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2016

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Press contact: Alexandre Bérard - Tel.: +33 (0)4 76 12 01 33

Mobile: +33 (0)6 08 61 36 97 - [email protected]

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The POMA Group ............................................................................................................ 3

A word from the President ...................................................................... 4

International presence ...................................................................................... 5

Business sectors and expertise ................................................... 6

R&D/Innovation ................................................................................................................. 9

POMA Ambassadors ..............................................................................................11

Current projects .............................................................................................................12

Some of our installations .........................................................................17

The POMA Group



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POMA — based in Voreppe, near the city of Grenoble, in France —

has become a major player in cable transportation.

Present all over the globe for over 80 years, we have innovated and

demonstrated our expertise in the snow, tourism, science, industrial and

urban transportation sectors. The POMA Group boasts several production

subsidiaries located in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, as well as several

commercial subsidiaries in China, the USA, Switzerland, Italy, etc.

Our proficiency in turnkey projects — design, construction, operation and

maintenance — is recognised the world over.

A mountain of innovations and a prize list of world records and premiers

have led POMA teams from alpine summits to major cities, working in some

of the most symbolic sites on the planet. At POMA, innovation and humanity

have always been at the heart of our success.

Our teams have brought cable transportation to a higher level through their

vision, their will to succeed and their energy to reach new horizons and new

summits. Ropeway transport is now a symbol of the strong and durable

connection between the world’s populations, their cultures and the nature

surrounding them.

POMA has become a major player in safe and eco-friendly transportation

that breathes sustainable development.

With a staff of 938 people all around the world

(630 in France and 308 internationally),

the POMA Group pulled in a turnover of €290.6 million in 2014.

A word from the President



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The French company POMA—inventor of the very first surface lifts—has become one of the major players in ropeway transportation and will be celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2016.

We invent and build transportation that puts smooth and sustainable mobility at the heart of the urban, snow, tourism, science and industrial transportation sectors. We keep sustainable development at the forefront of our technology, providing both safe and eco-friendly transportation.

Our success is also that of the men and women at POMA who constantly strive to reach higher summits and meet the technical and environmental challenges offered by nature. Just like builders, our teams are constructing the future of transportation using innovative and groundbreaking technology.

Our indomitable and innovative spirit has brought us to the four corners of the world — where we have created and installed over 8,000 ropeways in 80 years.Every hour in London, New York City, Rio, Tianmenshan, Hong Kong and Courchevel, our installations carry over 6.5 million people who ski, go to work, visit a recreational park or tourist site and take a plane. Other more industrial installations carry iron, gold, cement, bauxite and many other minerals.

In 2016, POMA will be inaugurating one of their most emblematic installations: the i360 in Brighton (England), which is the highest vertical observation tower in the world.

POMA is in constant motion, adapting to what the future holds for transportation.

Jean Souchal

Chairman of the Board



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All over the globe, POMA has demonstrated its know-how and expertise

in cable transportation. Our multitude of transit solutions — surface lifts,

chair lifts, gondola lifts, aerial tramways, funicular railways, inclined lifts,

the MiniMetro®, etc. — provide users with the latest technology.

The POMA Group is present in 80 countries through its subsidiaries and sales

representatives. We are active in both Western and Eastern Europe, Asia,

Africa, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand.

Each year, the POMA Group generates several indirect jobs all across

the world, thanks to our partners and suppliers.

In 2014, 60,3% of our turnover was generated on the international market.

Since our founding in 1936, POMA has created, designed and built over

8,000 installations in the world. Every hour and around the world,

almost 6.5 million passengers travel on POMA equipment.

POMA installations in the world

International presence

Business sectors and expertise



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SnowPOMA has been a pioneer in cable transportation solutions since 1936.

The inventor of the fixed-grip surface lift and the first detachable grip has been providing skiers

and mountain lovers with smooth and sustainable mobility in the heart of the snowy mountains for

over 80 years.

From the Vanoise Express in the Alps to the slopes in Russia for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic

Games, POMA climbs mountain ranges with high-performance, fast, silent and ecological aerial

ropeways. POMA invents installations with clean lines that blend into the environment,

and innovative carriers that are comfortable and accessible to all with panoramic views

to take full advantage of the natural surroundings.

UrbanWhether you need to connect an island to a megalopolis, travel on an air cushion between airport

terminals, connect suburban districts to the city centre, fly over a river, ascend to the top of a

mountain, or replace a road, bus line or ferry... POMA sets cable transportation as the new means

of public transportation and reduces the impact of transportation on the environment.

In the heart of the urban jungle, from New York City to Rio de Janeiro, POMA innovates and installs

customised, eco-efficient solutions providing smooth, sustainable mobility.

