Hertel Wax is an American company which produces

ski wax Ski wax is a material applied to the bottom of snow runners, including skis, snowboards, and toboggans, to improve their coefficient of friction performance under varying snow conditions. The two main types of wax used on skis are glide waxes and ...

, snowboard wax, skate wax and related accessories. The company is owned by Terry Hertel and is based in

Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale () is a city located in the Santa Clara Valley in northwestern Santa Clara County, California, United States. Sunnyvale lies along the historic El Camino Real (California), El Camino Real and U.S. Route 101 in California, Highway 1 ...

. Terry Hertel founded the company in California in 1972. Hertel Wax was the first producer of all-temperature ski and snowboard waxes. The company’s approach was involved micro-encapsulate tiny water-soluble surfactants into the wax. The company holds a patent on the first

fluorocarbon Fluorocarbons are chemical compounds with carbon-fluorine bonds. Compounds that contain many C-F bonds often have distinctive properties, e.g., enhanced stability, volatility, and hydrophobicity. Several fluorocarbons and their derivatives are ...

waxes, introduced in 1986.

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Official site

short history of ski wax": Article by Seth Masia
American companies established in 1972 Companies based in Sunnyvale, California {{US-manufacturing-company-stub