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SEE
MANY ARTICLES ON
THE
SKIROULE SNOWMOBILE COMPANY HISTORY.
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
A
SNOWMOBILE COMPANY IS EXPERIENCING SEVERAL DIFFICULTIES.
OVER
THE PAST 2 WEEKS, SKIROULE WHICH PRODUCES SNOWMOBILES HAS LAID OFF 100
TO 125 WORKERS IN
ADDITION
TO THE 325 WORKERS LAID OFF IN NOVEMBER AT THE END OF THE USUAL PRODUCTION
PERIOD.
ASKED
ABOUT THE LAYOFFS, MR TESSIER SAID THAT THE WHOLE INDUSTRY IS HAVING TROUBLE
AND
THAT
SALES IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER HAVE BEEN LOWER THAN EXPECTED.
NORMAL
PRODUCTION IS TO START IN MID MARCH.
ASKED
ABOUT THE RUMORS ABOUT SKIROULE DECLARING BANKRUPTCY, MR TESSIER SAID THAT
IT
WAS
A MISINTERPRETATION FROM AN ANNOUNCEMENT BY COLEMAN WHO OWNS SKIROULE.
A
PRESS RELEASE FROM COLEMAN SAID THAT SKIROULE HAD LOST 1 MILLION DOLLARS
LAST SEASON.
1974
SKIROULE SNOWMOBILE
1974
SKIROULE SNOWMOBILE
1974
SKIROULE SNOWMOBILE
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
IN
THE SNOWMOBILE INDUSTRY, THERE ARE A LOT OF HARD TIMES.
THE
ENERGY CRISIS AND THE WEATHER CRISIS HAS NOT HELPED THE SNOWMOBILE INDUSTRY.
THE
COLEMAN COMPANY IS ALSO HAVING TROUBLE IN THE USA AND THEY
ARE
LOOKING
FOR A BUYER FOR THE SKIROULE SNOWMOBILE COMPANY.
IN
THE 1972 - 1973 SEASON SKIROULE SOLD 17,000 SNOWMOBILE.
THERE'S
A LOT OF SKIROULE SNOWMOBILE INVENTORY LEFT THAT IS UNSOLD.
RAYMOND
ROYER DECLARED THAT THE 1975 SKIROULE SNOWMOBILES ARE READY FOR PRODUCTION.
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
A
GROUP OF EMPLOYEES FROM THE SKIROULE COMPANY MADE AN OFFER TO COLEMAN TO
BUY THE FIRM.
A
NEW MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON FEBRUARY 25 TO ALLOW TIME TO STUDY THE OFFER.
THE
WORKERS WERE GIVEN A CHANCE TO MAKE AN OFFER BUT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO WANT
TO BUY THE FIRM.
NEW
OWNER OF SKIROULE
H.
M. KAROL NEW OWNER
NEW
OWNER OF SKIROULE
H.
M. KAROL NEW OWNER
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
THE
SKIROULE COMPANY HAS BEEN PASSED TO NEW HANDS CALLED RMK.
400
EMPLOYEES WILL BE RECALLED RIGHT AWAY TO START PRODUCTION OF THE 1975 SKIROULE
SNOWMOBILES.
THE
PRESIDENT OF THE NEW COMPANY IS HERBERT KAROL AND HE STRESSED THAT HE INTENDS
TO CONTINUE THE
SKIROULE
LINE OF SNOWMOBILES AND NOT INVENT SOMETHING NEW RATHER CONTINUE WITH SOMETHING
THAT HAS WORKED.
HE
CONFIRMED THE 1975 SKIROULE SNOWMOBILES WOULD BE OUT ON TIME FOR THE WINTER.
WE
WERE TOLD THAT THE 1976 SKIROULE SNOWMOBILE WOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL FEATURES.
NEW
OWNER OF SKIROULE
H.
M. KAROL NEW OWNER
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
COLEMAN
SOLD SKIROULE TO RMK MANUFACTURING LIMITED FOR 5 MILLION DOLLARS ON AUGUST
6, 1974.
THE
SUSPENSE BEGAN LAST DECEMBER WHEN COLEMAN SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO SELL
THE COMPANY.
SINCE
THAT TIME MANY COMPANIES MADE OFFERS TO BUY SKIROULE.
ALTHOUGH
THE FACTORY DID NOT PRODUCED ANY SNOWMOBILES FOR MANY MONTHS, A STAFF OF
60
REMAINED
ON HAND TO PREPARE PLANS TO START PRODUCTION OF THE 1975 SKIROULE SNOWMOBILES.
IT
IS CLEAR THAT THIS WILL GIVE THE LOCAL REGION AN ECONOMIC BOOST BUT IT
IS UNCERTAIN IF THE 700 FORMER
EMPLOYEES
WILL ALL BE RECALLED. IF FACT MANAGEMENT INTENDS TO HIRE 150 TO 200 WORKERS
AND IF THEY
HAVE
GOOD SALES NUMBERS, UP TO 400 WORKERS CAN WORK AT THE PLANT.
NEW
OWNER OF SKIROULE
H.
M. KAROL NEW OWNER
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
AUGUST
6, 1974 HMK MANUFACTURING BOUGHT SKIROULE.
WE
ARE GOING TO BEGIN PRODUCING 1975 SKIROULE SNOWMOBILES AT THE PLANT IN
WICKHAM IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
NEW
OWNER OF SKIROULE
H.
M. KAROL NEW OWNER
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
PHOTO
OF THE NEW DIRECTORS AT SKIROULE.
NEW
OWNER OF SKIROULE
H.
M. KAROL NEW OWNER
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
PRODUCE
THE 1975 SKIROULE SNOWMOBILES AND DIVERSIFY PRODUCTION.
AT
A NEWS CONFERENCE THE SKIROULE COMPANY TOLD US THE PLAN FOR NEXT SEASON.
THEY
SAID THERE WILL INDEED BE 1975 SKIROULE SNOWMOBILES PLUS SNOW BLOWERS AND
MOTOR CYCLES AS WELL.
MR
KAROL SAID THAT RIGHT AFTER HE BOUGHT THE COMPANY HE STARTED PRODUCTION
OF THE
1975
SKIROULE SNOWMOBILES, NOTABLY THE RTX WITH A NEW SUSPENSION.
HE
DOES NOT KNOW IF THERE WILL BE A RACING TEAM FOR NEXT SEASON.
RELIABILITY
PROVIDES MORE SELLING POWER THAN A RACING TEAM.
UNDER
A WATCHFUL EYE, 2 EMPLOYEES WORK THE PRESS.
