SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 1995--MARKER  
INTERNATIONAL of Salt Lake City and DNR SPORTSYSTEM of 
Feldmeilen,  Switzerland, Wednesday announced that they have 
begun construction  of a new 45,000-square-foot snowboard-
manufacturing facility in Salt  Lake City. 

MARKER and DNR have agreed to form a new company that will own  
and operate the facility.  DNR SPORTSYSTEM, a world leader in the  
development, marketing and distribution of snowboards, snowboard  
boots and snowboard bindings, will be a major shareholder.  MARKER  
INTERNATIONAL will control the new entity with a majority of the  
shares. 

The snowboard facility will be situated on 5 acres of land to  be 
owned by the new company.  It is located adjacent to MARKER  
INTERNATIONAL's new headquarters, which was completed in June 
1994  at 2300 South and 1070 West in Salt Lake City. 

The cost for the first phase of the facility is expected to  exceed $10 
million.  Production is scheduled to begin in September  1996 with 
new, state-of-the-art manufacturing machinery, some of  which is 
proprietary technology developed by Volkl in Germany. 

The first phase of the facility is designed to allow for  production of 
more than 200,000 snowboards annually.  DNR  SPORTSYSTEM will 
have the primary responsibility for the design and  development of 
the snowboards produced by the new facility.  The  snowboards will 
be marketed through DNR's international distribution  network. 

The facility will also be the location of the new DNR Snowboard  
Technology Center.  The center will focus on the areas of advanced  
research and development in snowboard technologies, boot/board  
interface and product-testing procedures.  The testing facility  will 
offer its services to the industry in order to assist in the  
development of standards and practices. 

In commenting on the announcement, DNR Chairman and Chief  
Executive Officer Lucio Roffi said:  ``As a leader in the snowboard  
industry, it is necessary for DNR to control the production of its  
products.  This U.S. facility will provide DNR with an additional  
source of production to complement the exclusive snowboard- 
manufacturing agreement we now have with Volkl. 

``Salt Lake City is an ideal location for snowboard production.   Utah 
is the site of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, and the Wasatch  
Mountains provide an excellent location for research and 
development  and on-snow testing.'' 

MARKER Chairman and CEO Hank Tauber said:  ``This is an exciting  
opportunity for MARKER to enter the snowboard industry as a  
manufacturer in partnership with DNR.   

``This production and technology facility will enable us to  develop 
and pursue new technologies and to deliver a high-quality  product 
combined with the professional service that the retailer has  come to 
expect from MARKER and DNR.''   

CONTACT:  

MARKER INTERNATIONAL, Salt Lake City 

Brad Stewart, 801/972-2100 

KEYWORD:  UTAH   

INDUSTRY KEYWORD:  MANUFACTURING  BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION  
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