Tourism User-friendly, fun, original and spectacular: POMA installations bring tourism to a new level.

POMA meets every challenges and imagines the solutions: visit a natural park in an ecological

funicular railway, experience indoor skiing surrounded by desert in Dubai, take a ride in a

recreational park, connect a city to a leisure area, connect an island resort by gondola, and

discover London from a capsule on the London Eye. In 2014, POMA installs the cabins for the

tallest observation wheel in the world in Las Vegas. The big wheel, called the “High Roller” is

550 feet (168 meters) high. POMA stations and carriers have that rare capacity to blend into the

environment and surrounding architecture. They are entirely adaptable and can be configured to

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Science & IndustryPOMA designs and installs high-tech cabins and funicular railways, high-performance cable cranes

and Flyingbelts®. New technology research centres, large-scale engineering structures, gold

and mineral mines and some of the most impressive hydro-electric dams in the world take full

advantage of our technology that withstands some of the most extreme conditions in the world.

MiniMetro®

Cincinnati, Detroit, Miami, Frankfurt, Perugia, Zurich, and Cairo have already chosen comfortable

and reliable transportation with a very low environmental impact. Bringing our several decades

of experience in the cable transportation industry, we at POMA have become the world-wide

leader in urban cable transportation thanks to our MiniMetro® system.

The POMA MiniMetro® at the Cairo International Airport revolutionises the world of transportation

through the carrier’s air cushion technology, also known as Air Levitation Technology.

This innovative system has proven to be one of the best solutions in smooth mobility.

Our technology makes it possible for the carrier to slide along the track with almost no friction,

thus reducing energy consumption during the trip. Fewer vibrations and reduced noise ensure

optimal comfort for passengers.

EntertainmentThe POMA Group is a shining star in the entertainment sector. Our secret recipe? Mixing passion

and innovation to provide passengers with thrilling sensations.

In London, thanks to our close collaboration with our subsidiaries, the POMA Group met a new

challenge: the creation and installation of the oval capsules for the London Eye, the Great Wheel

created for the transition to the Year 2000. The 32 capsules are equipped with air-conditioning,

and can hold up to 25 passengers for a ride aboard the most famous tourist attraction in Great

Britain. In Las Vegas, the POMA Group met another incredible challenge: designing, manufacturing

and installing the cabins for the world’s largest Great Wheel. Reaching 168 meters high, the

High Roller has become the main attraction of the City of Lights. The POMA Group, and our

exceptionally efficient coordination with subsidiaries, designed, manufactured and installed the

28 panoramic, customized, spherical cabins. Each capsule is equpped with 8 TV screens and can

carry 40 passengers for a 45-minute ride in the dreamlike Las Vegas skyline.

The POMA Group is currently building the highest observation tower in the world in Brighton,

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Operation and maintenanceFor our local and international clients, POMA provides maintenance and operation contracts to

ensure continuous operation of our installations every day of the year. If our customers wish,

we also recruit, train and provide teams dedicated 100% to the maintenance of our installations.

In order to adequately respond to the growing operational and maintenance needs of the

increasingly sophisticated equipment we build, POMA has created a new service: maintenance

engineering.

The analysis of maintenance monitoring permits precise definition of the best maintenance

policies for the installation: preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance with vibration

analysis systems, drafting maintenance plans adapted to each device, and providing data for the

computer maintenance management software (CMMS).

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Innovation is at POMA’s coreSince our creation in 1936, POMA has always innovated.

Innovation has been the heart of our business since Jean Pomagalski

invented the first detachable grip surface lift.

Our company has won several innovation awards and files numerous

patents each year. Protecting our intellectual property is one of

POMA’s priorities, in order to safeguard our projects and patents.

At POMA, innovations are shared and maintained throughout all of

the Group’s activities and subsidiaries. Our R&D Department has

30 employees who regularly travel into the field.

We have been an international company since our beginning,

innovating all over the world in urban environments and within

difficult weather and landscape surroundings — where innovation is

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Our customers’ dreams propel our innovationEach POMA installation in the world is unique. Rio, Nizhny Novgorod,

New York City, or Paradiski in the heart of the French Alps: innovation and

technology are the foundation for each one of our installations so that we can

better respond to our customers’ needs.

The funicular railway link — known as the “Blanc Blanc” — at the French

Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Grenoble, France,

is the perfect example. Totally revolutionary and unique in the world, the

exterior automatic funicular railway connects several clean rooms within the

scientific park in Grenoble. Equipped with a clean air shower, it is sealed and

moves within a controlled environment. It carries researchers and their ultra-

sensitive micro-electronic components.

