLOGY FOR THE SEVEN KILOMETRE-LONG MATERIALS TRANSPORT BELT.In the heart of very dense vegetation, this simple and economical solution meets the demands for a very low environmental footprint to transport limestone between the new quarry and the production site. To avoid using a difficult and sometimes dangerous road, AGUDIO rolled out a fabulous carpet that flies over the landscape at a height of 30 metres. “18 towers, 3 intermediate stations, a 1.20 metre-wide transport belt and a capacity of 1,500 tons of ore per hour running at a speed of 4 m/s. This is a racing machine!” exclaims Guillaume PLOYON and Adriano DE FREITAS.

OLIVIER BERTOLAMI, POMA OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PROUDLY PRESENTS THIS SUPERB INNOVATION: “OUR 3D SIMULATOR IS A GENUINE EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR THE OPERATOR AND THIS IS A WORLD PREMIÈRE. NOTHING LIKE THIS EXISTS IN OUR INDUSTRY!”“POMA’s 3D simulator provides a virtual reality experience inside a gondola lift to learn how to implement operational and safety procedures. The operator can now easily validate their skills. The user sits down and can virtually move around the gondola lift and experience “live” inspections during operation and perform any type of procedure, including switching to emergency mode. What’s the direct benefit? The operator can carry out all these operations before their installation is even built! The 3D simulator is a great tool to train operating personnel and shows how we bring ideal service to our clients. Our ambition is to offer training sessions all over the world.”POMA’s 3D simulator will be unveiled to the public at the POMA booth during the Mountain Planet trade show in April. This, without a doubt, will be one of the main events at the show in Grenoble!

AFTER TIGNES, LES MENUIRES, VAUJANY AND NICE, POMA IS NOW RENOVATING THE INCLINED LIFT SERVING A CONDO COMPLEX IN MÉRIBEL-LES-ALLUES. The high-tech POMA inclined lift is equipped with a premium-comfort cabin with on-board video to provide passengers with live information and advice. It was important to respect the surroundings while being efficient and guaranteeing safety. The seamless integration provided by POMA’s inclined lift solution perfectly met our clients’ stringent requirements for sustainability and aesthetics.

THE INCLINED LIFT: THE LITTLE CABIN THAT COULD!

A 7,500 M-LONG FLYING CARPET!

THE 3D SIMULATOR FOR GONDOLA LIFTS, A WORLD PREMIERE BY POMA

THE BEAUTIFUL PREMIUM CABIN ON THE POMA INCLINED LIFT IN MÉRIBEL-LES-ALLUES

THIS 7.5 KM-LONG COLOSSAL FLYING BELT RUNS THROUGH THE HEART OF THE BRAZILIAN PAMPA

POMA CREATES THE FIRST 3D SIMULATOR DEDICATED TO ROPEWAY TRANSPORTATION!

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A WORLDWIDE FIRST!

YOU’RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THOSE BIG SUSPENDED COASTER SEATS FOUND ON MANY ROLLER COASTERS. HARNESSED IN THEIR SEAT, THE PASSENGER TAKES OFF FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE, YET ENTIRELY SAFE, EXPERIENCE FILLED WITH EXTREME SENSATIONS! Christian LAVAL, France & Andorra sales director, explains how POMA responded to an unusual request from an operations team. They wanted to know whether it would be possible to change the cabin on an existing ropeway for a train of suspended COASTER seats. “The POMA COASTER is totally open and provides passengers with unique sensations, like no other ropeway. What an excellent aerial experience! These new sensations will be the icing on the cake for passengers looking for the next best thrill! The COASTER can be operated during all four seasons and represents a genuinely new product that gives an innovative twist to their installations.”

THE FUTURISTIC POMA COASTER

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13 VICTORIES IN THE HANDISKI WORLD CUP THIS WINTER AND TWO NEW “CRYSTAL GLOBES” TO ADD TO HER ALREADY IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION. OUR DEAREST MARIE, HATS OFF TO YOU FOR THIS NEW SEASON! POMA WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU OUR MOST SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. YOUR STRENGTH AND HUMILITY INSPIRE US TO REACH YOUR EXCELLENCE. BRAVO!

