Volant is a brand of ski equipment, currently owned by Amer Sports.
In 2001, Volant production was moved from Wheat Ridge, Colorado to Atomic's Altenmarkt factory in Austria on an OEM basis.
Volant was still not profitable due to continuing problems achieving economies of scale with the steel top caps.
Costs issues were further heightened with the opening of eastern Europe and globalization of the industry.
Meanwhile, the primary investor's stock portfolio was taking a beating due to the Dot Com bust and he no longer desired to keep pumping money into the haemorrhaging company.