Official partners and sponsors of the 2017 Women’s Curling Championships being held in Beijing:
The Ford Motor Company of Canada
Ford Motor Company of Canada has a long history as unique as Canada itself with the first cars being produced in 1904. The company began its involvement with the sport of curling in 1995 as title sponsor of the World Curling Championships in Brandon, Manitoba.
www.ford.ca
www.ford.ca
Le Gruyère AOP Switzerland
Le Gruyère AOP Switzerland is proud to be involved in Curling, a sport which requires precision and respect of time-honoured tradition and rules. It is exactly what a Gruyère AOP cheese maker does each day of the year to bring a Gruyère AOC wheel to maturity. Apart from curling, Le Gruyère AOP Switzerland’s collaboration with winter sport also includes the FIS Alpine Ski races in Adelboden and St. Moritz.
www.gruyere.com
www.gruyere.com
LGT Bank
LGT is a leading international private banking and asset management group that has been fully controlled by the Liechtenstein Princely Family for over 80 years. LGT employs over 2500 people who work out of more than 20 locations in Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. As the family office of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, LGT possesses extensive experience in the management of family assets. This expertise also forms the basis of the cooperation with its clients. LGT combines tried-and-tested private banking and asset management services with additional offerings in areas such as impact ventures. LGT invests with a global perspective and in close collaboration with the world’s leading investment specialists.
Additionally to the engagement as main sponsor at the upcoming events in Braehead, Beijing and St. Gallen, LGT is one of the official partners of the World Curling Federation. www.lgt.com/en/
Lucerne – The City. The Lake. The Mountains.
Lucerne is Switzerland. Nowhere else you will find so much Switzerland in such a small area: the City – the Lake – the Mountains. Whatever you expect from a unique city, Lucerne will not disappoint you.
The avant-garde, in the form of the futuristic KKL Luzern Culture and Convention Centre designed by Jean Nouvel, is just as at home here as historic sights which have survived for centuries. The museums, theatres and festivals make Lucerne a city of culture, which elegantly holds its own amongst traditions and trends. Immerse yourself in this town, enjoy the magnificent landscape, stroll along the quays and don’t be surprised when you feel you never want to leave. Lucerne’s charm is legendary. And we extend a warm welcome to you.
The avant-garde, in the form of the futuristic KKL Luzern Culture and Convention Centre designed by Jean Nouvel, is just as at home here as historic sights which have survived for centuries. The museums, theatres and festivals make Lucerne a city of culture, which elegantly holds its own amongst traditions and trends. Immerse yourself in this town, enjoy the magnificent landscape, stroll along the quays and don’t be surprised when you feel you never want to leave. Lucerne’s charm is legendary. And we extend a warm welcome to you.
The Lucerne – Lake Lucerne Region, with its unique mountain and lake landscape is as fascinating as the city of Lucerne itself. Nowhere will you find such a wide range of year-round experiences: Europe’s biggest inland fleet of steamboats, the world’s steepest cogwheel railway runs onto the Pilatus, the first rotating cable railway onto the Titlis, the world’s first double-decker open-air cable railway on the Stanserhorn and Europe’s first cableway onto the Rigi. The UNESCO Entlebuch Biosphere will delight you with pure nature. With its label as a “Wellness Destination”, Weggis Vitznau Rigi – The Oasis of Wellbeing – guarantees a professional range of health and wellness services.
www.luzern.com
MOUNT10 AG
MOUNT10 AG is the leading Swiss online backup provider. The modular service offering identifies all changes of your computer data in an efficient, automated and highly encrypted process. The data is then transferred via the Internet on a daily basis into the SWISS FORT KNOX – a unique underground data-centre inside the Swiss Alps. MOUNT10 is the ideal backup solution for individuals and companies – from SME’s up to large international enterprises. Integral part of the offering is the constant verification of an uninterrupted, daily backup process.
www.mount10.ch
www.mount10.ch
Rock Solid Inc
Rock Solid Productions Inc. are a Canadian company, formed in 2008, that specialise in “iceless” curling products that can be used for curling promotions, where ice access is limited.
