ADDING
AUTOMATION
With its recent acquisition of the popular iSno platform for controlling and
monitoring snowmaking systems, HKD Snowmakers is broadening its inventory
of snowmaking solutions
By Mark Halsall
FEATURE
HKD Snowmakers, North America’s leading supplier
of energy-efficient snowmaking equipment, offers
an innovative product line that includes the HKD
Impulse tower and ground guns, the HKD fan gun
and HKD KLIK hydrants. The company, which also offers a
full range of engineering and system planning packages,
recently added snowmaking system controls and automation
to its arsenal of snowmaking solutions.
In September 2018, HKD Snowmakers purchased the
controls, monitoring and automation business of Sno.matic,
a company founded by Scott Barthold in 1994 that’s grown to
become a “go-to” resource for resorts to monitor snowmaking
and automatically control pump stations and air plants using
its proprietary iSno platform.
HKD Snowmaker’s newly formed division called iSno
Controls and Automation is based in Lyme, N.H. Headquar-tered
in Natick, Mass., HKD also has offices in Vermont,
Virginia, Utah, Colorado and Nevada. The company’s snow-making
and automation products are manufactured at its
own production facility just outside Quebec City, Quebec.
Charles Santry, president and one of the owners of HKD
Snowmakers, says the iSno platform acquisition is reflective
of a strong commitment to innovation that’s the lifeblood of
his company. Santry spoke about the deal in a recent interview
with SnowOps.
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