Areco Snowsystem was founded in 1985 and continues to grow with quality products shaped through our long history of snowmaking experience. Today, we manufacture and sell snow guns as well as complete, turn-key snowmaking systems for alpine ski resorts and cross country tracks all over the world. Product support is critical to snowmaking operations, so we maintain a large inventory of replacement, and spare parts for our customers.
Of our annual production, 90% is exported to more than 16 different countries in Europe, North America, and Asia through a well established network of distributors. Snownet Inc., the North American distributor is based in New Milford, PA.The home office for production and product development is in Östersund, Sweden.
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Areco Snowsystem AB is owned by the Swiss holding company SnowNet AG. This company was founded by the
owner of Areco Snowsystem and Austrian snow makers Sufag GmbH in co-operation with outside investors.
Areco Snowsystem N.A was established in 1993 to serve the U.S. and Canadian ski industry, with Snownet Inc.
formed in 2007 to continue distribution to an expanding customer base.
The goal for SnowNet is to become the world leader in snow production solutions and consulting by delivering
high-quality snow guns as well as consulting services from Areco Snowsystem and Sufag GmbH.
Some important dates in the history of Areco Snowsystem:
1985 The company was founded with three employees. production starts with 10 Areco Standard snow guns.
1990 Areco automatic snow guns are introduced.
1992 Areco Silent and Areco Supersnow are introduced, including a 15 kW fan motor.
1994 Areco Snowsytem becomes supplier for all snow guns for the Lillehammer Winter Olympics in Norway.
1998 Areco Junior is introduced. Our largest single order so far is delivered, 70 snow guns sold to Boston Mills / Brandywine,
Ohio USA.
1999 Company expansions requires a move to a larger production facility.
2000 Falls Creek Resort, Australia, purchases 46 Areco Automatic Supersnow. Another 27 snow guns delivered to Japan and
Olympic resort Nagano.
2002 Areco Snowsystem joins Sufag GmbH in the Swiss holding company SnowNet AG.
2004 Production capacity increased with a move to current facilities.
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”The quality of our products and services makes us stand out from our competition”
The quality of our products is ensured by:
• Continuous improvement
• Keeping a high level of competence among our staff
• Dedication to performance
• Professional communication with our representatives and customers
• Making sure all Areco products are thouroughly tested before delivery
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Producing machine made snow- what is it and how does it work?
Machine made snow consists of very small ice crystals. Snowmaking using Areco fan guns requires 480v electric power, water supplied under pressure and atmospheric conditions below freezing. Starting from the source, water is pumped under high pressure through a pipe network to the trails where snow guns are connected. The water is sprayed through nozzles and a fan projects the droplets into the cold air. An air compressor is used mix compressed air with a small volume of water to create nucleators- small ice crystals- through evaporative cooling The water droplets mix with the nucleators and grow into larger ice crystals.The colder the air temperature, the more water that can be sprayed and freeze completely.
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