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MONTAGNAIS
SNOWMOBILE
COMPANY HISTORY BELOW
1973
MONTAGNAIS SNOWMOBILE COMPANY INFORMATION
HERE
IS PART OF THE ARTICLE.
THE
ARTICLE SAYS THE FOLLOWING.........
EVEN
THOUGH HE IS ...............
PRESIDENT,
FOUNDER AND MAIN SHAREHOLDER, OF THE LAC ST JEAN MOTO-NEIGE SNOWMOBILE
COMPANY,
CHARLES
HENRI DESMEULES LENDS A HAND AT THE MONTAGNAIS
SNOWMOBILE COMPANY.
THE
FUTURE OF THE LAC ST JEAN MONTAGNAIS SNOWMOBILE COMPANY IS STRONGLY COMPROMISED
IN THE REGION.
THE
DIFFICULTIES OF PUTTING THIS SNOWMOBILE COMPANY IN PLACE HAS BEEN DIFFICULT
AND
ENTERING
THEIR 3RD YEAR OF EXISTENCE, THE SURVIVAL IS FAR FROM ASSURED.
THIS
COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED IN ALMA, QUÉBEC, FOR MORE THAN 1 YEAR.
THIS
COMPANY, WHICH WAS FIRST SET UP IN HEBERTVILLE AFTER BEING SET UP BY 5
BUSINESSMEN
FROM
THE REGION HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE SUCCESS THAT WAS PREDICTED FOR THE MONTAGNAIS
SNOWMOBILE.
WE
WERE NOT INTERESTED IN DISTRIBUTORS TO ENSURE THE SALES OF OUR MACHINE.
THE
DISTRIBUTORS ALSO CARRY OTHER BRANDS AND THEY TEND TO PUSH MORE RECOGNIZED
BRANDS.
IT'S
HARD TO COMPETE AGAINST WELL ESTABLISHED BRANDS THAT CONTROL THE MARKETPLACE.
THE
SHAREHOLDERS KEEP INVESTING MONEY INTO THE COMPANY.
THEY
HAD DEFICITS OF $32,500.00 THE FIRST YEAR AND $ 25,000.00 THE SECOND
YEAR.
TO
SURVIVE, THEY MUST SELL MORE SNOWMOBILES THAT THEY SOLD THE FIRST 2 YEARS.
IF
THEY KEEP THE CURRENT PACE OF SALES OF MONTAGNAIS SNOWMOBILES, IT WILL
BE IMPOSSIBLE TO SURVIVE.
SINCE
THE START OF THE COMPANY 2 YEARS AGO, THEY HAVE
NOT SOLD 300
MONTAGNAIS SNOWMOBILES.
75
MONTAGNAIS SNOWMOBILES WERE SHIPPED TO THE USA LAST YEAR.
THE
REMAINING SLEDS WERE SOLD OUTSIDE OF THIS ALMA REGION.
PRESENTLY THIS COMPANY
HAS NOT PROVIDED A WAY TO DISTRIBUTE THEIR SNOWMOBILES AT THE
REGIONAL
LEVEL. THEY OFFER ASSURED SALES TO THE LAC ST JEAN AND SAGUENAY AREAS FROM
THE PLANT.
SO
FAR, THEY DO NOT HAVE AN REGIONAL SALES THIS YEAR.
THE
LEADERS OF THE COMPANY ARE LOOKING TO MOVE THE COMPANY TO A BETTER LOCATION
FOR DISTRIBUTION.
A
BRANCH HAS JUST BEEN OPENED IN QUEBEC CITY WHERE A DISTRIBUTOR HAS
JUST
SOLD MANY MONTAGNAIS SNOWMOBILES IN A FEW WEEKS.
IF
STRONG SALES CONTINUE, THERE IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT THEY WILL MOVE
TO A NEW LOCATION IN THE
SPRING
OF 1973 WHICH WILL END THE COMPANY LOCATION IN THE LAC ST JEAN AND SAGUENAY
AREAS.
IT
WILL BE VERY REGRETTABLE FOR THE AREA, ESPECIALLY ALMA,
WHERE
THEY ARE FIGHTING TO GET NEW INDUSTRIES.
1972
MONTAGNAIS SNOWMOBILE
1973
MONTAGNAIS SNOWMOBILE
