Stand 21 USA, Georgia

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*A GENUINE ADVENTURE INTENTED TO IMPROVE THE RACING DRIVERS' SAFETY.*
	Since its creation by Yves Morizot in 1970, Stand 21 has kept on innovating and manufacturing high performance products.

- 1972 Production of racing equipments – Direct Mail order sales. - 1974 F1 debut and creation of “made-to-measure” racing suits. - 1976 Racing suit with flat back and side’s seams. - 1977 Pre-formed racing suits’ arms and back. - 1980 Established an exclusive worldwide distribution network. - 1984 First ever outside seams gloves (developed with Senna, Piquet...) - Introduced a flat seams Balaclava (Head Sock). - 1985 New generation of racing suit ST021 - Conception of multidirectional floating sleeves, this invention has been adopted since then by all of our competitors. - 1986 Designed and produced the ST2000 racing suits, in the fight to reduce the dangers and risks related to Heat Stress (adopted by Prost, Senna, Mansell...); these suits were technically 20 years ahead of their time. - 1988 Conceived and launched a Flexible collar. - 1992 Introduced the Stand 21 helmet that passed and exceeded the SNELL SA certification stringent requirements. - 1995 Produced the first Air Force racing suits. - 1996 Stand 21 USA buy back. - 2001 Stand 21 UK buy back. - 2002 Was awarded one of the only two worldwide HANS^® licensee’s contracts, to manufacturing and sell HANS^® product. Directly engineered, developed and manufactured more than 12 new HANS^® models. - 2003 Established Stand 21 India to optimize and compliment the integration of a wider product line. - 2004 Launched the "Heat Stress” program in close association with professors and medical specialists worldwide (in the U.S.A., the UK, France...) and with the collaboration of the French Army medical body. - 2005 The Heat Stress program resulted in the brand new ST3000 racing suit, using the ground-breaking Pairformance^® fiber. - 2006 Development of Heat Stress concept within the following racing program, Porsche Motorsport, Corvette Racing, HSV, etc. Establishment of Stand 21 boots manufacturing plant in India that allowed a 100% customization. Official and exclusive world supply contract of Porsche Motorsport Racewear. - 2007 Launch of the current Air Force racing suit. - 2008 Introduction of the Stand 21 IVOS^® helmet. - 2009 Launch of the HANS^® Racing Series. All Stand 21 racing suits focus become entirely Heat Stress Control. - 2010 Was Stand 21 40^th years anniversary. Development of the IVOS^® full face helmets FIA 8860 approved. Market launch of HANS^® RS2 model. Introduction of the Dragster SFI 3.2 level 15 & 20 racing suits. Offering the option of 100% customized gloves. - 2011 Creation and development of an entire Dragster range. Establishment of the Racing Goes Safer foundation, dedicated to safety in motorsports. Creation and development of the Lid Lifter balaclava, IVOS^®-Open Face Double Duty helmet, new gloves, fireproof bra, etc., etc. *… AND MANY MORE TO COME!*

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