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SHAD: The Barcelona based luggage manufacturer is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Founded and still owned by Jaume Xicola, and now operated by his son Jaume Xicola Jr, SHAD has won multiple awards for their designs and respect for the quality of their manufacturing. In the 25 years since the business started with its original first 22 litre top case, more than 1,500 products have been developed.“ Design and innovation have been the main values for SHAD,” said Jaume Xicola Jr.“ With the development of new solutions for motorcycles and the registration of our own patents, three in the last three years alone, we have constantly focussed on R & D, and that commitment to design and technology was recognised this year with our international 2017 Red Dot Award for the SH58X and SH59X‘ Expandable Concept’. In addition to its 28,000 sq m Barcelona facility, where it employs some 190 personnel, the company has an extensive commercial network in more than 70 countries on 5 continents. It currently offers over 500 fitting kits and also has two production centres in China( Shanghai) and Indonesia( Jakarta), which allow it to give local supply and support to the company’ s international operations – over half of its sales are in Europe, but Xicola says its Asian business is growing rapidly and that they sell in 80 countries in total. As well as selling to the replacement and retro-fit aftermarket through their SHAD trademark, parent company NAD SL is an OE supplier to many leading motorcycle manufacturers, including Yamaha, Honda, BMW, KTM, Piaggio and Kymco; www. shad. es
Airsal: Earlier this year the Spanish small cc motorcycle, scooter and moped engine, cylinder, piston and engine heads manufacturer launched a new range of offroad cylinders for leading brands such as KTM, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki and Gas Gas. Founded in 1986, Airsal manufactures some 15,000 to 16,000 cylinders a month at their 3,000 sqm Centelles, Barcelona facility and export to more than 30 countries worldwide. Made in aluminium with Scanimet interior coating- an extremely hard, durable and heat resistant, high performance nickelsilicon carbide( carborundum) proprietary technology – the new cylinder line“ will include a huge range of 250cc 4-stroke models and 2-stroke options. We plan to be offering more than 30 different off-road engine cylinder options within the next 2-3 years,” says Export Sales Manager Frank Gili; www. airsal. com
Pro-X Racing Parts: Founded in 1975 the company is now owned by Ohio based Race Winning Brands( RWB) the Dutch performance specialist offers OE replacement and performance components such as pistons, connecting rods, crankshafts, valves and air filters – over 9,000 different part numbers in total in more than 65 product groups, exporting to more than 70 countries worldwide; www. pro-x. com
Twisted Distributing: One of America’ s leading specialty importers / distributers, the Peacedale, Rhode Island division of Twisted Throttle is a leading Dual Sports and Adventure Touring specialist importer, providing U. S. distribution for leading accessory brands such as British R & G crash protection products, German SW-MOTECH luggage, Denali Electronics lights, DrySpec dry bag luggage, German made MRA windshields / screens, Interphone Bluetooth rider communication systems by Cellularline in Italy, and the internationally respected Australian designed and manufactured Barkbusters line of handguards; www. twistedthrottle. com
Vesrah: The Japanese company is one of the largest manufacturers of OE fitment and OE replacement brake pads in the world; www. vesrah. com
R & G: Distributed in the USA by Twisted Throttle, the British crash protection manufacturer says it is“ the world’ s # 1 brand for motorcycle crash protection, offering a broad range of styling and protection accessories to fit most modern bikes”; www. rg-racing. com
20 INTERNATIONAL DEALER NEWS- OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2017