Company History
The year Arc'teryx was founded and in what city?
1989 in North Vancouver, Canada.
What is Whiteline designed for?
Ski + Snowboard
Name all four company Values.
Evolve, Commit, Live it, Do Right.
Making an opinion about a customer upon seeing them is called what?
Judging
The density of a yarn of fabric which affects abrasion resistance and weight.
Denier.
What was the orginal name of Arc'teryx?
Rock Solid
The two packs that influenced the design of the Alpha SK 32 pack.
Alpha 30 Pack + the Khamski Pack
The name of our manufacturing facility in North Vancouver.
Arc'One.
A statement of obvious truth is called what?
A truism.
The coating treated to face fabric of shells that causes water to bead off.
DWR
The first product produced by Arc'teryx.
The Vapour Harness (in 1992).
The safety feature that all of our Whiteline collection features.
Recco.
Our company Purpose.
We build tools to enable and inspire.
What does using Clean Language mean?
Using the same words as the customer. (there is greater possibility of rapid rapport based on mutual language).
This fibre has a great warmth-to-weight ratio and is highly compressible.
Down.
The founders of Arc'teryx.
Dave Lang and Jeremy Guard
The lightest jacket in the Whiteline collection.
Rush LT (430g)
We have been working exclusively with textiles from this company since 1995.
Gore Tex.
First impressions are most powerful in what kind of communication?
Non verbal, body language communication.
The best perfoming base layer for high output activities due to it's light weight and quick drying/moisture wicking features.
Phasic
The year Arc'teryx Whiteline (snowsports) collection was introduced.
2001
The name of the material on the instep of the Whiteline ski pants that provides protection from ski boots, crampons and ski edges.
Keprotec.
The beginning of our global manufacturing process starts with two steps after the initial design:
1. protyped in Arc' One
2. tested in the mountains
(and then revised)
Feature Dumping or Grapeshotting is when you do what?
Tell the customer EVERYTHING you know about a product. (remember: a feature is worthless/irrelevant if the customer doesn't need it)
How many minutes it takes to build a Alpha SV.
259 minutes.