The environment forges innovationPOMA is acutely aware of environmental problems, and we do everything

to make sure that our installations have the least impact possible.

Nothing is left to chance: study phases before development, analyses

of equipment and material life cycles, certification, cabin design, power

supply, etc. POMA is the world leader of cable transport systems in urban

environments, and we work hard to reduce pollution, and any possible visual or

auditory irritants that can possibly occur.



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POMA Ambassador

Marie Bochet, POMA ambassadorGreat meetings lead to great stories! Christian Bouvier, Vice Chairman

of the Poma Executive Board confirms: “Our meeting and subsequent

collaboration occurred naturally. Marie shares POMA’s simple values

and enthusiastic attitude toward life. We are all men and women who

are infused with the mountain culture -- profound and solid values

stem from the demanding mountain conditions. We must be strong

100% of the time. Marie is the perfect incarnation of these values.

But well beyond that, the story of her life and how she became a

champion has made her a role model for everyone, and illustrates how

strong will, courage and hard work lead to excellence”.

An exceptional champion

Marie comes from Beaufortain in the Savoie area. She was born with agenesis - a birth

defect which involved her forearm and left hand. She began skiing at the Saisies Sports

Club and then at the Arêches-Beaufort Ski Club, and right from the start practised

alongside able-bodied skiers. She immediately created a sensation!

In 2010 she took part in her first Paralympic Games. Although she did not win in

Vancouver, three years later -- after intensive training -- she gained success.

At just 19 years old, during the 2013 Handiski World Championships, Marie Bochet won

everything: 5 world titles!

Last winter, at the Sochi Paralympic Games, she achieved supreme recognition: 4 Gold

medals, one each in Downhill, Super Giant Slalom, Giant Slalom and Super Combined. This

is a tremendous personal and historical achievement!

Marie comments: “My motivation is still incredibly strong... I want to surpass myself each

time I compete, and commit myself to bringing hope to all disabled persons. I want to

show them how sports can help promote personal development”.

Our POMA ambassador, who bears the colours of French excellence proudly, kept her five

World Champion titles during the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, which were held

from March 4 to 10, 2015, in the Canadian ski resort Panorama.

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Oruro (Bolivia) In Bolivia, POMA is building a

detachable grip gondola lift with

Direct Drive technology in the

center of Oruro that will reduce

energy consumption by 5% and

noise pollution by 15 decibels.

This gondola lift spans 824

meters and has a transport

capacity of 1,000 people per hour.

The arrival station is integrated into the existing landscape to be in harmony with the

environment.

Commissioning is planned for 2016.

Oruro is famous for its carnival, the largest annual cultural event in Bolivia and the 2nd

most important in South America with 28,000 dancers and 10,000 musicians.

Delivery: 2016

Current projects



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Santiago de Chile (Chile)POMA is building a new gondola

lift in Santiago de Chile that

will connect the Santiago

Metropolitan region to the

breathtaking views atop the San

Cristóbal Hill where a majestic

statue of the Virgin Mary

dominates the valley.

The gondola lift spans 2,000 meters with an altitude rise of 200 m and is equipped with

47 cabins and has a transport capacity of 1,000 people per hour.

Commissioning is planned for 2016.

Delivery: 2016

Current projects

Current projects



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The “Kef Naadja-Sidi-Beloua-Redjaouna” Tizi-Ouzou gondola-aerial tram (Algeria)POMA signed a 50 million euro

contract to build the gondola-

aerial tram in Tizi-Ouzou, Kabylia,

one of the largest cities in Algeria,

located 100 km from Algiers.

It is divided into three sections, and comes as an improvement to the existing public

transportation network. The project was initiated by the local authorities.

The gondola-aerial tram will connect the multimodal station at Kef Naadja (south) with

the downtown and the village of Redjaouna (northwest). The gondola-aerial tram will

cover a total length of 5,475 meters with 6 stations including 4 intermediate stations.

Work began in July 2013.

Delivery: 2016

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Miami International Airport (USA) chose the MiniMetro®

POMA’s Miami Airport MiniMetro®

will connect Terminal E to its

satellite terminal. The line is

375 meters long, and the APM is

comprised of 2 cabins transporting

5,600 passagers per hour and

per direction. The MiniMetro® employs the widespread cable traction technology for

airport and urban applications. Silent operation, optimized passenger flow management,

simplified infrastructures, low pollution rates, low maintenance and operation costs as

well as extensive safety features are what makes this system so successful.

The MiniMetro® by POMA replaces the self-driven train set up in 1980.

The Miami Dade Aviation Department, airport manager, recently awarded this $76 million

contract to the Beauchamp Construction-Leitner Poma of America joint venture,

subsidiary of POMA.

