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Press Kit 2017 English Version

Press contact: Alexandre Bérard - Tel.: +33 (0)4 76 12 01 33 - Mobile: +33 (0)6 08 61 36 97 - [email protected] Contents

The POMA Group ...... 3

A word from the President ...... 4

International presence ...... 5

Business sectors and expertise ...... 6

R&D/Innovation ...... 9

Current projects ...... 11

Some of our installations ...... 16 Press Kit Press

Press contact: Alexandre Bérard - Tel.: +33 (0)4 76 12 01 33

Mobile: +33 (0)6 08 61 36 97 - [email protected] 2 The POMA Group

POMA — based in Voreppe, near the city of Grenoble, in France — has become a major player in cable transportation. Present all over the globe for over 80 years, we have innovated and demonstrated our expertise in the snow, tourism, science, industrial and urban transportation sectors. The POMA Group boasts several production subsidiaries located in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, as well as several commercial subsidiaries in China, the USA, Switzerland, Italy, etc. Our proficiency in turnkey projects — design, construction, operation and maintenance — is recognised the world over. A mountain of innovations and a prize list of world records and premiers have led POMA teams from alpine summits to major cities, working in some of the most symbolic sites on the planet. At POMA, innovation and humanity have always been at the heart of our success. Our teams have brought cable transportation to a higher level through their vision, their will to succeed and their energy to reach new horizons and new summits. Ropeway transport is now a symbol of the strong and durable connection between the world’s populations, their cultures and the nature surrounding them. POMA has become a major player in safe and eco-friendly transportation that breathes sustainable development.

With a staff of 938 people all around the world (630 in France and 308 internationally), the POMA Group pulled in a turnover of €286 million in 2015. Press Kit Press

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The French company POMA—inventor of the very first surface lifts—is one of the major players in ropeway transportation and has celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2016. We invent and build transportation that puts smooth and sustainable mobility at the heart of the urban, snow, tourism, science and industrial transportation sectors. We keep sustainable development at the forefront of our technology, providing both safe and eco-friendly transportation. Our success is also that of the men and women at POMA who constantly strive to reach higher summits and meet the technical and environmental challenges offered by nature. Just like builders, our teams are constructing the future of transportation using innovative and groundbreaking technology. Our indomitable and innovative spirit has brought us to the four corners of the world — where we have created and installed over 8,000 ropeways in 80 years. Every hour in London, New York City, Rio, Tianmenshan, Hong Kong and Courchevel, our installations carry over 6.5 million people who ski, go to work, visit a recreational park or tourist site and take a plane. Other more industrial installations carry iron, gold, cement, bauxite and many other minerals. POMA is in constant motion, adapting to what the future holds for transportation.

Jean Souchal Chairman of the Board Press Kit Press

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All over the globe, POMA has demonstrated its know-how and expertise in cable transportation. Our multitude of transit solutions — surface lifts, chair lifts, gondola lifts, aerial tramways, funicular railways, inclined lifts, the MiniMetro®, etc. — provide users with the latest technology.

The POMA Group is present in 80 countries through its subsidiaries and sales representatives. We are active in both Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand. Each year, the POMA Group generates several indirect jobs all across the world, thanks to our partners and suppliers.

In 2015, 73,8% of our turnover was generated on the international market. Since our founding in 1936, POMA has created, designed and built over 8,000 installations in the world. Every hour and around the world, almost 6.5 million passengers travel on POMA equipment.

POMA installations in the world Press Kit Press

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Snow POMA has been a pioneer in cable transportation solutions since 1936. The inventor of the fixed-grip surface lift and the first detachable grip has been providing skiers and mountain lovers with smooth and sustainable mobility in the heart of the snowy mountains for over 80 years. From the Vanoise Express in the Alps to the slopes in Russia for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, POMA climbs mountain ranges with high-performance, fast, silent and ecological aerial ropeways. POMA invents installations with clean lines that blend into the environment, and innovative carriers that are comfortable and accessible to all with panoramic views to take full advantage of the natural surroundings.

Urban Whether you need to connect an island to a megalopolis, travel on an air cushion between airport terminals, connect suburban districts to the city centre, fly over a river, ascend to the top of a mountain, or replace a road, bus line or ferry... POMA sets cable transportation as the new means of public transportation and reduces the impact of transportation on the environment. In the heart of the urban jungle, from New York City to Rio de Janeiro, POMA innovates and installs customised, eco-efficient solutions providing smooth, sustainable mobility.

