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Nominated for its new Ott Architekten , Augsburg designed office and logistics building , German specialist SIP Scootershop has been awarded a prestigious ' Best Workspaces Award '. Best Workspaces is the first international architecture award for intelligent working environments . " Callwey Publishing House and its partners bring together the best workspace interiors judged by an independent jury of experts . The vision of the award is to recognise pioneering workspace design internationally ".

Sweden ' s Trelleborg Group has agreed to sell its Wheel Systems unit , incorporating its entire global Trelleborg off-road tire business , to Japanese tire giant Yokohama Rubber for $ 2.3bn in a deal that will more than double Yokohama ' s existing $ 970m off-road tire sales . Yokohama will absorb Trelleborg tire plants ( ten of them ) in seven countries - China , Czech Republic , India , Italy , Serbia , Sri Lanka and the USA . The brands sold include Maximo , Cultor , Interfit and , the best known in the motorcycle market , Mitas - which Trelleborg has only owned since 2015 .

Owner Kinderhook Industries , LLC flipped its Mentor , Ohio based Race Winning Brands ( RWB ) subsidiary in November 2021 . The new owner is New York based MiddleGround Capital . Headed up by industry veterans Bob Bruegging as President and Bob Romanelli as acquisitions lead , RWB was originally carved out of Dover Corporation in 2017 . It had " completed eight strategic acquisitions " under Kinderhook ownership . RWB numbers Wiseco Performance Products , Manley Performance , ProX Racing Parts , Rekluse Motor Sports and JE Pistons among its best known powersports industry " units ".

Dorna Sports has partnered with owner Meta to launch a new game on Facebook , " the MotoGP Pick & Play game brings fans into the action on one of the world ' s largest social networks ". Launching exclusively on Facebook in 2022 it will be available to play free worldwide on mobile devices .

Yamaha Motor Europe has announced an all-new Yamaha Ténéré World Raid team to contest the Africa Eco Race , which will run from Monaco to the legendary finish in Dakar , Senegal from 15-30 October . " Yamaha has a long and storied history racing in Africa , starting in 1979 with victory for Cyril Neveu in the first ever running of the Paris Dakar Rally . Contesting the Africa Eco Race brings the brand full circle , returning them to the spiritual home of the Ténéré , and confirming the new approach , which focuses on reconnecting Yamaha ' s Rally programme with the genuine spirit of adventure and with products that customers can also enjoy . " Yamaha ' s goal in approaching a 12 stage African rally with a production machine is to prove the exceptional DNA of the new Ténéré World Raid , but also to prepare an extensive customer programme , which aims to support the racing spirit of Ténéré customers participating in national activities right up to international long distance Rally Raid events . " The new Rally programme will also

" Botturi and Tarres will take on this unique challenge aboard bikes based on the newly launched Ténéré 700 World Raid but further developed by Yamaha with the addition of specialized GYTR parts , such as a larger fuel tank and KYB suspension , to better withstand the extreme demands of a competitive Rally Raid ."

mark the start of a partnership with Riders for Health , a very special sponsor that Yamaha is proud to host on the Ténéré World Raid Team to raise awareness of the tremendous work carried out by the charity supplying , managing and maintaining motorcycles for health-focused operations in Africa . " The Yamaha Ténéré World Raid Team

In addition to its sponsorship of the MX World Championship , Galfer brake components ( Barcelona ) is continuing as the Official Brake Products of choice for the FIM EnduroGP 2022 World Championship - striking a new deal that will take it through to the end of the 2023 season as an Official Partner . " Well-known and valued in the offroad world for our high-quality , high-performance products , Galfer has been the number one choice among the top EnduroGP teams and riders for years ," says Export Sales Manager Sandra Rossell . Both reigning Enduro World Champion Brad Freeman and his teammate , multi-champion Steve Holcombe ( both riders with the Beta Factory Enduro Team ), have used Galfer ' s G1396R Sintered Racing brake pads and Disc Wave brakes for the past six seasons - which is also how Beta motorcycles are originally equipped at the Betamotor factory in Italy . " On the international Enduro scene , the Spanish brand is also the number one choice among some of the most prestigious and well-known teams and riders worldwide ," said Sandra , " including the TM Boano Factory Racing Team , with riders Matteo Cavallo , Wil Ruprecht and 2021 Junior Champion Matteo Pavoni ; the Fantic

will be run on behalf of Yamaha by Rebel X Sports under the direction of Team Manager , and experienced Rally Raid campaigner , Manuel Lucchese . Italian Alessandro Botturi , winner of the previous two editions of the race , and Spaniard Pol Tarres will contest the 14th edition of the rally aboard a race version of the recently launched Ténéré 700 World Raid .

d ' Arpa Racing Team , with 2021 Junior Champion Albin Norrbin and Australian star Daniel Milner ; the WP Eric Augé Team , with 2021 E3 runnerup Jaume Betriu ; multiple Spanish World Champion Laia Sanz of the GasGas Factory Team ; and the newly sponsored Team Sherco CH Racing , with riders Hamish Macdonald and Belgian Antoine Magain , among others ." www . galfermoto . com

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