New energy for the national team from E3/DC, Hager Group’s home power station brand.

It’s official: from the current season until 2026, E3/DC will be a partner of the German National Alpine Ski Team. Starting with the season’s first event in Sölden, Austria, on October 28th, the team will wear outfits sporting the E3/DC logo. The Managing Director of Marketing of the German Ski Association (DSV), Walter Vogel, is delighted to have found a fitting partner: “E3/DC is a dynamic, goal-orientated enterprise and so are we. I’d like to mention especially their support for the Alpine Junior Team. This guarantees support where it’s needed most”.

Similar challenges and values

As a pioneer in renewable energy, E3/DC knows what it means to prepare meticulously for unknown terrain and then attack it with confidence and vigour, not giving up when the going gets tough. Innovation is part and parcel of E3/DC and CEO Dr. Andreas Piepenbrink is keen to point out that the company will extend its support to outstanding young talents: “Just as we do in our core business, we want to support current and future high achievers in the sports arena on their road to success. We even recognize some of the challenges of Alpine skiing as being similar to our own efforts to work for a decentralised energy transition: speed and precision, the will to succeed and concentration, versatility and industriousness”.

Piepenbrink and his team have built a pioneering business that produces intelligent storage systems for solar power, known as home power stations. E3/DC also specializes in innovative charging technology for e-mobility. In the DACH region, the company is a leader in solar emergency power supply. 

Relentless drive

None of this would have been achieved without vision, drive and optimism, characteristics which E3/DC shares with the DSV team. DSV’s Managing Director Sport, Wolfgang Maier, points out the athletes are highly motivated for this coming season and can’t wait to get going: “Reigning world champion, Alexander Schmid or Lena Dürr who came third in the world championship slalom last year have gone perfectly through our preparations and are ready to go. Emma Aicher, who is joining us from the junior team, is one to watch.” For a special highlight, the World Cups at home in Garmisch-Partenkirchen will see tailored events that are being prepared by the DSV and E3/DC at the moment. This is part of E3/DC’s desire to not only support elite sports but also offer their partners special access to this exclusive world of top competitive sports.