The German and meeco sponsored MUENCH Racing Team, won all four of this year’s e-powered racing championship titles! After winning the FIM e-Power construction category as well as both, the FIM and TTXGP European single rankings, the traditional German brand secured another sensational victory at the TTXGP “World Final” last October 16. Just like in 2010 they once again won the e-racing crown.

“During the qualifying we came in first in front of David Hallett and Ho ChiFung,” explains team manager Thomas Petsch on racing Sunday. “The final race started at 2pm and we all hoped for yet another start to finish victory.” Eventually Matthias Himmelmann came in first with a healthy margin of 40 seconds before Ho ChiFung. With this start to finish victory, head of development Thomas Schuricht and his team once again accomplished something sensational. “The British racing enthusiasts were more than impressed that one can already go that fast on an e-bike. They do understand however, that e-racing is the future,” said Thomas Petsch. The emission-free racing sport is supported by an on-site wind power station in the pit lane where all e-bikes are charged. Two years after their start in e-biking competitions, MUENCH lives up to the expectations and shows that e-mobility is a reality.

If you want to experience MEUNCH Racing Team at close range, you stand the best chances at Essen Motor Show. In line with rattling exhausts the most recent e-mobility concepts and equipment solutions will be displayed. In cooperation with their main sponsor MUENCH will not only present their e-bikes but potentially introduce their new Production Racer and the new TTX Racing Series in hall 4 from November 26th till December 4th.

All of our congratulations to the MUENCH Racing Team for their success!

Please find below some pictures of the event.

The Final of this National Championship was celebrated from the 27th of September until the 2nd of October at the Riding Club of Segovia, Spain.

Thirteen teams participated in this competition, which traditionally closes the Final Ancades program. The Spanish Yeguada Championship is an important national competition organized by ANCADES (National Association of Breeders of Spanish Sport Horses), The Sevillian Yeguada Westfalia, considered one of the most important breeding stables in Spain and sponsored by SunCarrier since two years, wins gold for the second consecutive year in this championship.

Aurelio Gutiérrez competed with his horses: SunCarrier Luminaria W, SunCarrier Chirigota W and SunCarrier Life Style W.

A fierce competition took place between the Suncarrier Westfalia and the Military Breeding Stables and finally a jump-off was necessary to decide between silver and gold.

Our rider Aurelio Gutiérrez riding SunCarrier Life Style W realized a perfect trajectory and won once more gold. SunCarrier sponsored rider Jacobo Maldonado Yasi won second place in the finals of the Young Horses competition, category of the 5 year olds, organized by Ancades as well in the same event.

Our most sincere Congratulations!

The meeco sponsored MUENCH Racing Team secures International FIM e-Power and European TTXGP Championship

Last Friday at this years’ final race in Le Mans, the German MUENCH Racing Team secured the FIM e-Power International championship as well as the TTXGP European Championship titles. This success in French territory proved once again that the MUENCH engineers are a world reference in e-racing engineering. Generally, E-mobility “made in Germany” is not just a reality, it is among the best in the world and The meeco Group is a strong believer.

After an exceptional run at the qualifying round, Matthias Himmelmann started the race on Friday afternoon in the pole position and ended up finishing the race with a 34-second lead over the second. Having won the European TTXGP championship, the MUENCH Racing Team is consequently qualified to take part in the world championship series happening in October where it will compete against the best, North American and Australian teams.

The meeco Group sincerely congratulates the whole MUENCH Racing Team for its splendid results and true competition values it has been displaying over the last couple of years. Each and every one of us at meeco is proud to be a part of this winning electric revolution alongside MUENCH Racing.

We wish MUENCH Racing all the best for the World Series Championship!

Find below a selection of Matthias and the MUENCH Racing Team at Le Mans.

The third European all-electric motorbike Grand Prix took place last weekend in Assen, Netherlands. The meeco sponsored MUENCH Racing Team, and its driver Matthias Himmelmann were once again on the starting line with one of the greenest racing bikes on the planet, the MUENCH TTE-2. Happening alongside the Dutch eMobility motorbike championship, this exciting TTXGP race had one of the largest audiences to date and 70.000 spectators got to watch Himmelmann win another race.

