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Kinesis Industry Co. Ltd. is a manufacturer of aluminum and carbon fiber bicycle frames, forks, and components. Based in Taiwan, it has a plant in Guangzhou, China, and an American subsidiary (Kinesis USA, Inc.) in Portland, Oregon that generates $5-$10 million in annual sales.〔InfoUSA employer database ().〕 The company was founded in 1989 by former employees of Giant Bicycles, and was headed by Tom Jeng until 2011, when he left to form Jovial Bike Components. Kinesis manufactures and markets it own brand of frames, forks, complete bicycles and accessories〔http://www.kinesis-bikes.com/〕 which are available only in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Israel, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom.〔http://www.kinesis-bikes.com/wheretobuy.php#Korea〕 Brands also manufactured by Kinesis include Diamondback Bicycles, Felt Bicycles, GT Bicycles, Schwinn, Jamis, K2, Raleigh, Trek, Kross and Kona — as well as the brands marketed by the U.S. company Bikesdirect.com: Motobecane USA, Dawes USA, Cycles Mercier, Windsor America. Kinesis employs 1,430 people.〔Kinesis website ().〕 In December 2001, Kinesis acquired Mountain Cycle, a bicycle manufacturer in Portland, Oregon,〔Mountain Bike Action magazine report on purchase of Mountain Cycle ().〕 and in June, 2006, sold it to Ideation Industrial, a Taiwanese manufacturer.〔Bicycle Retailer and Industry News magazine report of Mountain Cycle sale ().〕 ==See also== * List of companies of Taiwan 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kinesis Industry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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