Tourism User-friendly, fun, original and spectacular: POMA installations bring tourism to a new level. POMA meets every challenges and imagines the solutions: visit a natural park in an ecological funicular railway, experience indoor skiing surrounded by desert in Dubai, take a ride in a recreational park, connect a city to a leisure area, connect an island resort by gondola, and discover London from a capsule on the London Eye. In 2014, POMA installs the cabins for the tallest observation wheel in the world in Las Vegas. The big wheel, called the “High Roller” is 550 feet (168 meters) high. POMA stations and carriers have that rare capacity to blend into the environment and surrounding architecture. They are entirely adaptable and can be configured to meet the specific requirements of each project. Press Kit Press

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Science & Industry POMA designs and installs high-tech cabins and funicular railways, high-performance cable cranes and Flyingbelts®. New technology research centres, large-scale engineering structures, gold and mineral mines and some of the most impressive hydro-electric dams in the world take full advantage of our technology that withstands some of the most extreme conditions in the world.

MiniMetro® Cincinnati, Detroit, Miami, Frankfurt, Perugia, Zurich, and Cairo have already chosen comfortable and reliable transportation with a very low environmental impact. Bringing our several decades of experience in the cable transportation industry, we at POMA have become the world-wide leader in urban cable transportation thanks to our MiniMetro® system. The POMA MiniMetro® at the Cairo International Airport revolutionises the world of transportation through the carrier’s air cushion technology, also known as Air Levitation Technology. This innovative system has proven to be one of the best solutions in smooth mobility. Our technology makes it possible for the carrier to slide along the track with almost no friction, thus reducing energy consumption during the trip. Fewer vibrations and reduced noise ensure optimal comfort for passengers.

Entertainment The POMA Group is a shining star in the entertainment sector. Our secret recipe? Mixing passion and innovation to provide passengers with thrilling sensations. In London, thanks to our close collaboration with our subsidiaries, the POMA Group met a new challenge: the creation and installation of the oval capsules for the London Eye, the Great Wheel created for the transition to the Year 2000. The 32 capsules are equipped with air-conditioning, and can hold up to 25 passengers for a ride aboard the most famous tourist attraction in Great Britain. In Las Vegas, the POMA Group met another incredible challenge: designing, manufacturing and installing the cabins for the world’s largest Great Wheel. Reaching 168 meters high, the High Roller has become the main attraction of the City of Lights. The POMA Group, and our exceptionally efficient coordination with subsidiaries, designed, manufactured and installed the 28 panoramic, customized, spherical cabins. Each capsule is equpped with 8 TV screens and can carry 40 passengers for a 45-minute ride in the dreamlike Las Vegas skyline. In 2016, the POMA Group built the highest observation tower in the world in Brighton, Great

Britain. It reaches a height of 138 m. Kit Press

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Operation and maintenance For our local and international clients, POMA provides maintenance and operation contracts to ensure continuous operation of our installations every day of the year. If our customers wish, we also recruit, train and provide teams dedicated 100% to the maintenance of our installations. In order to adequately respond to the growing operational and maintenance needs of the increasingly sophisticated equipment we build, POMA has created a new service: maintenance engineering. The analysis of maintenance monitoring permits precise definition of the best maintenance policies for the installation: preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance with vibration analysis systems, drafting maintenance plans adapted to each device, and providing data for the computer maintenance management software (CMMS). Press Kit Press

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Innovation is at POMA’s core Since our creation in 1936, POMA has always innovated. Innovation has been the heart of our business since Jean Pomagalski invented the first detachable grip surface lift. Our company has won several innovation awards and files numerous patents each year. Protecting our intellectual property is one of POMA’s priorities, in order to safeguard our projects and patents.

At POMA, innovations are shared and maintained throughout all of the Group’s activities and subsidiaries. Our R&D Department has 30 employees who regularly travel into the field. We have been an international company since our beginning, innovating all over the world in urban environments and within difficult weather and landscape surroundings — where innovation is essential. Press Kit Press

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Our customers’ dreams propel our innovation Each POMA installation in the world is unique. Rio, Nizhny Novgorod, New York City, or Paradiski in the heart of the French Alps: innovation and technology are the foundation for each one of our installations so that we can better respond to our customers’ needs.

The funicular railway link — known as the “Blanc Blanc” — at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Grenoble, France, is the perfect example. Totally revolutionary and unique in the world, the exterior automatic funicular railway connects several clean rooms within the scientific park in Grenoble. Equipped with a clean air shower, it is sealed and moves within a controlled environment. It carries researchers and their ultra- sensitive micro-electronic components.

The environment forges innovation POMA is acutely aware of environmental problems, and we do everything to make sure that our installations have the least impact possible. Nothing is left to chance: study phases before development, analyses of equipment and material life cycles, certification, cabin design, power supply, etc. POMA is the world leader of cable transport systems in urban environments, and we work hard to reduce pollution, and any possible visual or auditory irritants that can possibly occur. Press Kit Press

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Toulouse (France) SMTC Tisséo (Syndicat mixte des transports en commun de Toulouse) has entrusted the construction of the future urban tramway in the suburbs of Toulouse, France, to the group of companies headed by POMA including ALTISERVICE, BOUYGUES TP RF, SYSTRA, SEQUENCES and SETI. Commissioning is planned for early 2020. Travelling a distance of 3 kilometres through three stations, it will be the longest urban aerial tramway in France. It can carry 1,500 passengers per hour in each direction.

