As part of the deal, the Bolzano-based company, founded in 1990, will become a product partner of world skiing’s governing body for the 2016 to 2017 and 2017/18 seasons.

TechnoAlpin, which specialises in manual and fully automated snow-making systems, will also be an official supplier of the FIS Bring Children to the Snow scheme for the 2016/17 campaign.

In their role as a FIS product partner, the company will work closely with the governing body and its National Ski Associations, organisers of events and ski resorts.

The move comes after a number of FIS World Cup and other events on last year’s calendar were cancelled or moved to a different venue as a result of unseasonably warm weather.

“TechnoAlpin is a welcome partner for our organisers to help them at the last moment if the weather has not permitted sufficient snow cover,” FIS Gian-Franco Kasper said.

“This may mean the difference between organising or cancelling an event.”

The Bring Children to the Snow initiative aims to promote snow activities as the healthy recreational activity for children and youth in winter.

The FIS hope it can achieve its mission through the SnowKidz and World Snow Day events, targeted at encouraging youngsters to get involved with the sport.

Registration for the 2017 World Snow Day was opened earlier this month.

It follows a report hailing the success of this year's event, which saw more than 586,000 participants enjoy snow at 625 events in 42 countries.

Next year's event, due to take place on January 15, is seeking to be even larger.

It aims to motivate children aged from four to 14 by encouraging all stakeholders to celebrate all things snow around the world simultaneously.