RASCHAU, 16th of May 2014 – The winter season 2013/14 has already gone in the archives, winner, medals and trophies have been awarded: it is also time to stop for the Peter Riedel Ltd. and look back before in the upcoming weeks - for example, at the Congress of the International Ski Federation FIS in early June in Barcelona - the foundations will be placed for the future.

It was a very successful and intense winter for us", says company owner Peter Riedel "and at this point I would like to thank all those who collaborate worldwide with us and rely on our specialist knowledge. Again and again, there are new challenges, but we are still able to find solutions jointly. A open and fair dealing with contractors and ski jumping facility operators is greatly appreciated."

Riedel know that behind him is staff that contributes with the current success run of its brand - "Thank you for all your efforts!" - And he knows that he has got the support of the most important group of people, when it comes to ski jumping: the athletes. "With Sara Takanashi, Eric Frenzel, with Richard Freitag, with Gregor Schlierenzauer and the entire Austrian Ski Team, with Jerne Damjan and others I am in personal contact, and they are excited about the technology that we bring to the inrun tracks of the hills" says Riedel. "But even superstars of the past are pleased that we make the ski jumping safer and fairer, for example, Olympic champion Masahiko Harada from Japan."

And this (and much more) has happened in winter 2013/14:

On the Olympic hill in Sapporo and Zao are now Riedel-inrun tracks! "This is a very great pleasure for us", says the CEO, "equip Olympic ski jumps is admittedly connected with a special prestige. The fact that we have resolved our homework very well confirmed us Chika Yoshida, responsible in the FIS for the women's World Cup, which spoke of a 'right decision', and sportswoman Sara Takanashi who sent a personal letter with current training images to us."

The fruitful cooperation with the organizers of the New Year jumping in Garmisch-Partenkirchen continues! "Since 2008 the local leaders trust our know-how and our developments. Together we talk about new projects and visions. In recent competitions - beside the tour - there were just tested the new electronic start block and demonstrated by the FIS Race Director Assistant Miran Tepes. We hope that this will make his debut in the World Cup soon."
The development of the new start bar is just one of several that has emerged in recent months. "The fact that we were not involved in the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi is regrettable - who would not want that", said Riedel "but we do not have wasted time fruitlessly we have used it for own developments. New available technology highlights will decide on the leadership in the future. Personally, I am convinced that, for example, the theme track-milling belongs to past and you will hear of new ice preparation technologies."

At the FIS World Cup in Trondheim Peter Riedel Ltd. was contacted by the new managers to prepare the World Cup events with them and provide support. "We were able to put our potential of seven years experience", says Riedel, "it was an honor to us to have been contacted at relatively short notice and to have received the chance to show what we can do. The competitions ran flawlessly on a top ice inrun track."

The jumps in the Nordic Center Montafon are ready to use! "This is an incredibly important project for the ski jumping sport in Western Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Southern Germany" says Riedel. "Therfore the facilities in Tschagguns, where in 2015 the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival will be held, will become a central training facility."But more than that. While elsewhere the machines were turned off, they were tested the cooling system in Vorarlberg and  built a perfect ice track for warm temperatures.

The partnership with the Austrian Ski Federation earned its first fruits:  In preparation for the Winter Olympic Games - where jumper became second and combiner  third place in the team races - human and material was tested on the "Speed Race" in Ramsau on the Dachstein. "The test facility have been used intensively", says Riedel, who appreciates the collaborative work between Austrians and his company. "In training aspects, there was won a gap in the projection  of this test track over other leading ski nations."

Even in its narrowest home Riedel's "Sports Technology" is very active. In Oberwiesenthal is not only one Riedel inrun track on the hill, there is also the jump measuring system of the IAT Leipzig, which was used for 30 years, has been completely expanded again. "The software version there is now Ski Force 2.0", says Riedel. "It is a matter of the heart and my reference project in front of my own front door. It is to fill the highest and most snow guaranteed hill in Germany with life - there is potential"!

The bookings of the mobile ski jumping facilities (K4), of which there are now three, rising up! The other day there was a ski jump at the Olympic reception that the company Viessmann organized, and at the same time another at the Management Exhibition in Dornbirn in Austria. "Ski jumping can take place wherever you can get the hill", says Riedel. He expects that the system of mobile ski jumping facility (which could be built up to a K10) will continue successful.