CPI

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Taiwanese scooter and quad maker: a group that grew from a 1991 merger of assemblers into a producer of hundreds of thousands of machines a year.

Founded: 1991, Taiwan
Name: Collaboration, Professional, Innovation
Products: Scooters, mopeds, quads
Plants: Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia

CPI began in 1991 as a group that joined the makers along the assembly chain into one company, aiming at international markets. Ming Chi Enterprise joined in 1999 for the cycle parts, and in 2002 CPI China was set up to build for North America, Western Europe and the Middle East. All its plants were certified to ISO 9001:2000.

In 2004 it bought the American importer JAG Powersports and was building about 70,000 vehicles a month; German sources put its 2006 output at around one million. It makes its own 50 to 200 cc engines. A Taiwanese manufacturing subsidiary followed in 2005, and in 2009 JAG passed to Martin Racing Performance, which spread the machines across Europe.

1991CPI group founded
1999Ming Chi Enterprise joins for cycle parts
2002CPI China set up
2004Buys JAG Powersports
2005Taiwan CPI Motor Company Limited founded
2009JAG sold to Martin Racing Performance