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Alpina Sports

Ski boots and cross-country footwear made at the company's own plant in Žiri; the wider lifestyle and work-shoe ranges are not covered, the footwear arm also running plants in China and Bosnia.

Salomon, Rossignol

source: alpinasports.com
🇸🇮 Slovenia Specific lines verified

Sporten

Cross-country and alpine skis and snowboards pressed at the factory in Nové Město na Moravě in the Vysočina highlands, which also became the main production base for Kästle.

K2, Rossignol

source: sporten.cz
🇨🇿 Czechia verified

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Åsnes

Family ski works in western Norway, producing since the 1920s and rebuilt after the 1948 fire: today it makes mainly touring and backcountry skis, the kind that turn up on Arctic expeditions.

K2, Black Diamond

source: asnes.com
🇳🇴 Norway verified

Atomic

The world's largest ski maker builds its alpine and nordic skis metres from where they're designed in Altenmarkt, Austria, plus its Bulgarian plant — this covers the skis.

K2, Line Skis

source: amersports.com
🇦🇹 Austria Specific lines verified

Blizzard

Core models like Anomaly and Black Pearl are built at the Mittersill factory in Austria — a dozen craftspeople and over a week per pair; rental lines come from the company's second factory in Ukraine.

K2, Line Skis

source: powder7.com
🇦🇹 Austria Specific lines verified

CASCO

Sports helmets since 1989 — CASCO has consciously decided to manufacture all products in Europe, at its own plants in Germany and Slovakia.

Bell, Smith

source: casco-helmets.com
🇩🇪 Germany verified

Elan

Every Elan ski bears the inscription 'Handcrafted in the Slovenian Alps' — built in Begunje na Gorenjskem for almost 80 years.

K2, Line Skis

source: elansports.com
🇸🇮 Slovenia verified

Fischer

Family-owned alpine and nordic specialist since 1924 — production at the Ried im Innkreis home plant in Austria and the company's own Ukrainian factory.

K2, Line Skis

source: fischersports.com
🇦🇹 Austria verified

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