KTM has announced that Teka is joining it as an additional major sponsor for its MX1 and MX2 World Championship factory team, a move that was welcomed on both sides of the negotiating table according to Pit Beirer, who is in charge of the KTM Offroad Racing Division of KTM and Teka's marketing manager Michael Keller. |
Pit Beirer:
"We are certainly very pleased and happy to have such a strong partner
as Teka to be on our side in the near future. With Teka, Red Bull and
KTM we have a great combined force and we will be able to fight for our
world wide targets."
Michael Keller: "Teka is delighted to be joining
forces with KTM to further promote the sport of motocross. We are
looking forward to a long-term relationship with KTM, which is a
company like ours - Europe-based and internationally active. Like KTM,
we aspire to be winners in our field. We understand that our companies
share the desire to be the best and we do this by deploying intelligent
advanced technology and by having the best people to drive us forward.
For Teka, the decision was simple. We want a partnership with KTM
because we want to be with the winners."
About Teka
Teka is an industrial group employing nearly 6,600 people
worldwide. It is active in 190 countries and has 34 subsidiaries. The
Teka Group's two main divisions are the Consumer Product Division made
up of Teka Küchentechnik (electrical appliances including washing
machines, steam ovens, waste bins and kitchen sinks; and Teka Sanitary
Products: bathroom tabs and accessories, shower trays etc. The
Industrial Division includes Küppersbusch Großkoch: professional
kitchen and catering appliances; KEK: special equipment for medical
health care and store construction; UCON: Plant engineering and
construction, aircraft equipment, storage and transport containers for
the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, automotive industry
equipment; and Portinox/Thielmann: beverage containers
About KTM
KTM, founded in 1953, is the second largest European motorcycle
manufacturer and the worldwide market leader in offroad motorcycles.
The company specializes in "Ready to Race" on- and offroad motorcycles
and ATVs. Proven successes in worldwide competition are embodied into
the design and function of each KTM racing machine. KTM has built a
reputation for high-quality premium race ready machines suitable for
street and off road race competition and recreation. With 184 World
Championships and counting, the technology, design and performance of
KTM continues to race past the competition time and again.
9/21/2010 9:15am
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