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11-02-2006, 08:01 AM
On January 1, 2007, the Poway, CA facility operated by Utah based MQC will become a part of NY based Serotta Competition Bicycles.
The transition is the result of months of discussions between the collective management teams of MQC and Serotta. Ben Serotta and Dean Gestal the respective CEO’s of the firms stated, “Our companies have enjoyed an excellent working partnership of more than five years. At the core of the relationship has been our honest and open dialog, in which we’ve shared some of our long range strategic plans and concerns with each other.”
Serotta’s annexation of the Poway facility stems directly from these talks as Serotta sought to increase its potency in composites while MQC continues to both strengthen and streamline its operations by concentrating efforts on its two main facilities in Salt Lake and ()?, China.
As part of the agreement, Serotta will retain employment of the small dedicated Poway staff headed by lead engineer Mike Lopez. Under the agreement, Lopez, a composites industry guru, will continue to provide engineering and consulting services to MQC and its customers on an ‘on-call’ basis. According to Lopez, “this coordinated transition is a win, win, win result for all parties involved.”
About Serotta Competition Bicycles
Serotta Competition Bicycles (www.serotta.com (http://www.serotta.com)) an American company based in Saratoga Springs, NY, has been leading the world in custom bicycle design and handcrafted manufacturing since 1972.
Over the past two years, Serotta has bucked global trends by bringing a growing number of operations to in-house status and has been seeking the right path to do the same in composites. “We’re fanatical about controlling our own destiny, says Founder Ben Serotta, “and for us, the formula for success includes controlling as much of the R&D and manufacturing processes as possible so we’re absolutely thrilled to be adding the composites ‘A’ Team to the Serotta roster.
About MacLean Quality Composites
MacLean Quality Composites has successfully defied industry preconceptions about how materials can be implemented in high performance sports and industrial applications. By leveraging ingenuity and know-how, MacLean Quality Composites is able to design and manufacture best in class carbon fiber products. This unique capacity to shape materials technology is the essential ingredient in some of the most sought-after frames, forks, wheel sets, and components in the cycling industry, including Trek, Specialized, Serotta, Seven Cycles, Independent Fabrication and, of course, Reynolds’ own brand of performance equipment. For more information about MacLean Quality Composites visit www.macqc.com (http://www.macqc.com) or for information on Reynolds products visit www.reynoldscycling.com (http://www.reynoldscycling.com) .
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Source:
Jonathan Geran
Reynolds Cycling
The transition is the result of months of discussions between the collective management teams of MQC and Serotta. Ben Serotta and Dean Gestal the respective CEO’s of the firms stated, “Our companies have enjoyed an excellent working partnership of more than five years. At the core of the relationship has been our honest and open dialog, in which we’ve shared some of our long range strategic plans and concerns with each other.”
Serotta’s annexation of the Poway facility stems directly from these talks as Serotta sought to increase its potency in composites while MQC continues to both strengthen and streamline its operations by concentrating efforts on its two main facilities in Salt Lake and ()?, China.
As part of the agreement, Serotta will retain employment of the small dedicated Poway staff headed by lead engineer Mike Lopez. Under the agreement, Lopez, a composites industry guru, will continue to provide engineering and consulting services to MQC and its customers on an ‘on-call’ basis. According to Lopez, “this coordinated transition is a win, win, win result for all parties involved.”
About Serotta Competition Bicycles
Serotta Competition Bicycles (www.serotta.com (http://www.serotta.com)) an American company based in Saratoga Springs, NY, has been leading the world in custom bicycle design and handcrafted manufacturing since 1972.
Over the past two years, Serotta has bucked global trends by bringing a growing number of operations to in-house status and has been seeking the right path to do the same in composites. “We’re fanatical about controlling our own destiny, says Founder Ben Serotta, “and for us, the formula for success includes controlling as much of the R&D and manufacturing processes as possible so we’re absolutely thrilled to be adding the composites ‘A’ Team to the Serotta roster.
About MacLean Quality Composites
MacLean Quality Composites has successfully defied industry preconceptions about how materials can be implemented in high performance sports and industrial applications. By leveraging ingenuity and know-how, MacLean Quality Composites is able to design and manufacture best in class carbon fiber products. This unique capacity to shape materials technology is the essential ingredient in some of the most sought-after frames, forks, wheel sets, and components in the cycling industry, including Trek, Specialized, Serotta, Seven Cycles, Independent Fabrication and, of course, Reynolds’ own brand of performance equipment. For more information about MacLean Quality Composites visit www.macqc.com (http://www.macqc.com) or for information on Reynolds products visit www.reynoldscycling.com (http://www.reynoldscycling.com) .
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Source:
Jonathan Geran
Reynolds Cycling