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THE
SKIROULE SNOWMOBILE COMPANY HISTORY.
1970
SKIROULE SNOWMOBILE
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
A
NEW ASSEMBLY LINE CAN PRODUCE 480 SKIROULE SNOWMOBILES A DAY.
THE
NEW ASSEMBLY LINE WHICH HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE MOST COMPLETE AND MOST
MODERN IN CANADA WAS
INSTALLED
DURING THE EXPANSION OF THE PLANT WHICH ENABLES THE COMPANY TO GREATLY
INCREASE PRODUCTION.
THE
NEW ASSEMBLY LINE HAS A CAPACITY OF 480 SKIROULE SNOWMOBILES A DAY AND
24 UNITS ON THE LINE AT
THE
SAME TIME. THE FACTORY EMPLOYS 350 PEOPLE AND CAN PRODUCE 22 THOUSAND SNOWMOBILES
A YEAR.
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
THE
SKIROULE SNOWMOBILE PLANT DOUBLES AND INCREASES STAFF FROM 550 TO 1200.
THE
INJECTION OF US CASH FROM COLEMAN HAS ENABLED SKIROULE TO DOUBLE THE
SURFACE
AREA OF ITS PLANT AND TO DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.
THE
NEW ASSEMBLY LINE WILL BE PUT INTO SERVICE TO SPEED UP THE PRODUCTION OF
1971 SKIROULE SNOWMOBILES.
COLEMAN
BUYS THE SKIROULE
SNOWMOBILE COMPANY.
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
A
CEREMONY WAS HELD TO OFFICIALLY OPEN THE NEW SKIROULE PLANT.
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
A
CEREMONY WAS HELD TO OFFICIALLY OPEN THE NEW SKIROULE PLANT.
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
A
CEREMONY WAS HELD TO OFFICIALLY OPEN THE NEW SKIROULE PLANT.
THE
SKIROULE COMPANY WENT FROM PRODUCING 10 SNOWMOBILES
6
YEARS AGO TO PRODUCING
20
THOUSAND SKIROULE SNOWMOBILES LAST YEAR.
AFTER
A 4 MILLION INVESTMENT, THE COMPANY CAN NOW HIRE UP TO 1000 EMPLOYEES AND
PRODUCE
75
THOUSAND TO
80
THOUSAND SKIROULE SNOWMOBILES A YEAR.
WITH
COLEMAN AS THE NEW OWNER IT'S A PERFECT MATCH TO SKIROULE AS COLEMAN HAS
20 THOUSAND DEALERS.
REJEAN
HOULE SAID THAT THE COMPANY WOULD SOON BUILD A SMALLER SNOWMOBILE WITH
A 12 HP MOTOR AND
WOULD
SELL FOR ABOUT 600 DOLLARS. IT WOULD BE FOR CHILDREN BUT NOT A MINI
SNOWMOBILE.
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
FOR
JEROME HOULE, THE AGE OF RETIREMENT HAS NOT COME YET.
5
YEARS AGO, JEROME HOULE SOLD HIS FARM AND ANIMALS.
NOW
HE SOLD THE SKIROULE COMPANY TO COLEMAN.
LAST
YEAR WHEN HE SOLD THE SKIROULE COMPANY TO COLEMAN.
HE
HAD 600 EMPLOYEES AND PRODUCED 20 THOUSAND SKIROULE SNOWMOBILES.
1971
SKIROULE SNOWMOBILES
WINNER
OF A SKIROULE SNOWMOBILE
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
FOLLOWING
A FIRE AT ROXTON FALLS, LAYOFF ARE PLANNED
AT SKIROULE SNOWMOBILE COMPANY.
SKIROULE
IS CLOSE TO HAVING TO LAYOFF SOME OF ITS EMPLOYEES.
ON
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WELL INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, A FIRE DESTROYED A LOT OF
HOODS THAT
ARE
FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE 1971 SKIROULE SNOWMOBILES.
THE
COMPANY THAT WENT UP IN FLAMES ALSO SUPPLIES HOODS FOR SKI DOO SNOWMOBILES.
SKIROULE
WAS PROVIDED WITH 200 HOODS A DAY ROM THAT COMPANY.
THEY
CURRENTLY HAVE 1600 HOODS AT THE FACTORY MEANING THAT WITHIN 8 DAYS, LAYOFFS
CAN HAPPEN.
ON
THE OTHER HAND, A SECOND SUPPLIER IN VICTORIAVILLE MAY BE ABLE TO RAMP
UP PRODUCTION TO
FILL
THE VOID ALLOWING SKIROULE TO KEEP ITS PRODUCTION AT THE SET QUOTAS.
