Scott Sports
SCOTT Sports SA | |
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legal form | Corporation |
founding | 1958 |
Seat | Givisiez , Switzerland |
management | Beat Zaugg ( CEO ) VP Pascal Ducrot, CFO Alain Hasler, CMO Reto Aeschbacher |
Number of employees | 972 (2018) |
sales | 690 million Swiss francs (2018) |
Branch | Sporting goods |
Website | www.scott-sports.com |
The Scott company (formerly Scott USA ) is a Swiss sporting goods manufacturer with US roots. The company focuses on the bicycle, winter sports, motor sports and running sectors. The bicycle product range extends from racing bikes and mountain bikes to touring and everyday bikes. In winter sports, for example, the company produces skis, ski poles, ski goggles and snowboards. In the field of motorsport, they specialize primarily in motocross. The running sector manufactures trainers and running shoes.
history
In 1958, the developed from Sun Valley (Idaho) originating engineer and skier Ed Scott the first aluminum ski pole, which almost entirely displaced due to its outstanding properties, the then customary bamboo or steel poles from the market. With this success as a basis, Scott USA developed over the years into a manufacturer of a wide variety of sporting goods.
In 1970 Scott brought out special protective goggles for motocross sports , and other items such as clothing followed. In 1978 the company expanded to Europe and founded a company headquarters in Freiburg, Switzerland, in Üechtland . In 1986 Scott presented his first mountain bike and in 1989, much more groundbreaking, an aerodynamic handlebar with which racing cyclist Greg Lemond won the Tour de France in a sensational final against Laurent Fignon by just 8 seconds. This was the closest victory in the 100-year history of this race. This very special form has become mandatory in the time trial today and is also widely used in triathlon .
In 1991 Scott developed the “Unishock”, the first suspension fork, and a year later the first full-suspension mountain bikes were presented to the public. The racing bike sector was constantly expanding and in 2002 they achieved their first prestigious stage victory in the Tour de France .
Today Scott u. a. Supplier of the UCI World Team Mitchelton-Scott .
Product range (selection)
Mountain bike models:
- Scale ( Cross Country / Race Hardtail )
- Spark (Cross Country / Race Fully )
- Aspect (all-round)
- Genius (All Mountain / Trail (older models Enduro, these were replaced with the ransom))
- Ransom (enduro)
- Voltage ( dirt bike )
- Voltage FR ( Freeride / Slopestyle )
- Gambler ( downhill / freeride )
Road bike models:
- Foil
- Addict
- Addict CX ( cyclocross )
- CR1
- Speedster
- Solace
- Plasma 4 and Plasma 5 ( triathlon and time trial bike )
Motor and winter sports equipment:
- clothing
- Protectors
- Glasses
- Skis, ski boots, ski poles and accessories
Well-known athletes with Scott equipment (selection)
- Nino Schurter , cyclist, MTB World Champion and Olympic Cross Country Champion in Rio de Janero
- Hanna Klein, racing cyclist, German Vice-Champion MTB Cross Country 2015
- Sebastian Kienle , triathlete
- Luke Jarrod McKenzie , triathlete
- Annabel Luxford , triathlete
- Cyril Viennot , triathlete
- Beth Gerdes , triathlete