Kässbohrer Signs Multi-Year Supply Agreement with Ouster
March 10 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Ski Slope Maintenance Application demonstrates
extreme cold weather operating capabilities of Ouster’s digital
lidar technology
Ouster, Inc. (“Ouster”), a leading provider of high-resolution
digital lidar sensors for the industrial automation, smart
infrastructure, robotics, and automotive industries, today
announced that it has signed a multi-year strategic supply
agreement with Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG, a manufacturer of
tracked vehicles. Kässbohrer will deploy Ouster’s digital lidar
sensors for certain SNOWsat technology used to measure snow depth
and maintain ski slopes.
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An Ouster lidar sensor assisting
Kässbohrer's SNOWsat system. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Precision management of snow depth is critical for economical
and environmentally sustainable ski slope maintenance,” said
Steffen Kaiser, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Digital
Officer, Kässbohrer. “Lidar is a key underlying technology for the
system that powers these vehicles, and we have selected Ouster’s
sensors because they meet the resolution and cold weather
performance requirements necessary for the unique use of our
SNOWsat system.”
For more than ten years, SNOWsat has been offering software
solutions for ski resorts. As of today, 2,500 SNOWsat systems are
used by 350 customers in more than 20 countries worldwide. The
SNOWsat system is a fully digital platform for networked operations
in ski areas, allowing all data and costs to be centrally
managed.
“Kässbohrer’s application of our sensors is a great
representation of the diversity of use cases for lidar, and a
market that is deploying the technology today. Ouster’s digital
lidar offers high-performance and reliability in extreme
environments whether on a ski slope, in a mine, or on industrial
equipment,” said Cyrille Jacquemet, GM of Ouster’s EMEA
markets.
Ouster produces and ships sensors to customers worldwide. Since
embarking on a sales strategy in 2019 to accommodate market
interest from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Ouster has been
able to deliver on demand across all four of its verticals.
About Ouster
Ouster invented its digital lidar in 2015 and is a leading
manufacturer of high-resolution digital lidar sensors used
throughout the industrial automation, smart infrastructure,
robotics, and automotive industries. Ouster’s sensors are reliable,
compact, affordable and highly customizable, laying the foundation
for digital lidar ubiquity across endless applications and
industries. Already hundreds of customers have incorporated Ouster
lidar sensors in current products or those in development for
imminent commercial release. For more information, visit
www.ouster.com, or connect with us on Twitter or LinkedIn.
About Kässbohrer
Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG is the global market leading
manufacturer of vehicles designed to maintain ski slopes,
snowmobile and cross-country ski-trails, including PistenBully snow
groomers, PowerBully track carriers, BeachTech beach cleaning
machines, SNOWsat fleet and snow depth measurement technology and
PRO ACADEMY training. Kässbohrer sets high standards for the
quality of its products, service and sustainable innovation. Guided
by its corporate philosophy, Kässbohrer strives to be socially,
economically and environmentally responsible by giving back to all
of its industries. The company is headquartered in Laupheim,
Germany.
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Statements
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the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements
regarding the products and services offered by Ouster and the
markets in which it operates. These forward-looking statements
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“expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,”
“opportunity,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,”
“will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other
statements about future events that are based on current
expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks
and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to
differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this
document, including but not limited to the risk of downturns in the
highly competitive lidar technology and related industries.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made.
Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking
statements, and Ouster assumes no obligation and does not intend to
update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Ouster
gives no assurance that it will achieve its expectations.
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For Ouster Erica Bartsch / Nevin Reilly / Alex Kovtun
Sloane-Ouster@sloanepr.com
For Kässbohrer Thilo Vogelgsang
Thilo.Vogelgsang@pistenbully.com
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