Two curves after the start Himmelmann was already fourth and on the back straight he took over the Chinese competitor, making it third. Himmelmann was once again capable to compensate the TTE-2’s starting position with his outstanding driving skills and his thrilling hunt. The already classical and nonetheless fascinating duel with Alessandro Brannetti (CRP Racing) from Italy – a very experienced 250 MotoGP driver, followed. Himmelmann came out on top and ended up extending his lead. During the awards ceremony we once again got to listen to the German national anthem. “Himmelmann who will be called hotshot from now on, wore down everyone during a real battle,” said Thomas Petsch, MUENCH Racing Team Manager.

“The best event I have been in so far! They provided something for everybody- not just eMobility but also GT races and lots of other suspenseful motorsport competitions. Well, and it was definitely one of my best,“ said Himmelmann after his great success.

The meeco Group has never been as proud as a sponsor to an event as with the MUENCH Racing Team. This team has shown tenacity and endurance in developing this all-electric motorbike that meets championship standards while being environmentally friendly. Congratulations to the MUENCH Racing Team and to Matthias Himmelmann for making it happen!

Please find below some pictures of Matthias and the MUENCH Racing Team at the event.

SunCarrier Services Spain and The meeco Group were sponsors of the „Air Navigation Race“ (ANR) on Saturday, 19^th of February 2011 in Alicante, Spain.

The ANR competition is the first navigation race for ultralight aircrafts in Spain. The first circuit for the Spanish Championship ANR was won by the World Champion Mr. Pedro Nogueroles and his co-pilot Antonio Marchesi.

The competition for ultralight aircrafts was organized by the Aero Club de Alicante. The meeco Group has made use of this event, in order to promote its clean energy services and solutions. Especially the capabilities of the portable energy solution “sun2go” has been catching the attention of participants as well as spectators.

Below please find some impressions from the event.

On Monday, November 29^th 2010 the minister for Economic Affairs and Technology, Rainer Brüderle, welcomed the MÜNCH Racing Team to his office in Berlin. The team was honoured for their remarkable and outstanding achievements in the field of electric driven motor-bike racing. Having developed their own racing machine, the MÜNCH TTE-1.2, the team behind driver Matthias Himmelmann proved their competences many times over and took the world championship titles of two racing leagues by storm.

Due to the combination of athletic performance and responsible use of to native resources, the MÜNCH Racing Team set new standards in the field of electric driven motor-bike racing. After having raced a suspenseful season in Europe and North America, the team did not only win the world championship title in the technologically important constructing engineer category of the FIM e-Power International Championship but also proved their capability in the TTXGP 2010 world championship competition.

Representatives of The meeco Group joined the meeting and thus expressed the enormous importance of The meeco Group’s support for the MÜNCH Racing Team.

Please find some impressions from the meeting below.

Peter Virdee (B & S Property) and Dieter Trutschler (The meeco Group), who are the founders of the recently established PV Energy Ltd., joined the “British Indian Diamond Jubilee Banquet” on Friday, 29^th of October 2010 in London, UK. The purpose of this banquet was to celebrate the 60th anniversary of India’s Republic and Diwali.

Both directors, accompanied by their wives, attended the gala and were honoured to be invited by the President of the Loomba Charity Foundation Cherie Blair, wife of the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Mrs Blair is also the patron of the charity “Solar Aid” which supports the development of renewable energies, especially photovoltaics in Africa and beyond.

PV Energy Ltd. was happy to support the gala as a co-sponsor. The “British Indian Diamond Jubilee Banquet” was hosted by the Loomba Foundation at the prestigious Guildhall in London.

The aim of the Loomba Foundation is to promote the fundamental freedoms and human rights of widows and their children around the world by raising awareness of the gross injustices women face when losing a husband, and removing the stigma associated with widowhood.

