Johann Puch


Friday 27th June 1862

Born on this day Johann Puch, Slovene inventor and mechanic who founded Puch, manufacturers of automobiles, bicycles, mopeds, and motorcycles. The Puch motorcycle company was sold to Piaggio, maker of the Vespa, in 1987 and still produces bikes under the name Puch. When the bicycle division of Piaggio, which also included Bianchi Bicycles was sold to the Swedish Grimaldi Industri group in 1997, Puch became part of Cycleurope. In 2011, Austrian entrepreneur Josef Faber took control of the brand, with the 2012 line of bicycles manufactured by Cycleurope in France.


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