verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message volant type subsidiary of amer sports industry snowsports founded 1989 headquarters altenmarkt salzburg austria products ski equipment parent amer sports website www.volantski.com volant is a brand of ski equipment currently owned by amer sports . it was founded as an independent company in the usa by brothers hank and bucky kashiwa in 1989 . the brothers developed the stainless steel cap ski and founded the company with the belief that stainless steel skis would provide better performance than skis made from other materials . in 2001 volant production was moved from wheat ridge colorado to atomic s altenmarkt factory in austria on an oem basis . 1 in 2003 the volant brand was acquired by amer group llc the parent company of atomic and several other brands of sporting equipment . volant purchased aggression snowboards in 1994 in order to acquire a snowboard manufacturing facility . a steel capped snowboard was introduced to the aggression line the aggression steel initially . in the following season volant introduced its own line of snowboards and shifted the steel capped boards to the volant line . volant purchased limited snowboards bringing their president to wheat ridge but continuing to produce the limited line in canada . volant was still not profitable due to continuing problems achieving economies of scale with the steel top caps . costs issues were further heightened with the opening of eastern europe and globalization of the industry . an average of 4.5 hours of labor spent on each pair of skis could not be justified . meanwhile the primary investor s stock portfolio was taking a beating due to the dot com bust and he no longer desired to keep pumping money into the hemorrhaging company . the doors were order closed and the brand sold . references edit kesmodel david august 29 2001 . volant s final run . rocky mountain news . seth masia . obituary volant ski co. . archived from the original on 2012 02 07 . retrieved 2008 04 28 . volant buys limited snowboards ski company expands in snowboarding while brand gets financing . retrieved 2011 09 18 . assorted . volant vs. aggression stainless steel boards . retrieved 2011 09 18 . companies portal v t e amer sports oyj major brands arc teryx atomic mavic precor salomon suunto wilson other brands demarini volant this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title volant skis & oldid 716686787 categories ski equipment manufacturerscompanies based in jefferson county coloradowheat ridge coloradounited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from may 2007all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 april 2016 at 06 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view