Accredited by the United Nations in 2008, the Foundation is educating over 3,000 children of poor widows in India. As part of its global work, it empowers widows by setting up businesses in Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Syria, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. According to the Foundation, there are more than 245 million widows estimated worldwide, who are the poorest of the poor, invisible, forgotten and unheard. Many of them live in poverty and suffer dreadful prejudice and discrimination – often denied their right to inheritance, abused, isolated and pushed to the very fringes of society. It is their children who are punished, often forced to opt out of school because of lack of money.

In addition to a variety of distinguished guests from the UK´s business world, society and political sector, such as the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Paul Stephenson QPM, the Indian High Commissioner His Excellency Nalin Surie and Lord Dholakia of Waltham Brooks OBE, DL, the famous Bollywood actress Preity Zinta attended the event as the International Ambassador of the Loomba foundation.

Please find more information about “Solar Aid” on the web page of the charity.

More information about the event on the web page of the “Loomba Foundation”.

To launch the services and products offered by “Sun Solutions Morocco“, the partner company of The meeco Group took part in the trade fair “Pollutec Maroc” in Casablanca, Morocco from October 6-9, 2010

The event, officially named “Salon International des Equipements, des Technologies et des Services de L’environnement“ was well attended, mostly by professionals from Morocco and European exhibitors. The technologies and services represented covered the entire range of environment-related industries.

The “Sun Solutions Morocco“ booth was very popular during the trade show. Laurent Dittrick, a manager within The meeco Group working with “Sun Solutions Morocco,“ reported on attendance during the exhibition: “The booth was packed from the opening to after closing hours every day and at all times. All in all, more than 200 contact sheets were filled out, covering specific requests and meetings with staff on the stand. Most visitors were professionals from industry or public institutions wishing to obtain more information about products available. On the first day, the stand was highlighted on the national news telecast.“

The exhibit booth itself included several sun2go portable energy solutions, a demonstration of lighting systems, and information about oursun off-grid energy solutions and cellcube battery storage systems,. In addition, video footage of the different products was also presented on a flat-screen TV. Outside the trade fair, a 14 x 4 meter billboard inviting participants to come to the Sun Solutions Maroc exhibit was visible to visitors coming from the airport and highway.

The meeco Group sponsors horse jumping and e-power racing, as well as other important events with regard to clean energy. In June 2010 The meeco Group used its SunCarrier hot-air balloon during the famous Las Hogueras de San Juan (St John´s Bonfires) festival in Alicante (Spain). Just some weeks later, the hot-air balloon was in action at a scout camp of the German Association of Protestant Girl Guides and Boy Scouts (VCP) from July 29 to August 7 in near Wolfsburg (Germany) with the Guides and Scouts on a panoramic view of the camp.

The famous festival “Las Hogueras de San Juan”, which took place in Alicante from the 20^th to the 29^th of June, is a very important and well-known Spanish festival which marks the arrival of the summer solstice. Under the command of one of the best balloon drivers of the world, Mr. Wilhelm Eimers, assisted by Mr. Thomas Beindorf, a member of the board of The meeco Group, partners and employees enjoyed a ride on the balloon.

The SunCarrier hot-air balloon embarked on another ride within the scout camp of the VCP in Almke near Wolfsburg (Germany) a few weeks later. With 5,000 campers it was the largest VCP scout camp ever. The camp was environmentally self-sustainable: For the Guides and Scouts at this unique camp, sustainability was more than just a modern phrase, because to ”leave a place a little better than you found it” is a central premise of Scouting. Therefore, The meeco Group provided five sun2goTM (its portable energy solution) for several educational projects and to generate renewable energy for hand tools, laptops and mobile phone charging. The meeco Group then invited the winners of the camp’s “sustainability contest” on a ride in the SunCarrier hot-air balloon. “With the hot-air balloon we want to promote the use of renewable energy and to support important events all over the world”, said Dieter Trutschler, member of the board of The meeco Group.

