Beal
FR · 1951 · Climbing
Dynamic ropes and harnesses, made in the Isère
Began making shoelaces and cords, then switched to climbing rope after a 1975 trade-fair visit and never went back. Still run by the founding family, which also bought its Austrian competitor Edelweiss in 1999.
- Ownership
- Family owned
- Status
- Trading
- Made
- Own factory, Pont-Évêque
- Offers
- deep provenance, generous returns, a kids range, a phone line
- Activities
- Climbing, Bouldering, Mountaineering, Canyoning