“POMA: 80 Years of Ropeways”THIS BEAUTIFUL BOOK, WRITTEN BY BÉATRICE METENIER AND CHRISTIAN BOUVIER, HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED BY EDITIONS GLENAT. AS THE TITLE STATES, POMA COVERS THE 80 YEARS OF HISTORY STARTING IN 1936. In 200 large-format pages, with many illustra-tions, the authors bring us inside the incredible international and human story that is POMA. A beautiful book for everyone to get to know our wonderful company a little better—not only the 8,000 installations all over the world, but also the POMA spirit that has been maintained over time and that promotes sustainable ropeway transportation.

MARIE BOCHET, POMA AMBASSADRESS AND HER ABUNDANCE OF MEDALS!

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MARIE BOCHET, MAGNA CUMME LAUDE!

POMA IS CELEBRATING 80 YEARS OF ROPEWAYS!

OF OUR COMPANIES AND PARTNERS ARE LOCATED IN THE SAVOIE-MONT-BLANC REGION OF FRANCE!

OF POMA PARTNER COMPANIES ARE LOCATED IN THE AUVERGNE RHÔNE-ALPES REGION OF FRANCE. THAT’S OVER 35% OF POMA’S PARTNERS!

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“From our headquarters in Moutiers, in the Savoie region of France, MESUR’ALPES exports French expertise in ropeway layout installation all over the world—like the Elbrus resortin the Caucasus—thanks to our 40 employees and the strong partnership we have built with POMA.”

“We have established a strong and durable partnership with POMA that has enabled us to work internationally and within the entire ropeway transportation sector. From the mountain tops to urban life, from the Contamines ski resort to Algeria, we provide maintenance engineering. This is a great success!”

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FRÉDÉRIC BURNIER-FRAMBORET, PRESIDENT OF MESUR’ALPES, EXPERT LAND SURVEYOR

HUGUES COPPEL, PRESIDENT OF COPPEL MAINTENANCE IN SAINT-PIERRE EN FAUCIGNY

THE INDUSTRIAL POLICY PLAN—ENGAGE 2016—AN OVERALL PLAN FOR INFRASTRUCTURES, BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE

POMA PRESENTS OUR NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY PLAN: ENGAGE 2016. THE SPIRIT AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PLAN ARE CONVEYED BY THE TAGLINE “BECAUSE WE OWE YOU EXCELLENCE”.

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Markets have evolved and so have your requests. To better serve our clients and anticipate their expectations, we needed to change our company’s habits. ENGAGE 2016 isn’t only about developing infrastructures and building. It’s also about implementing actions within several departments with one main theme: POMA is bringing on something new for our clients. Starting today, the men and women that make up this company are entering into an engagement for collective success.

A NEW INDUSTRIAL TOOL IN GILLY-SUR-ISÈRE

Philippe LAVILLE, president of SACMI, part of the POMA Group, presents this major plan:“In Gilly-sur-Isère, in the Savoie region of France, we are developing several activities in our new 70,000 sq m facility. The first phase is to merge SACMI and COMAG, our two subsidiaries specialised in Mountain Maintenance and Assembly. They will occupy 10,000 sq m of space. Then we will install a global logistics platform—from assembly to shipping, everything will be centralised in Gilly-sur-Isère. In addition, we will add a machining unit to these new infrastruc-tures. With this set-up, the Gilly-sur-Isère site will become the skills centre for stations. It will be at the heart of our operations in the Savoie-Mont Blanc regions, where we have a strong partner network.”

SIGMA: REORGANISE TO BETTER SERVE

In the northern Isère region of France, SIGMA is reorganizing the entire Veyrins site. Francis CHARAMEL, SIGMA president, explains: “This reorganisation will optimise industrial flows to efficiently meet our growing business. Our success also serves our clients and that’s exactly what our spirit of excellence means to us.”

IN VOREPPE, POMA IS CHANGING THE LAYOUT

In the city of Voreppe, in the Isère region of France, the historic site that holds POMA headquarters is growing! “Ropeway transportation is developing over all continents. New resorts are being developed and others are undergoing profound changes. Clients in the urban, tourism and industrial sectors are growing. We had to adapt and reinforce our production facilities, both in terms of real estate and workforce. This is why we will build a new 600 sq m design office so that all our engineers can work together in the same space. Additionally, a 1,000 sq m delivery centre and a 1,400 sq m shipping centre will soon be built. Today, market expectations are calling us to develop so that we keep in pace with our clients’ needs,” concludes Jean-Paul HUARD, vice-chairman of the POMA ExecutiveBoard and operations director.

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