Everytime The meeco Group rider Jacobo Bobi Maldonado wins a show jumping competition, SunCarrier also wins, since its horses have beautiful names such as SunCarrier Rocky, SunCarrier Allitalia, SunCarrier Repleasure, SunCarrier Corro or SunCarrier Colaca.

In the last few weeks, Bobi managed to win several show jumping competitions. On the 12^th of September he participated in the 5 star International Show Jumping Championship in Club de Campo Villa in Madrid (Spain). A huge audience watched his faultless run with his 14-year-old horse SunCarrier Rocky on the 1.45 metre obstacle tournament. On the 18^th to 19^th of September, Bobi jumped with SunCarrier Rocky at the 2 star National Championship in Los Faldones, Madrid. On the first picture below you can see Bobi receiving the trophy for the second place in the 1.35 metre grand tournament.

Jacobo Bobi Maldonado also participated in the Spanish Show Jumping Championship for young Spanish breed horses and breeding stables, which took place in Segovia from the 22^nd to the 26^th of September. He won third place in the finals for four-year-old horses with SunCarrier Colaca and seventh place in the finals for five-year-old horses with SunCarrier Repleasure.

The other pictures below show Bobi with SunCarrier Allitalia and SunCarrier Cassicasca in the 3 star International Show Jumping Championship, which took place from the 22^nd until the 25^th of July 2010 in Vimeiro (Portugal).

Within the next three months 2010, Bobi will attend several show jumping competitions. Please find his competition schedule below.

October:

• 1^st to 3^rd : 2 Star National Championship IV Memorial Carolina Arostegui in the Club SEK Villanueva de la Cañada, Urb. Villafranca de Madrid
• 10^th to 12^th: 2 Star National Championship Trofeo Angeles Morales Arce de Badajoz (Spain)
• 16^th to 17^th: 2 star National Championship CCVM Madrid in the Club de Campo Villa (Spain).

November:

• 5^th to 7^th: 2 Star National Championship CCVM in Madrid (Spain), Club de Campo Villa Madrid
• 19^th to 21^st: 2 Star National Championship CES Valencia in the Club Escuela de Salto
• 26^th to 28^th: Copa Presidente CCVM, Club de Campo Villa Madrid

December:

• 3^rd to 5^th: 1 Star International Indoor Championship in the Club de Polo Barcelona (Spain)
• 10^th to 12^th: 2 star International Indoor Championship in the Club de Polo Barcelona
• 17^th to 19^th: 5 Star International Championship in La Coruña (Spain).

The MÜNCH Racing Team won the construction title in the FIM’s e-Power Championship by finishing second and third in the final race at Imola (Italy) on Sunday 26^th, September 2010.

MÜNCH performed impressively in the five races of the current series. Driver Matthias Himmelmann (Germany), who secured the first victory for the team in Magny Cours (France), was outstanding in Imola. MÜNCH’s second driver, Stefano Scrocchi (Italy), has also shown his remarkable racing skills. Matthias Himmelmann finished second in the race and third in the overall ranking although he only participated in three of five races.

The MÜNCH TTE-1.2, an electrically driven motorbike, has proven its extraordinary capacity and potential for further victories. The MÜNCH Racing Team is very happy about its achievements during the current racing season and eagerly awaits the upcoming races. The Team will use the coming weeks and months to further improve the technology of the MÜNCH racing bike to secure future victories.

As a supporter of renewable energy and environmentally friendly technologies, The meeco Group sponsors e-power racing because it combines enthusiasm for motor racing with responsibility in protecting environmental resources.

MEDIENKONTOR, as a member of The meeco Group and media consulting ageny, provides the MÜNCH Racing Team press, PR and web support. The meeco Group and MEDIENKONTOR congratulate the MÜNCH Racing Team on its important victories in the FIM e-Power Championship.

For more information please visit www.muenchmotorbikes.com

Please find some impressions from the final race in Imola below.