As preferred development partner of the WCF this partnership offers Member Associations (MA) significantly reduced prices on Rock Solid’s Street Curling and Floor Curl products and the ability to use Development Assistance Programme (DAP) funding towards purchase of them.
These products have gained popularity since featuring on Big Brother Canada and, have been used as event entertainment at two Super Bowls to date. Also, in partnership with Curling Canada the products are used to introduce curling to around 200,000 school children each year.
Titlis Cableways
The world’s first rotating cable car takes you to the top of Central Switzerland’s only accessible glacier at 10‘000 feet, with guaranteed snow and ice. This exhilarating glacier experience has a lot to offer the visitor: The Ice Flyer chairlift, the Glacier Park where you can enjoy fun toys in the snow, the Titlis Cliff Walk, Europe’s highest suspension bridge, and much more!
www.titlis.ch
www.titlis.ch
Edox
Edox’s story began back in 1884 with the founding of its first atelier. Almost 130 years later, Edox’s timepieces are still inspired by tradition and know-how, but also innovative design and technical perfection. Aiming for top positioning within the top three of the Swiss watch brands of the segment, Edox ‘s existence has been studded with success and horological inventions.Since its beginning, Edox has had a very clear vision of its growth and development thanks to its innovative ideas and ceaseless design research, while at the same time maintaining the classic traditions of watch making know-how. Edox has thus become a benchmark brand in timekeeping for sports competitions. Since 2006, Edox is the official timekeeper of the Class-1 World Powerboat Championships, since 2012 is the official timekeeper of the Dakar Rally and since 2013 is the official timekeeper of the Extreme Sailing Series™. http://www.edox.ch
361°
361 Degrees International Limited designs, manufactures and distributes sporting goods in the People’s Republic of China. Its products include athletic footwear, apparel and accessories under the 361° brand name. It has more than 8,000 employees. As of June 2009, the company distributed its products through 3,277 authorised retailers who own and manage 6,055 authorised 361° retail outlets in 31 Provinces. 361 Degrees International Limited is headquartered in Xiamen.
www.361sport.com
http://en.361sport.com/curling.html
www.361sport.com
http://en.361sport.com/curling.html
DB Schenker
DB Schenker is one of the leading globally integrated logistics service providers and handles all of Deutsche Bahn’s transportation and logistics operations. DB Schenker Logistics, with its three business segments Land Transport, Air/Ocean Freight and Contract Logistics/SCM, is one of the world’s leading logistics service providers. The business unit offers land transport, air and ocean freight, as well as comprehensive logistics solutions and global supply chain management from a single source and enjoys top positions in automotive, high-tech, electronics and consumer goods, as well as in trade fair forwarding, special transportation and services for major sporting events.
www.dbschenker.com
www.dbschenker.com
Jet Ice
Jet Ice is a Canadian company established in 1979, offering a complete range of products and services for the ice making industry such as ice paints, application packages and custom logo stencils. Jet Ice has worked with a number of winter Olympic sports federations.
www.jetice.com
www.jetice.com
Goldline
Goldline has all the curling equipment that you could ever possibly need. We have curling brushes and delivery sticks, apparel and curling shoes, gloves and mitts. We even have jewelry for the diehard curling fans out there. When you shop with us, you can be sure that you will be well-equipped for your curling competition or casual game, and that the curling equipment you purchase will be of the utmost quality.
Infront Sports & Media
The Infront group, based in Zug, Switzerland, is the strongest, most experienced marketing agency in the winter sports arena. It represents six of the seven Olympic winter sport federations at international level. The Group is the commercial partner of more than 90% of all national skiing federations hosting FIS Alpine Ski and Nordic World Cup races. It also markets the FIS World Championships. It has a long term partnership with the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and relationships with the Olympic winter sports of biathlon (IBU), bobsleigh and skeleton (FIBT), curling (WCF) and luge (FIL).
www.infrontsports.com
www.infrontsports.com
