Spidi | |
Company type | Private |
Industry | Motorcycle Apparel Accessories Manufacturing |
Founder | Renato Dalla Grana |
Headquarters | Vicenza , Italy |
Area served | Global |
Key people | |
Products |
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Revenue | $17.01 million USD (2019) |
Number of employees | 44 |
Website | www.spidi.com |
Spidi is an Italian manufacturer of protective and race clothing for motorcycle riders. Spidi Sport slr owns Spidi Incorporated, a United States-based subsidiary. The company is headquartered in Sarego, Italy and has a subsidiary office in California. The US subsidiary was incorporated in 2013. [1]
Spidi was started by Italian Renato Dalla Grana in 1977, [2] [3] [4] and initially only manufactured racing gloves for motorcycle riders. [5] The company was incorporated in Italy in 1985 [6] and began producing motorcycle apparel in 1989. [7]
Spidi has sponsored riders such as Kenny Roberts, [8] Marco Melandri, [9] [10] Sete Giberneau, [11] and Colin Edwards. [11]
Spidi received the first CE for their motorcycle jacket protectors in 1996. [12] [13] and produced their first universal motorcycle airbag in 2010. [14] An integral cooling system called the Anatomic Intercooler System (AIS) intercooler system, [15] developed from astronaut's space suits, [16] [17] was introduced in 2004 through a technology transfer project with the European Space Agency. [18]
In 1995, Nobuatsu (Noboru) Ueda fell off his bike, breaking his arm and receiving nerve damage that nearly paralyzed his right hand. [19] To assist him in continuing to ride, Spidi designed a glove with a mechanised band system that allowed Ueda to grip the throttle and brake levers, which was nicknamed the "Magic Glove". [20] [19] In 2018, a glove based on the same technology was created for rider Jorge Martin who was suffering from neuritis of the hand after an injury caused by unexpected nerve inflammation. [21] [22] [23]
In 2019, Spidi released a prototype jacket, called the Mission Beta, created to assist riders who travel through areas with high pollution, smoke or other particulates. [24] [25] Citing that commuter motorcyclists can experience particulate levels 100 time higher than car drivers, [26] the jacket contains a built-in mask system which contains an air pollution sensor. [27] [28] When the air quality reaches a high enough level, a small screen on the arm of the jacket alerts the rider to the situation so they can put on their mask. [29] [30]
Spidi’s Ducati Corse C3 was the world‘s first glove to achieve a 4-star rating (the highest result at the time) in MotoCAP’s independent safety tests. [31]
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Spidi | |
Company type | Private |
Industry | Motorcycle Apparel Accessories Manufacturing |
Founder | Renato Dalla Grana |
Headquarters | Vicenza , Italy |
Area served | Global |
Key people | |
Products |
|
Revenue | $17.01 million USD (2019) |
Number of employees | 44 |
Website | www.spidi.com |
Spidi is an Italian manufacturer of protective and race clothing for motorcycle riders. Spidi Sport slr owns Spidi Incorporated, a United States-based subsidiary. The company is headquartered in Sarego, Italy and has a subsidiary office in California. The US subsidiary was incorporated in 2013. [1]
Spidi was started by Italian Renato Dalla Grana in 1977, [2] [3] [4] and initially only manufactured racing gloves for motorcycle riders. [5] The company was incorporated in Italy in 1985 [6] and began producing motorcycle apparel in 1989. [7]
Spidi has sponsored riders such as Kenny Roberts, [8] Marco Melandri, [9] [10] Sete Giberneau, [11] and Colin Edwards. [11]
Spidi received the first CE for their motorcycle jacket protectors in 1996. [12] [13] and produced their first universal motorcycle airbag in 2010. [14] An integral cooling system called the Anatomic Intercooler System (AIS) intercooler system, [15] developed from astronaut's space suits, [16] [17] was introduced in 2004 through a technology transfer project with the European Space Agency. [18]
In 1995, Nobuatsu (Noboru) Ueda fell off his bike, breaking his arm and receiving nerve damage that nearly paralyzed his right hand. [19] To assist him in continuing to ride, Spidi designed a glove with a mechanised band system that allowed Ueda to grip the throttle and brake levers, which was nicknamed the "Magic Glove". [20] [19] In 2018, a glove based on the same technology was created for rider Jorge Martin who was suffering from neuritis of the hand after an injury caused by unexpected nerve inflammation. [21] [22] [23]
In 2019, Spidi released a prototype jacket, called the Mission Beta, created to assist riders who travel through areas with high pollution, smoke or other particulates. [24] [25] Citing that commuter motorcyclists can experience particulate levels 100 time higher than car drivers, [26] the jacket contains a built-in mask system which contains an air pollution sensor. [27] [28] When the air quality reaches a high enough level, a small screen on the arm of the jacket alerts the rider to the situation so they can put on their mask. [29] [30]
Spidi’s Ducati Corse C3 was the world‘s first glove to achieve a 4-star rating (the highest result at the time) in MotoCAP’s independent safety tests. [31]
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