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SMK Helmets : The world ' s largest motorcycle helmet manufacturer by volume , the Indian manufactured SMK brand is a premium brand introduced by STUDDS Accessories Ltd in 2015 - with its origins going back more than 50 years with the first motorcycle helmets being produced by an Indian company in 1972 . Still a founding family owned and operated business based at Faridabad , Near Delhi , SMK is marking 10-years in Europe with " style , safety and craftsmanship ". The fully compliant ( ECE 22.06 and DOT ) range of full-face , P / J approved modular / flip-up helmets and Demi-Jet / open-face urban helmets are built in stateof-the-art manufacturing facilities producing inhouse the complete helmet components as well as visors with all and any treatment and reaching a daily production of more than 40.000 visors ! Last but not least inside Studds there is a mould factory and a hi-tec testing lab : the helmet planet in one factory !. Advanced features include dynamic intake and exhaust ventilation , removable and washable hypoallergenic liners , Pinlock ready extra wide , one-touch replaceable visors . SMK / Stubbs operates from a campus with a 14 million helmet annual capacity with facilities totalling more than 50,000 sq m , selling in more than 50 countries . The major news at EICMA was of in-house developed communications with remarkable range and clarity - the product of a newly built electronics R & D lab www . smkhelmets . com
Regina Chain : EICMA this year saw the Lecco area manufacturer getting excited about the prospects for a Jorge Martin / Prima Pramac Ducati MotoGP Championship win . That win came on November 17 at the rearranged final Round for 2024 - staged at Barcelona because of the problems that struck Valencia . The Spaniard took third place , giving him his third race win and 16th Podium out of 20 races , winning the 2024 MotoGP title by 10 points . But it didn ' t stop there for Regina in 2024 , with Toprak Razgatlioglu winning the WordSBK using Regina chain on his BMW , Ai Ogura taking the honours in Moto2 , Jorge Prado in MXGP with GASGAS , Josep Garcia and Manuel Lettenbichler on with KTM in EnduroGP and Hard Enduro respectively , and Marc- Reiner Schmidt with TM in Supermoto . That is seven World Championships in 2024 , taking the company ' s total haul of top honours to some 380 world titles since their first - with Bruno Ruffo on Moto Guzzi in 1949 . To round-out the Regina racing report card for 2024 , honourable mentions also for three junior riders powered to their championship wins with REGINA chain - Enduro Junior with Max Ahlin ; Enduro Junior 1 with Kevin Cristino and Enduro Youth with Manuel Verzeroli ; www . racing . reginachain . net
Athena / GET : After acquiring international distributor Innteck last summer , the Italian performance and component specialist continues its prolific new product line programme . Recent additions include Athena piston and gaskets top end kits for off-road bikes , with forged four-stroke piston and a top end gasket set in the same pack , and a well-received extension to the GET brand with a new line of lithium batteries for offroad applications . A recognised leader in the manufacture of electronic control units and data acquisition systems , GET lithiums feature a distinctive design , light weight , compact size and state-of-the-art technology - including a unique protective gluing solution to ensure unrivalled cell stability , optimal conductivity , superior thermal insulation and effective shock absorption ; www . athena . eu
LeoVince : Recently celebrating the 70th anniversary of the brand , the exhaust specialist ' s story started back in 1954 in Turin , Italy , with the production of 2- and 4-stroke replacement silencers , mostly for scooters such as Lambretta and
Vespa . Exhausts for performance motorcycle followed in 1987 with the company now owned and operated by the Morone family ' s Belgrove Sp . Z o . o business . All the brand ownership , manufacturing machinery , production processes and distributor shipping are based at the company ' s wholly owned
Polish factory , with R & D , prototyping , testing , homologation , sales and marketing all based at Belgrove ' s wholly owned Italian subsidiary . The present CEO is Roberto Morone , with Alfio Morone as President ; www . leovince . com
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