Casey Puckett- All Out

Casey Puckett joined KJUS as a team rider last season. He had a pretty good season with a number of podiums including a bronze at the X-Games. However, along the way he had a couple of injuries including an amazing crash in Grindelwald. Rehab is complete on his shoulder and Casey is ready for the season. He is also back on the US Ski Team as a member of the inaugural skier cross squad. Here is video that the ski team just released on Casey and the upcoming season.

New Management Team Structure at LK International AG (KJUS Skiwear)

Today LK International AG (KJUS Skiwear) announced the new management team structure.

Nico Serena, former head of sales, takes over the responsibilities of the design and product development department. Daniel Schaffo, who former lead the marketing department, is now also responsible for sales and will be leading both sales & marketing.

Didi Serena- President & CEO
Reto Holzmann- COO & CFO
Nico Serena- Head of design & product development
Daniel Schaffo- Head of sales & marketing
Roman Stepek- Head of production & supply chain management

Tech Tuesday- Ultrasonic Welding

Our ski jackets and pants are waterproof thanks in part to Dermizax. Another ingredient to the waterproof recipe is seam sealing. Where ever stitches are made they need to be seam sealed to ensure that the jacket does not leak.

Instead of stitching, on some of our jackets we use a method called ultrasonic welding. Essentially, a high velocity wheel bonds the pieces of the jackets together with out any stitches. It creates a very strong, clean, and waterproof seam. We also use it in the collar of a number of our jackets for design detail. Below is an example of an ultrasonic welder in action.

For our men's and ladies PRIME jacket- a 4-way stretch, 800 fill down waterproof jacket- we used ultrasonic welding to form the baffles of the jacket. On the jacket these baffles are curved, which is technically very difficult to keep the seams flat.