Immediately Doppelmayr introduced a serious enlargement of its longtime facility in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah. The undertaking will practically double the dimensions of the US headquarters to incorporate 120,000 sq. toes of indoor manufacturing and warehouse area, 68,000 sq. toes of lined outside area and 40,000 sq. toes of workplace and coaching area. The enlargement will likely be constructed straight east of an current constructing, which initially served as CTEC’s headquarters close to the Salt Lake Metropolis Worldwide Airport. “As ski resorts throughout the USA proceed to put money into state-of-the-art infrastructure to boost visitor expertise, together with new ropeways, the power enlargement positions Doppelmayr USA to higher meet the rising calls for of the thriving North American ropeway market,” the corporate stated in a launch.
Doppelmayr at the moment produces tower parts, management methods, electrical cupboards, operator homes and glued grip terminals for tasks throughout North America in Salt Lake. “The present facility has served us properly for over 20 years, however we’re bursting on the seams,” stated Doppelmayr USA President Katharina Schmitz. “The brand new facility will likely be a state-of-the artwork manufacturing facility the place we are going to proceed to design and produce the very best high quality ropeway methods in North America. We’re excited to increase our manufacturing capabilities and our workforce and proceed Doppelmayr’s legacy of constructing ropeways in Salt Lake Metropolis,” she famous. The Doppelmayr Group operates one different North American manufacturing website in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec and in addition produces parts for the North American market in Wolfurt, Austria.
This information comes lower than two weeks after Doppelmayr’s predominant competitor HTI opened a brand new 130,000 sq. foot facility to help each Skytrac and Leitner-Poma in Tooele, Utah. The Utah ski trade is booming with new raise tasks underway or deliberate at Deer Valley Resort, Park Metropolis Mountain, Powder Mountain, Snowbird, Sundance Resort and Wasatch Peaks Ranch. The state reported a document 7.1 million skier visits in 2022-23 and expects to host the Olympic Winter Video games for the second time in 2034.
Structure and engineering designs for Doppelmayr’s new Salt Lake facility are at the moment being developed. Building is anticipated to start out in early 2025, with the goal to be producing out of the brand new facility by mid-2026.
