When employees from Essx watch the Olympic Games, they will see their work helping athletes reach the height of their Olympic dreams."We are so fortunate that 4 of the 6 athletes that will be competing for the US are going to be on our poles in Paris soon," Essx Vice President of Engineering Don Rahrig said.Making a vaulting pole in a multi-step process of layering fiberglass and carbon fiber material, baking it, and stress-testing it for performance.
"The athletes have to be confident or have confidence that when they're using the pole, it's going to bend," Rahrig said."The way the pole bends is subjective, but if the product fails that's not subjective. So durability is number one. Safety is number one.
In addition to the four Team USA Olympic athletes, Essx poles will be used by Olympic athletes from France, Greece, Venezuela, and Great Britain.