Delivery: 2016

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Santo Domingo, (Dominican Republic)

POMA—French leader in urban

ropeway transportation—and

its local partner J. Fortuna are

constructing an urban gondola lift

in Santo Domingo, capital of the

Dominican Republic.

This urban gondola lift spanning 5 km with a transport capacity of 3,000 passengers

per hour in each direction will be connected directly to the Santo Domingo Metro and will

provide easy and rapid connections between the center of the city and the north-east

district by flying over the meandering Ozama River twice.

Santo Domingo has an ever-growing population of 3 million inhabitants. Aware of the

challenges raised by this increasing population, the authorities are focusing on offering

inhabitants new and attractive ways to travel while reducing CO2 emissions by promoting

clean transportation such as the ropeway.

Delivery: end of 2015

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In Brighton, the i360 is the highest ascending observation tower in the world At a height of 162 metres, with

a capsule rising to 138 metres

above ground-level, the i360 has

a height / width ratio of 40:1.

This is an incredible achievement

combining technology, engineering, innovation

and design, which creates a fascinating tourist attraction on Brighton’s seafront.

Situated on the historical West Pier, the i360 has a unique and futuristic design.

Its observation cabin can hold up to 200 visitors on each trip, and offers a panoramic

and breath-taking view through its curved window panes.

The i360 will include a restaurant, a souvenir shop, an exhibition area and conference

and special event installations.

The Brighton i360 project team is comprised of the Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (Jacobs),

the Marks Barfield London architects, the Dutch company Hollandia and the French

company POMA. Together, this team has already built the famous London Eye Ferris

wheel for which POMA designed the 32 capsules and the drive system.

Delivery: July 2016

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Kuelap or the fortress of the people in the clouds Perched at an altitude of 3,070

metres, the Kuelap fortress is

one of the most ancient and

mysterious archaeological sites

in Peru. It lies 72 km to the south-

east of the city of Chachapoyas,

the capital city of the Amazonas area. It was discovered by the outside world in 1843

and is one of the most important archaeological monuments in South America. It was

built around the 10th Century AD by the pre-Inca Chachapoyas tribe, in a wild area, on

the Amazonian highlands. The citadel covers about 6 hectares and includes 420 circular

buildings, the most important of them being the dungeon and the castle.

Its observation tower offers an incredible panoramic view of the surroundings.

The site will soon become one of the major tourist destinations of the country, thanks to

the gondola lift POMA is constructing.

18 million dollars are to be invested in this new gondola lift.

The only way to access the Kuelap fortress at present is by taking a long, unpaved road

from the village of Nuevo Tingo. Developing tourism in northern Peru -- particularly in the

Amazonas area -- and increasing the number of visitors to the fortress are major stakes

for the Peruvian state. This necessitates providing an easier, safer, faster access to the

site whilst preserving its environment.

In order to win this market, POMA combined forces with the Peruvian company Ingenieros

Civiles y Contratistas Generales S.A. (ICCGSA), a Peruvian leader in the engineering and

building sectors for over 50 years. Together they created the Consorcio Telecabinas

Kuelap consortium. As well as being in charge of the construction of the gondola lift, the

Consorcio Telecabinas Kuelap consortium holds the concession for the maintenance and

operation of the gondola lift for the coming 20 years.

Delivery: 2016

Some of our installations



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UrbanRoosevelt Island ............................................................................................................................................ New York (USA)

K and J lines .............................................................................................................................................. Medellin (Colombia)

Complexo do Alemão ....................................................................................................................Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Montmartre ...........................................................................................................................................................Paris (France)

Cairo International Airport ...........................................................................................................................Cairo (Egypt)

Prodains Express ........................................................................................................................................ Avoriaz (France)

SnowVanoise Express ...................................................................................................................................... Paradiski (France)

High Noon Express .................................................................................................................................................. Vail (USA)

Planpraz ......................................................................................................................... Chamonix Mont-Blanc (France)

Vivaldi Park ............................................................................................................................................................................... Korea

Yabuli . ....................................................................................................................................................................... Harbin (China)

TourismLondon Eye . .................................................................................................................................................London (England)

Vin Pearl .................................................................................................................................................Nha Trang (Vietnam)

Tianmenshan ...........................................................................................................................................Zhangjiajie (China)

OCT East ........................................................................................................................................................Shenzhen (China)

Huashan ................................................................................................................................................................ Huayin (China)

High Roller ...................................................................................................................................................... Las Vegas (USA)

Sciences & IndustryFrench Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) ................Grenoble (France)

Doe Run Perú .................................................................................................................................................. La Oroya (Peru)

Vicat ..................................................................................................................................................................Grenoble (France)

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