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KTM GOES PUBLIC WITH ATV PROJECT KTM is serious about entering the ATV market, judging by two recent job postings listed on its public Web site, www.KTM.com. On Jan. 20, ...

PIAGGIO WRAPS UP APRILIA PURCHASE Piaggio & C. SpA ended 2004 by completing its total acquisition of Aprilia SpA, creating a group with annual sales of more than Euro 1.5 ...

Murray to Start Marketing Firm Maurice Murray, senior vice president of brand development at Global Motorsport Group, plans to leave the company Dec. 31, 2004, to set up his own ...

INTERMOT MAY RETURN TO COLOGNE Germany’s motorcycle industry association, the Industrie-Verbandes Motorrad (IVM), says INTERMOT 2006 may move to Cologne, returning to the city that served as the motorcycle trade ...

Italian Unit Sales Increase Italy’s 2004 motorcycle, scooter and moped sales in September rose 24.7%, or 28,400 units, over the same month last year, the Italian motorcycle accessories association ANCMA ...

Motorycle Dealer Group Being Formed Officials at MBA Holdings Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., say the company has become a major investor in the formation of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA). ...

Arctic Cat, Thief River Falls, has named Kale Wainer as media relations specialist. Kale has a background in snowmobile and ATV publishing. Miller Starts Company Rick Miller, former CEO of ...

Stellican wins Indian brand Stellican Limited, a London-based private equity firm, says it has acquired the trademarks and related intellectual property of Indian Motorcycle from CMA Business Credit Services of ...

Louisiana Governor Kathleen Beaux Blanco has signed into law HB1354. Supported by a coalition of marine manufacturers, dealers and state regulators, the new law, effective August 15, is designed to ...

ADP buys Lightspeed The dealer services group of Automatic Data Processing, Inc (NYSE:ADP), the nation’s leading provider of dealer management systems to car and truck dealers, has acquired ProQuest Business ...