Winter Games in Sochi on Ceramics made in Lohmar / Several practical tests passed with brilliant results (mit Bild)

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It has not yet been confirmed who are the world elite ski jumpers
who will be participating in the XXII. Winter Games which will be
held in Sochi (Russia) from February 7 - 23, 2014. What is actually
confirmed however is that the ski top athletes will be again
competing for medals, gliding on the most modern and innovative track
system worldwide. The system ALOSLIDE®ICE enables ski jumpers to jump
always under identical conditions. What sounds so simple is in fact a
system which was developed and perfected by its inventors at
CeramTec-ETEC in Lohmar near Cologne. Based on scientific research,
the ceramic nubs are arranged in a tested order and vulcanized into a
special rubber material. The integrated cooling system as well as the
ice tiller ensure optimal and always constant gliding conditions for
jumpers. This applies both for summer and for winter operation. It
goes without saying that the complete system is FIS certified.

Once again, CeramTec-ETEC staff members have achieved
extraordinary results in Sochi, together with their contractual
partners. Within less than three weeks, they installed the highly
complex ALOSLIDE®ICE on the steel substructure of the K 125 jump, and
this under extreme climatic conditions such as a temperature of - 13°
C and lots of fresh fallen snow. Clear evidence of the company's
flexibility and professionalism and also of its technicians and
craftsmen is given by the fact that, for example, the water needed
for the refrigerating system (about 2200 litres) had to be
transported "manually" from the valley station.

Events of near Olympic standing have almost become a tradition for
the ALOSLIDE® System. Already in the past it has ensured weather-
independent and optimal competitions during the Olympic Games which
took place in Torino in 2006, or during the Asian Winter Games 2011
in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The ALOSLIDE® System has also performed with
excellent results at the facilities of the International Four Hills
Tournament in Bischofshofen, the venue of the FIS Summer Grandprix,
or the FIS Team-Cup in Klingenthal, as well as at the jumping hill of
the Junior Cup/German Cup in Oberstdorf (March 9 - 11, 2012), and was
highly praised by the ski jumpers.

More information available under www.aloslide.com

Text and photo available under www.aloslide.com

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