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NORIKO NAKANO from Chamonix Mont Blanc integrates the Team

 

NORIKO NAKANO

NORIKO NAKANO

 I have been waiting for her return from Japan after 6 years. Nolik is a born professional from Chamonix, daughter of TORU NAKANO. Japanese Himalayan climber and photographer.

Some of the most difficult and the most dangerous routes was opened by Japanese in the alpes and in the Himalayas…..so one can only sit and waite, to see the dimention She will break into now.

Valandre is on belay…..Nolik!

中野 則子 | Mrs Noriko Nakano
営業アシスタント – ジャポン | Japan Sales Assistant
nolik@valandre.com
www.valandre.com

Intégrale du pilier du fou en solo

Industrie Valandré débarque aux USA

Fabricant de sacs de couchage en duvet des Pyrénées, Valandré (Belcaire) signe un accord avec «Un important distributeur américain, qui va distribuer nos produits aux USA à partir de février 2012, annonce Michel Bostvironnois, dirigeant associé (50 salariés). Le potentiel escompté est équivalent aumarché français et pourrait nous permettre de doubler le CA à moyen terme ».

Le CA 2011, en croissance, s’élève à 1,6M€. «Nos marchés historiques, la Corée et le Japon (15% du CA) ont retrouvé le niveau d’avant la crise », se réjouit le dirigeant. L’entreprise a reçu pour la 2e fois la médaille d’or Innovation pour sa veste d’alpinisme au salon professionnel des vêtements Outdoor à Friedrischshafen (Allemagne).

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La médaille d’or Innovation

La médaille d’or Innovation

Liberty Mountain and Valandré Form US Partnership.

 

Liberty Mountain and Valandré Form US Partnership

August 23, 2011 — Liberty Mountain, a leading independent distributor of technical outdoor products and climbing brands in the U.S., is pleased to announce its partnership with Valandré.  Starting immediately, Liberty Mountain will offer Valandré’s line of high end technical down products.

The French company is a high-end manufacturer of down sleeping bags and outerwear for mountaineers and alpinists, such as the Austrian female climber, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, who has just become the first woman to successfully climb all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks without the use of bottled oxygen.

Climbing to these heights without supplementary oxygen requires down gear that offers extreme warmth and better insulation due to reduced blood circulation. We are proud that Gerlinde has summitted K2 (North pillar – Japanese route), the second highest mountain in the world and her 14th 8,000er without supplemental oxygen, wearing our Valandré Combi,” said Niels Friisbol  – President, Valandré.

 

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