The group only announced the partnership with three of them – Livar, Gecomod and CFS as late as this year, while traditional partners Plastor and Chimsport had already been known for a while.
“We make ski boots, ski straps, wheels and rims for bicycles in Romania,” Heli Harri, communications and investor relations manager with Amer Sports Corporation says.
Amer works with Plastor and Livaro for ski boots, helmets and mountain goggles, which are made in Oradea, while Gecomod and CFS in Timisoara make Nordic boots and Chimsport makes Nordic boots, wheels and rims for bicycles, Heli Harri added.
Amer, which owns some of the best-known sporting goods brands in the world like Salomon, Wilson and Mavic, works with five local plants that employ 2,100 people in Romania.
The biggest plant by revenue is Plastor, RON90 million and about 720 employees. Plastor has been making ski boots for Salomon for more than two decades. It started manufacturing Salomon ski boots and straps in 1993 and started working with Atomic in 2000, its website says. Atomic is another Amer brand. Salomon became part of Amer in 2005 and its previous owner was Adidas.
All Salomon ski boots are now made in Romania, the group says.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)