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Chimelong Paradise Safari Park (China) POMA is building an 8-passenger gondola lift in the heart of the fantastic Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. This unique installation uses a silent, environmentally friendly drive system, and its cabins are decorated with zebra, leopard, giraffe and white tiger designs. This gondola has a capacity of 3,000 passengers per hour in each direction and is made of three sections spread over 2.4 km. This original triangle configuration has 224 one-of-a- kind Sigma Diamond “Safari” cabins, including 73 glass floor cabins. Once visitors are comfortably installed in the cabins, they will fly over the park and observe wild animals in a unique experience and setting. Over 20,000 animals: pandas, giraffes, chimpanzees, buffalo, antelopes, zebras, lions, tigers and more live together in this immense natural park. For this type of project, POMA teams focused on visual and environmental aspects. Since it’s environmentally friendly, the Direct Drive—with a 15-dB decrease in noise level—was the ideal solution for the Safari Park.

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Thaiwoo (China) The Chinese company Beijing Raissun Investment Co. Ltd, owner of Thaiwoo Ski Resort, and POMA, signed a strategic partnership to develop Thaiwoo—expected to be one of the sites hosting the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Thaiwoo chose to lean on French expertise to develop Thaiwoo Ski Resort, one of the future’s biggest Chinese ski resorts. Thaiwoo Ski Resort is located in the Chongli district of Zhangjiakou, a city located approximately 200 kilometers (124 miles) west of Beijing. Construction—starting in April 2014 and continuing another 10 to 20 years in three phases—represents a EUR2.7 billion investment. The resort covers a surface area of 40 sq. km (24 sq. m) and will be open all year providing four-season activities. When it is finished, the ski area will count 200 ski runs, 45 ropeways and will cover 120 kilometers (75 miles) of space for a global surface area of almost 250 acres. The resort will have 3- to 5-star hotels as well as private residences. During phase 1, this represents 2,200 hotel beds and 600 residence beds. For more information: thaiwoo.com Press Kit Press

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Miami International Airport (USA) chose the MiniMetro® POMA’s Miami Airport MiniMetro® will connect Terminal E to its satellite terminal. The line is 375 meters long, and the APM is comprised of 2 cabins transporting 5,600 passagers per hour and per direction. The MiniMetro® employs the widespread cable traction technology for airport and urban applications. Silent operation, optimized passenger flow management, simplified infrastructures, low pollution rates, low maintenance and operation costs as well as extensive safety features are what makes this system so successful. The MiniMetro® by POMA replaces the self-driven train set up in 1980.

The Miami Dade Aviation Department, airport manager, recently awarded this $76 million contract to the Beauchamp Construction-Leitner Poma of America joint venture, subsidiary of POMA.

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Santo Domingo, (Dominican Republic)

POMA—French leader in urban ropeway transportation—and its local partner J. Fortuna are constructing an urban gondola lift in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic.

This urban gondola lift spanning 5 km with a transport capacity of 3,000 passengers per hour in each direction will be connected directly to the Santo Domingo Metro and will provide easy and rapid connections between the center of the city and the north-east district by flying over the meandering Ozama River twice.

Santo Domingo has an ever-growing population of 3 million inhabitants. Aware of the challenges raised by this increasing population, the authorities are focusing on offering

inhabitants new and attractive ways to travel while reducing CO2 emissions by promoting clean transportation such as the ropeway.

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Urban Roosevelt Island...... New York (USA) K and J lines...... Medellin (Colombia) Complexo do Alemão ...... Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Montmartre ...... Paris (France) Cairo International Airport ...... Cairo (Egypt) Prodains Express...... Avoriaz (France)

Snow Vanoise Express ...... Paradiski (France) High Noon Express ...... Vail (USA) Planpraz ...... Chamonix Mont-Blanc (France) Vivaldi Park ...... Korea Yabuli ...... Harbin (China)

Tourism London Eye ...... London (England) Vin Pearl ...... Nha Trang (Vietnam) Tianmenshan ...... Zhangjiajie (China) OCT East ...... Shenzhen (China) Huashan ...... Huayin (China) High Roller ...... Las Vegas (USA) British Airway i360 ...... Brighton (England)

Sciences & Industry French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) ...... Grenoble (France) Doe Run Perú ...... La Oroya (Peru) Vicat ...... Grenoble (France) Press Kit Press

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