Posts Tagged ‘Shimano Australia’
Four New Board Members for Bicycle Industries Australia
Melbourne, Victoria Bicycle Industries Australia’s board has been bolstered by a number of newcomers, including representatives of the nation’s three largest bike brands. Delegates from Specialized Bicycle Components (planning and operations manager Wade Budden), Trek Bicycle Asia Pacific (advocacy and engagement manager Mark Eedle) and Giant Group (marketing manager Alistair Wilson) were confirmed as new…
Huge Interest in the Stratospheric Top End of Handmade Market
Williamstown, Victoria If you added up the production of every hand maker of bicycles in Australia it would probably still only amount to a fraction of 1% of the total Australian bicycle market, by volume. But that doesn’t stop people coming in their thousands to see the annual Handmade Bicycle Show Australia (HBSA). They come…
Former Shimano President Yoshizo Shimano Dies
Yoshizo Shimano, third son of company founder Shozaburo Shimano has died at the age of 85. After earning his economics degree from Keio University in Tokyo, he briefly worked at an automobile sales company before joining Shimano Industrial Co., Ltd., now Shimano Inc. He established the company’s first overseas operation, Shimano American Corporation in New…