Prijon
The Prijon GmbH is a German canoe maker.
Products
The company, based in Rosenheim, manufactures whitewater and touring kayaks as well as competition boats, paddles and accessories.
Prijon is the only manufacturer in the world that also builds touring kayaks in HTP-PE. Since the molecular chains are approx. 10 times longer than with rotated PE , they are stiffer and lighter.
The boats are predominantly made of high molecular weight polyethylene , which is sold under the sales name HTP (high-performance thermoplastic ). For many years, Prijon was the only manufacturer in the world to produce boats using the blow molding process, in which melted PE granulate is blown into an aluminum mold at high pressure. Prijon also produces boats made of glass , carbon or aramid fiber reinforced plastic and ABS . In addition, Prijon also manufactures paddles and produces or sells clothing and other accessories for boating.
The company takes their boat hulls back for life for recycling.
In 2013 the company employed 35 people, built 5,000 boats and had a turnover of five million euros.
history
- In 1957 Anton Prijon (born June 23, 1929 in Slovenia) moved to Rosenheim and worked at the Klepper Faltbootwerft , which at that time dominated the canoe market (with folding boats ).
- In 1959 Anton Prijon became world champion in white water racing on the Vézère in France . The kayak and paddle are developed and manufactured by himself. He developed the chine and the demolition stern, patented the guide grooves of the paddle, invented the oval paddle shaft, the neoprene sleeve of the paddle jacket, the bilge screw and other things.
- In 1962, Anton Prijon and his wife Lotte founded the Prijon company in Rosenheim.
- In 1982, the Taifun was the first HTP kayak to be manufactured in Rosenheim .
- 1987 Toni Prijon jun. the world championship in canoe slalom on the Isère (France).
- In 1996 the Prijon company was split up between the sons Toni and Jürgen Prijon. Toni Prijon jun. took over the management of production and sales in Rosenheim. His brother Jürgen Prijon founded Prijon Sportshop GmbH and runs a retail business with an online shop and the production of paddles in Slovenia. The Prijon company is a purely family business .
- Anton Prijon died in 2016.
Competition boats
Between 1991 and 2000, were white-water racing all the world titles in one kayak men won with a Prijon boat. In the women’s category, a Prijon kayak always won from 1993 to 1998. Added to this are the first two individual titles at the men's European championships.
In addition, Prijon also produced competition boats for canoe slalom , including the boat of the 2000 Olympic champion in single kayak , Thomas Schmidt .
The production of the competition kayaks was relocated from Rosenheim to Italy in 1994. Today the paddles are produced in Slovenia and the competition boats in the Czech Republic.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kanu-Magazin, issue 1/2014
- ↑ History prijon.com
- ↑ Championnats du monde de canoe-kayak haute tarentaise 9/19 jullet 1987. In: https://www.canoeslalom.net/ . July 19, 1987, accessed July 19, 2019 (French).