The meeco Group supports a scout camp of the German Association of Protestant Girl Guides and Boy Scouts (VCP) from July 29 August 7, 2010 in Almke, Germany (near Wolfsburg). With 5,000 campers, this environmentally self-sustainable scout camp is the largest ever in Germany. For the Guides and Scouts at this unique camp, sustainability is more than just a modern phrase: to leave a place a little better than you found it is a central premise of Scouting.

The meeco Group has provided five of its portable energy solutions sun2go^TM to be used at the campsite in several educational projects as well as to generate neutral electric energy to power hand tools, laptops and to charge mobile phones. Also, The meeco Group has invited the clever winners of the camps sustainability contest to take a ride in its SunCarrier hot-air balloon. Please find below some pictures of the exciting balloon journey.

The meeco Group´s motivation for backing the scout camp is to promote the usage of renewable energy and to help young people explore and learn about the needs and possibilities of their present and future sustainability. By supporting education, The meeco Group continues as an ever-present and innovative force in the renewable energy field.

Photographer: Peter Brümmer

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Its a rigorous time for the five sun2go^TM trolleys on the campsite of the German Association of Protestant Girl Guides and Boy Scouts (VCP) near Wolfsburg, Germany. The units have been tested for several days and have proven their practicality even through demanding usage at the campsite. The Guides and Scouts have used the sun2go^TM to generate climate neutral electric energy to power hand tools, laptops and charging mobile phones.

The sun2go^TM generates electricity by using the natural power of the sun. Therefore its a perfect opportunity to power electric devices on the first ever self-sustainable scout camp of this size in Germany. For the 5,000 Guides and Scouts at the camp, sustainability is more than just a modern phrase: to leave a place a little better than you found it is a central premise of Scouting. Taking care of the environment and living in environmentally self-sustainable ways are the most important educational goals of the worlds largest youth movement Scouting.

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www.vcp.de

On the weekend of May 21st, 2010, Jacobo Bobi Maldonado won a big class with a jump off in an international show jumping championship in Ponte de Lima, Portugal. With his 14 year old horse SunCarrier Rocky he twice had clear rounds and was faster then all other riders who had qualified for the jump off at the three-star international. He celebrated his victory in the evening at the award ceremony (see first photo below).

The second photo (shown below) also features Bobi with another of his horses, the 10 year old Holsteiner mare SunCarrier Allitalia, also in Ponte de Lima. Together they finished 5th out of 31 participants in the Portuguese Grand Prix. The week before, on May16th, Bobi participated with SunCarrier Allitalia in the international two star competition big class in Toledo, and came in fifth.

In Badajoz in early May, another of The meeco Group’s equestrians, Aurelio Gutierrez (see third photo below), won two trophies in a Spanish national two-star show jumping competition with his horse SunCarrier Joy de Talma. In a further competition organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of Segovia for promoting young horses, Aurelio won three classes during the weekend of May 14th. Aurelio Gutierrez can add these victories to his success story, since in April he also earned third in the one star national Grand Prix in Pineda, near to Sevilla, with Suncarrier Chirigota W, his 7 year old mare.

To promote sports for younger children , meeco AG is supporting an event especially created for children between 7 and 11 years in Alicante (Spain).

With its new portable solar energy product sun2go^TM, meeco is cooperating with the Fundación Puerto de Alicante and the Fundación Hercules de Alicante to organize the event on Sunday 9th of May 2010 in the Zona Volvo of the Alicante harbour. The event involve 3 on 3 Football matches supervised by players from Hércules C.F., the most famous football Club in Alicante.

Interested participants can register using the following link http://www.grupoidex.es/webs/3×3hercules/inscripcion.asp

A representative of meeco AG will be present to explain the benefits of its innovative sun2go product.

sun2go is portable power at its best – the most convenient and environmentally responsible way to supply small-scale, stand-alone power wherever you need it. By providing power without borders, sun2go helps to enable the economic and social development of individuals, businesses, and communities all over the world.

