EICMA 2024 part 1

BS Battery: In 2024 the French specialist marked 15 years of remarkable growth, with EICMA showcasing the company's new Lithium MAX range, SLA MAX BGZ Series and 20-piece PA01 Eyelet Terminal Connector Jar. Heading into 2025, BS Battery offers over 400 individual battery solutions, sells to distributors in 80 countries, has 15 racing partners, three subsidiaries, a further three market coordination offices and two production facilities; www.bs-battery.com

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 state-of-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

Tecmate International: The Belgium based European head office for the market leading OptiMate range of battery chargers and maintainers has marked its 20th anniversary this year, with range updates, including integral power supply (PS) for the OptiMate 6 and 7 Select and OptiMate 7 Select come with a power supply (PS) mode that provides stable support power to the battery. This mode is pre-selectable prior to battery connection or can be selected whilst charging a battery. Originally meant to support the battery during troubleshooting or setting up of a motorcycle by the vehicle owner (e.g. electronic suspension, Bluetooth connectivity, sound system and the like), this feature has also gained popularity with dealers for showrooms where new electronic/electrical features are demonstrated to customers, and at remote locations such as exhibitions where manufacturers demonstrate their electronic aftermarket products on a nonrunning motorcycle. The PS power supply mode of OptiMate 6 Select delivers up to 5 amps, and the more powerful OptiMate 7 Select delivers up to 9 amps at 13.6V; www.tecmate.com, www.optimate1.com