Cluster Montagne Awards
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The Cluster Montagne Awards were created to recognise top professional initiatives in mountain activities. This is the first year we will hand out these awards, intended for professionals active within the development of mountain resorts.
Close to 30 businesses applied for the Cluster Montagne Awards. Among these, nine were nominated in the categories Mountain Performance, Mountain International, and Mountain Innovation.
These companies are being recognised for the quality of their achievements in 2013. The winner in each category will be revealed on Thursday, 24 April at 11:45 a.m. at the Cluster Montagne booth at Mountain Planet.
MOUNTAIN PERFORMANCE AWARD:
Real-time communications and information solutions for mountain resorts.
Did you know? Lumiplan Montagne created a mobile app for intelligent ski goggles. You can also see its dynamic communication systems in several French and international ski resorts, such as Rosa Khutor (olympic ski resort, Russia).
Collection, management and recovery of waste at medium, high and extreme elevations.
Did you know? Nantet Locabennes sponsors several mountain sports events such as « La Valdingue » in Naves (ski, snowboard and boardercross competitions). The company also received the 2012 Business and Environment Award, given by the French Ministry of Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development and the ADEME (Agency for the Environment and Energy Management).
Manufacturer of outdoor materials and creator of the « Stations de Trail » and the « Espaces Ski de Rando » networks.
Did you know? With these two new concepts, Raidlight-Vertical has contributed to the diversification of medium-altitude areas and has brought together all the tools in one place to assist booming sports activities.
MOUNTAIN INTERNATIONAL AWARD:
Research and design for ski resorts: artificial snow, retention lakes, sports equipment, urban development, road and network infrastructures, etc.
Did you know? Abest Ingénierie worked as a consultant for the infrastructures of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, from 2008 to 2013. This mission was similar to the achievements for Turin in 2006.
Design and manufacturing of conveying material for industries and mountainous areas.
Did you know? Alpim & Co sales the Teddyclip – a bike carrier for ski lifts – in Austria, Chile, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the USA.
The Teddyclip is removable, convertible, and easily modernised.
Design and manufacturing of flexible heating cables and elements.
Did you know? Flexelec has developed heated cables for roads, allowing access to a neighbourhood in the heights of Ushuaia. The steep ascent, along with the dampness of the ocean and the snowfall, makes access to this area very accident-prone. This type of installation is a first in the Tierra del Fuego area.
MOUNTAIN INNOVATION AWARD:
Development of energy solutions for isolated sites.
Did you know? An environmentally friendly power generator that operates by storing renewable energies over a long-period of time, without odour or smoke and completely silent. It is suitable for extreme conditions and brings power to secluded areas in the mountains.The surplus power for daily use is transformed into hydrogen through water electrolysis.
Computer programs.
Did you know? Imagina International develops the Internet solution Aten Altitude that allows real-time management and optimisation of all the maintenance and operating processes for ski resorts. Aten Altitude facilitates not only managing purchases and stock, but also the scheduling of regulatory inspections, interventions and subcontracting, etc.
Environmental engineering for mountainous regions.
Did you know? Creation of environmental observatories at ski resorts, enabling better understanding and bringing value to the environmental data within a resort. The first environmental observatory was implemented by Karum in Flaine (Haute-Savoie). Other observatories have also been set up at Les Arcs and Tignes (Savoie).
