J'ai trouvé ce post du coté anglophone. C'est ici que l'on comprend l'effet de la mondialisation :(
Cela a peut etre rapport au changement chez Swoard... fournisseur, transporteur...cout moindre.... Je dis celà sous toute réserve. Mais les faits sont là, la baisse des couts de productions ect...au détriment de la qualité général
Flashing news: Factory of SG's and Pureboarding bankrupt !
The Elan snowboard factory at Fürnitz (Austria) was since Years in financial trouble, because of loss of profitability. Even 2011, one of worlds biggest snowboard brand, Nitro snowboards was moving production away from Fürnitz to playmaker (Taiwan). 3 others big brands has turned away also.
The Elan snowboard factory at Fürnitz has produced the alpine snowboard brands Sigi Grabner, Goltes and Pureboarding too.
There are also rumours about Nidecker in Switzerland producing SWOARD Snowboards, an other alpine snowboard brand. Actually they don't anymore produce boards at the factory of Rolle. But they talk from restarting small production lots again after May 2013.
NdK was sold to a foreign new holder. So Yes and Jones snowboards had to switch from Tunesia to the now last remaining big snowboard factory in Austria, the GST (Pale died, Elan is on the way to die).
GST, is well known. It's the factory build by and for F2, producing all the Kessler stock snowboards now since 2 seasons. Kessler Ski stock items are from the Head factory at Bregenz (Austria).
So Nideckers (no more Alpine Snowboards since a vew Years) goes on to produce in China (cheap boards and children boards), in Tunesia (mid-price boards) and Austria (higher value boards). We wait for a declaration where SWOARD will be produced in the future, maybe at Rolle (Switzerland) or at GST (Austria).
http://www.ispo.com/newsblog/2013/03...or-bankruptcy/