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ESKIMO
SNOWMOBILE HISTORY
AND
NANUK HISTORY.
ESKIMO
SNOWMOBILE HISTORY
ESKIMO
SNOWMOBILE HISTORY
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
WE
ARE BUILDING SNOWMOBILES AT SAINTE HENEDINE, QUÉBEC.
THE
SNOWMOBILE INDUSTRY HAS PROMISE OF AN EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT FUTURE.
A
NEW SNOWMOBILE PLANT HAS STARTED OPERATIONS IN SAINTE HENEDINE DE DORCHESTER,
QUÉBEC UNDER
THE
DIRECTION OF LOUIS BOULANGER. THE PRODUCTION WILL BE AROUND 400 -
1969 ESKIMO SNOWMOBILES FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
THEY
ARE EXPECTING TO PRODUCE BETWEEN 4000 AND 6000 - 1970 ESKIMO SNOWMOBILES
NEXT SEASON.
THEY
HAVE 16 MEN WORKING AT THE PLANT BUT THEY COULD HAVE A STAFF OF 100 PEOPLE
NEXT YEAR IF CONDITIONS ARE GOOD.
ESKIMO
HAS AN ALL ALUMINUM CHASSIS.
ESKIMO
SNOWMOBILE HISTORY
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
THE
PRESIDENT OF AGRATEC, MR ADRIEN CREUER WHO IS FROM CALGARY,
DECLARED
IN CALGARY, THAT IN JANUARY HIS COMPANY ACQUIRED FROM THE
PRESIDENT
MR LOUIS BOULANGER A 51 % OWNERSHIP IN
THE
ESKIMO SNOWMOBILE COMPANY WHICH IS IN SAINTE HENEDINE, QUÉBEC.
ESKIMO
SNOWMOBILE INC HAS 16 EMPLOYEES AND HAD A PRODUCTION OF
500
- 1969 ESKIMO SNOWMOBILES.
THE
COMPANY MOVED TO MONTREAL, QUÉBEC TO RAMP UP PRODUCTION TO
PRODUCE
5600 - 1970 ESKIMO SNOWMOBILES FOR THE COMING MODEL YEAR.
ESKIMO
SNOWMOBILE HISTORY - NAUNK ASV / ATV / SNOWMOBILE HISTORY
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING....
A
FIRM FROM CALGARY ACQUIRES 2 QUÉBEC COMPANIES, ESKIMO SNOWMOBILES
AND NANUK ASV / ATV / SNOWMOBILES
AGRATEC
INDUSTRIES FROM CALGARY, ACQUIRES ESKIMO AND NANUK.
IN
THE CASE OF ESKIMO, AGRATEC ACQUIRED 51 % AND THEY ACQUIRED 80 % OF NANUK.
THERE
WAS INTEREST TO BUY THE COMPANIES FROM MANY BUT LOUIS BOULANGER HAD NO
INTEREST IN SELLING TO AN AMERICAN FIRM.
ESKIMO
SNOWMOBILE WERE CREATED LAST OCTOBER 1968 BY LOUIS BOULANGER IN SAINTE
HENEDINE, QUÉBEC.
IN
THE FIRST SEASON, THEY PRODUCED ONLY ABOUT 100 SNOWMOBILES IN A GARAGE
FITTED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
NO
PUBLICITY WAS MADE ON THE LAUNCHING BECAUSE WE COULD NOT MAKE A STRONG
PRODUCTION.
THE
COMPANY NOW HAS A RESEARCH OFFICE IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK OF VILLE D'ANJOU,
QUÉBEC AND
FOR
THE 1969 - 1970 MODEL YEAR WE HAVE A PRODUCTION PLANT IN POINTE CLAIRE,
QUÉBEC IN THE OLD
HUS
SKI & BOLENS SNOWMOBILE PLANT WHICH CLOSED ITS DOORS LAST AUGUST.
ONE
OF THE MANAGERS MAURICE CYR OF ESKIMO WAS PREVIOUSLY EMPLOYED BY HUS SKI.
THE
COMPANY RENTED THIS LOCATION FOR 3 YEARS.
ESKIMO
INTENDS TO BUILD A NEW PLANT AT THE END OF THE LEASE IN AN UNDER DEVELOPED
REGION.
FOR
MR BOULANGER, THE JOLIETTE REGION IS EXCELLENT.
FOLLOWING
THE SALE OF 51 % OF THE ESKIMO COMPANY, THE EXECUTIVES OF ESKIMO RETAINED
THEIR POSITIONS BUT
A
REPRESENTATIVE OF AGRATEC HAS BEEN ADDED.
AGRATEC
WILL HAVE 3 OUT OF 5 REPRESENTATIVES ON THE BOARD.
FOR
THE 1969 - 1970 MODEL YEAR, THE COMPANY WILL PRODUCE 5600 - 1970 ESKIMO
SNOWMOBILES.
MR
BOULANGER SAYS THAT 5200 - 1970 ESKIMO SNOWMOBILE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ORDERED.
LAST
YEAR, FOR THE 1969 ESKIMO SNOWMOBILE MODELS, THERE WERE ABOUT 100 SNOWMOBILES
PRODUCED AND
ABOUT
75 % WERE EXPORTED TO THE USA.
IN THE CASE OF THE NANUK, MAURICE HEBERT SOLD OFF 80 %
AND INSISTED THAT THE COMPANY REMAINED IN QUÉBEC.
REFERRING
TO THE NANUK, THEY INTEND PRODUCE AN ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE THAT CAN GO LAND
AND INTO THE WATER.
THE
NANUK WILL HAVE A DOUBLE TRACK AND WILL REACH SPEED OF 45 TO 50 MPH.
THEY
WILL GO INTO PRODUCTION AT THE END OF THIS YEAR OR THE BEGINNING OF 1970
AND PRODUCED BETWEEN 5000 AND 15,000 UNITS.
MR
HEBERT WILL REMAIN GENERAL MANAGER OF NUNAK AND PREDICTS THE PROGRESSION
OF THE NANUK WILL FOLLOW
THE
SUCCESS OF THE SNOWMOBILE BUSINESS. MR HEBERT DECIDED TO SELL TO AGRATEC
AFTER CONTACTING 9 COMPANIES.
HE
SAID THAT THE FORD COMPANY WAS INTERESTED BUT REFUSED TO SAY THE NAMES
OF THE OTHER COMPANIES HE CALLED.
AGRATEC
MADE HIM THE BEST OFFER AND HE ACCEPTED IT.
1970
ESKIMO SNOWMOBILE PRODUCTION LINE AT POINTE CLAIRE, QUÉBEC
1970
ESKIMO SNOWMOBILE PRODUCTION LINE AT POINTE CLAIRE, QUÉBEC
1970
ESKIMO SNOWMOBILE
1970
ESKIMO SNOWMOBILE
DEALERS
WANTED
1970
ESKIMO SNOWMOBILE
THE
COMPANY NOW HAS A RESEARCH OFFICE IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK OF VILLE D'ANJOU,
QUÉBEC.
1970
ESKIMO SNOWMOBILE PRODUCTION LINE IS AT POINTE CLAIRE, QUÉBEC
ESKIMO
SNOWMOBILE HISTORY AND NANUK ATV. ASV SNOWMOBILE HISTORY.
