[Independent-UK] In mid-November, snow will start falling at the rate of more than 40 cubic meters per hour on the mountainside at Trockener Steg, above the Swiss ski resort of Zermatt - the result of a revolutionary snowmaking machine developed by an Israeli company. In summer 2007, the Zermatt ski lift company began discussions with Israel-based IDE about a technology it developed to provide cooling in South African mines. The first IDE installation at Zermatt is to be followed by another at Pitztal in Austria.
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