A new chapter in a never-ending story: The Kneissl ski company was about to be sold to Andreas Kramer, the man behind Kramer Elastic. Kramer is a German snowboard manufacturer who, around the time of the last Ispo show, acquired the brand rights to Erbacher, a German ski company with an old heritage. However, the sale to Kramer of the sporting goods branch of bankrupt Kneissl was blocked by its receiver, Stefan Geiler. This came after Sheikh Al Jaber, the owner of Kneissl, made a new bid by offering €2 million, of which €200,000 has been paid in advance. It is no news that the sheikh has been promising payments to rescue his company while he fell short of meeting his promises again and again. On the other hand, Kramer is under pressure, too, since he declared that he was now ready to pay €1 million. Instead, the receiver expects some €1.7 million more, and Kramer's bank still has to agree to extra amount according to Wirtschaftsblatt, a usually well-informed Austrian newspaper.

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