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EAGLE at the World EXPO 2010
Sweden awards TranzX PST E-Bike for country’s design competition
Bad Nauheim, May 4th, 2010 – Swedish Trade Minister Ewa Björling
presented an Eagle electric bicycle to design student Wenchao Gao as one
of the award prizes at the country’s design competition held during the World
Expo 2010 opening ceremonies on Saturday at the Swedish pavilion in
Shanghai, China.
Drawing on inspiration from the Swedish pavilion’s “Spirit of Innovation”
theme, Swedish organizers teamed up with Tongji University to run the Expo
design competition. A total of one hundred Chinese design students had
participated in the competition. The students who participated in the contest
were asked to create products that are innovative, based on sustainable
materials and useful in everyday life. The four finalists and their creations
were presented at the Expo opening event.
Gao was honored for her unique western knife and fork set with built-in
chopsticks. Some of the original products created by the students will
actually be sold in the souvenir shop in the Swedish pavilion during the
World Expo.
The Eagle E-Bike energized by TranzX PST, itself a winner of multiple
design awards in the bicycle industry, was presented by the Swedish Trade
Minister together with Annika Rembe, Commissioner General for Sweden’s
World Expo 2010 Committee, and Per Engdahl, Asia President of Höganäs.
Swedish company Höganäs had partnered with the JD Group, creator and
manufacturer of the Eagle, to offer two of the innovative E-Bikes as prizes for
Sweden’s Expo design competition.
About JD Group
JD Group is famous for having ignited the 20th century’s last great fad when
it created the kick scooter. Forbes magazine put JD’s light-weight, aluminium
miniscooter in a class with Crayola Crayons and Beanie Babies as one of the
10 most popular toys of the century.
The company began in 1986 in Chang Hua, Taiwan as a manufacturer of
high-end aluminum bicycle frames and specialty components, which it continues
to produce and market globally under TranzX, a global brand for quality
bicycle components.
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Today, JD Group is a world leader in mobility innovation, with an outstanding
collection of quality brands across different product categories. These brands
include: JD Bug, CityBug, JD Razor and TranzX. All of the products produced
by JD Group have the quality and reputation for high standards that
JD Group has established for over more than two decades.
As an OEM supplier, JD Group manufactures mobility products for many of
the world's leading brands such as Coca Cola, Ferrari, Kawasaki, Pride
Mobility, Razor, Red Bull and Swiss Army.
The JD Group has offices in Taiwan, China, Japan, Germany and the United
States. The conglomerate owns and operates three manufacturing facilities
in Taiwan and China.
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