SunCarrier Services, the Spanish subsidiary of meeco AG, supports the Fundación Puerto de Alicante as one of his patrons. http://www.fundacionpuertoalicante.com/en/patronos/

Jacobo Maldonado Ysasi, the successful horse rider who is sponsored by meeco AG, is taking part in the National Spanish show jumping Championship in Valencia. The competition takes place at the Club Escuela de Salto (CES) from the 15th to 18th April, 2010. The SunCarrier Trophy 2010 will be awarded by meeco AG, co-sponsor of this event, on Saturday 17th of April during the complementary trials.

The winner of the complementary trials will be awarded with the SunCarrier Trophy and granted with 2,300 Euros.

Through Jacobo Maldonado, known as Bobi, meeco AG is represented during this Championship by one of the most successful show jumpers. The Andalusian athlete has been the Spanish Champion in 1995 and 2006 and the most successful Spanish rider at the World Championship in Rome in 1998. In addition he has coached the Spanish juniors during the European Championships in 1997 and 2007.

In July, the top two Spanish show jumping riders Aurelio Gutierrez and Jacobo Maldonado, which are supported by meeco AG since early May 2009, continued their successful riding.

Jacobo Maldonado competed in the famous young horses show of ANCADES (CSNCJ) in the Riding Club CECYL of Segovia in Spain. He won the big class on 11 July with SunCarrier Darmena and came second by the small margin of 5 seconds on 12 July in the 6-year-old class with his imported mare SunCarrier Carlanka, daughter of the well-known stallion Caretino.

Jacobo Maldonado participated in the Vimeiro 3 Star International Show (CSI3*) in Portugal.  He came 2nd in the 6-year-old Class with SunCarrier T Carlanka (18 July).

Aurelio Gutierrez was very successful in the Dehesa Montenmedio National 2 Star show Circuito de la luna (III), Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain. His results were

·     1st in Class 1m35 with SunCarrier Life Style (17 July)

·     1st in Class 1m35 with SunCarrier Life Style (18 July).

Jacobo Maldonado participated in Vimeiros  International Show Jumping competition (Portugal). Once again, he did extremely well. He achieved

·     3rd place in Big Class 1m50 with SunCarrier Felix de Villafranca (23 July)

·     3rd place in Big Class 1m50 with SunCarrier Felix de Villafranca (24 July)

·     3rd place in Young-6-Year Olds with SunCarrier T Carlanka (25 July) and

·     2nd place in Young 6-Year-Olds with SunCarrier T Carlanka (26 July)

With Aurelio Gutiérrez latest success, the SunCarrier show jumping team is on a very good and promising way. Aurelio won the bronze medal in the Spanish Andalusian Championship riding ‘SunCarrier Lyfe Style’. The show was help in Jerez de la Frontera at the Chapin Riding Club from June 19th-21st.

The second rider of the SunCarrier Team, Jacobo Maldonaldo is also doing well in the high standard international 4 Star Show Jumping Competition. Currently in Vimeiro (Portugal) with top international riders, Jacobo and his promising horse ‘SunCarrier Felix’ recently achieved the following results: 8th in Big Class and 7th in CSI 4* at the Grand Prix of Portimao (Portugal) on June 19th-21st; 6ht in CSI 3* at the Ponte de Lima International Show Jumping (Portugal) on June 12th.

For more information please visit: www.ecuestreonline.com (in spanish language)

Just one week after signing the sponsorship contract with meeco AG – SunCarrier, one of the SunCarrier Team riders, Aurelio Gutierrez, has already won a title.
Riding the horse “SunCarrier Fomento de Buzalén”, Aurelio Gutierrez won the Grand Prix in the National Show Jumping Competition in Caceres (Spain) on May 24th. In addition, he came second with the same horse in the Big Class Competition that took place the day before. This success has created great expectation and was an emphatic introduction of the SunCarrier brand into the show jumping world. The Mayoress of Caceres presented the prize to Aurelio Gutierrez and showed great interest in SunCarrier.

See also the article published on Ecuestre Online: http://www.ecuestreonline.com/ecuestredb/shownew?id=33332