Marushin
Marushin is a manufacturer of motorcycle helmets .
history
Watanabe Shin founded a small company in Tokyo in 1958 to manufacture motorcycle helmets. The brand name " Marushin " is derived from Watanabe's first name " Shin " - which translates as "reliable and steadfast" . Marushin helmets have since been worn by many successful racing athletes.
In the early days, Marushin helmets were only sold in Japan . In the late 1980s, the German entrepreneur Ullrich Holzhausen took over sales of the Japanese brand in Germany. After the death of the founder, Watanabe Shin, his son sold the entire Marushin brand with all machines and tools to Holzhausen , who also expanded driver sponsorship in the motorcycle sector.
One of the first motorcycle cups in Europe was the Pro Superbike series. This was broadcast to eight European countries in nine seasons. Six of the nine champions wore Marushin helmets. At the strongest times, 18 riders were simultaneously internationally under contract for Marushin .
In November 2012, Ullrich Holzhausen's European trademark rights were sold to MSP Multi Sport Protection GmbH, which will continue to operate the brand in Europe from now on.
Holzhausen still holds the trademark rights for the USA, Australia and Asia.
Well-known wearers of Marushin helmets
- Katja Poensgen , only woman ever in the FIM - World Championship motorcycle drove cc to 250 bar.
- Christer Lindholm, Swedish racing driver and four-time Pro Superbike Champion - in a row.
- Harald Eckl, former team manager of the international Kawasaki - MotoGP -Racing teams
More drivers sponsored by Marushin in the past:
- Jochen Schmid, GER
- Udo Mark, GER
- Michael Galinski, GER
- Ernst Gschwender, GER
- Michael Rudroff, GER
- Edwin Weibl, CH
- Brian Morrison, GB
- Peter Linden, SWE
- Sascha Hommel, GER
Racing teams supported by Marushin in the past:
- Team Inotec Ortema
- Motorcycle action team
New ways of research
In cooperation with Dipl.-Ing. Florian Scheider from the Institute for Forensic Medicine and Traffic Medicine at Heidelberg University , real tests with motorcycle helmets were carried out on corpses outside the laboratory. This should not produce clinical results from impact studies, but real impact results from real circumstances. With conventional homologations and tests, helmets are only stretched on mechanical devices and tested in this way.