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PINION CONTINUES TO GROW WITH NEW PARTNERS
While the drive specialist from southern Germany presented an absolute world first last year with the MGU, this year's Eurobike also has exciting news to announce: In addition to the fully automatic MGU, which will be available via a software update from Q3 2024, other strong bike brands are also relying on the Pinion E-Drive system. And the Smart.Shift technology in conjunction with strong system partners is increasingly being used on bikes with and without drive.
PINION BEIM INDUSTRIETAG DER HOCHSCHULE ESSLINGEN
On May 15, 2024, we were at the Industry Day of Esslingen University of Applied Sciences in the Neckarforum.
The Industry Day is a career fair at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences that takes place twice a year. Students can find out about possible internships, working student activities, final theses or career entry opportunities.
E-MTB Camp in Kaltern/South Tyrol
From April 22 to 25, 2024, the E-MTB Camp took place in Kaltern/South Tyrol and offered the participants an unforgettable time in one of the most beautiful cycling paradises - the varied landscape around Kaltern and Tramin. Together with our partner Simplon, we took part for the first time. Around 40 participants had the exclusive opportunity to test the brand new Simplon Rapcon - equipped with the Pinion MGU - on the trails.
KETTLER Pinniato Speed wins 2nd place at VAB in Belgium
VAB announced the winners of the “Bike of the Year Awards 2024” at the beginning of May. The KETTLER Pinnato Speed took 2nd place in the “Speed Pedelecs (45 km/h)” category.
BEST BUDDY BIKE
Udo Kewitsch combines his hobbies and passions of writing, biking and photography as an independent blogger and has been a Pinion fan for several years. His latest project: the planning and development of a BBB = Best Buddy Bike, an everyday travel bike.
PINION AT THE CYCLING WORLD 2024 IN DÜSSELDORF
From March 15 to 17, 2024, we were once again at this year's CYCLINGWORLD EUROPE - the bicycle trade fair "for the finest cycling culture in Düsseldorf".
PINION PRODUCT MANAGEMENT STRENGTHENED BY INDUSTRY EXPERT
Pinion GmbH, manufacturer of innovative drive systems for bicycles based in Denkendorf near Stuttgart, is delighted to announce that Andy Benz has joined the team as Product Manager in January 2024. As a passionate hobby mountain biker, but above all through his previous activities in the bicycle industry, he brings a wealth of experience to the area of product management at Pinion.
PINION MOTOR.GEARBOX.UNIT HONORED WITH THREE IMPORTANT INDUSTRY AWARDS
Following the successful product launch of the Pinion Motor.Gearbox.Unit and the expansion of Smart.Shift technology (electric shifting, including for non-e-bikes), the course has been set for further growth at the drive specialist from Stuttgart. In order to optimally serve the high demand for Pinion products in the long term, Pinion is strengthening its sales division and making organizational adjustments.
PINION REPOSITIONS ITSELF FOR FURTHER GRWOTH IN SALES
Following the successful product launch of the Pinion Motor.Gearbox.Unit and the expansion of Smart.Shift technology (electric shifting, including for non-e-bikes), the course has been set for further growth at the drive specialist from Stuttgart. In order to optimally serve the high demand for Pinion products in the long term, Pinion is strengthening its sales division and making organizational adjustments.
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About Pinion GmbH
From Porsche to Pinion
The idea for the Pinion gearbox was born in 2006 at Porsche’s transmission development centre in Weissach, Germany: a bicycle gear shifting system that works as intuitively, precisely, and wear-free as the manual gearbox of a sports car. Five years of development, numerous prototypes and countless hours of test bench trials followed until the first production-ready transmission crossed the Himalayan mountains in 2010…
the summer of 2023, Pinion presented an absolute world premiere: the Pinion E-Drive System with the Motor.Gearbox.Unit (MGU) at its heart. The Pinion MGU is the e-bike technology of the next generation, because it combines motor and gearbox into one unit. Already nine launch partners have installed Pinion’s motor-gearbox unit at launch.
Every Pinion transmission and drive is “Made in Germany” – development, design, engineering, series production, sales and service all take place at the company’s modern headquarters in Denkendorf near Stuttgart. The team comprises over 100 permanent employees. As part of the BRP Group, Pinion stands shoulder to shoulder with globally active companies in the field of e-mobility and powersport products and is actively driving its own internationalization.
Today, more than 100 international bicycle manufacturers rely on Pinion.
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