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Snow Economics, Inc. is a long-standing family run business founded in 1991 by Herman K. Dupre and his son-in-law, Charles N. Santry. The company is based in Natick, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Since inception, Snow Economics, Inc. has installed snowmaking products at more than 420 ski areas around the world. All of the products developed and manufactured by Snow Economics, Inc. utilize energy efficient HKD air / water technology. Some of the countries where HKD Technology is in operation are the U.S.A., Canada, Korea, Japan, China, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Norway and New Zealand. Although Snow Economics, Inc. was incorporated more than 15 years ago, HKD Technology was conceived some 20 years prior by Herman K. Dupre. Mr. Dupre, founder of Seven Springs Resort in Western Pennsylvania and inventor of the patented HKD Tower system spent numerous years developing and refining his technology in its practical application, on the mountain. With the HKD Tower System in place, Seven Springs has the unprecedented ability to make snow at the rate of 30,000 gallons per minute using only 26,000 cubic feet per minute of compressed air. With these capacities, the resort is able to blanket 400 skiable acres of terrain with 12 inches of snow in approximately 48 hours. HKD Snowmakers |