Winning a total of four awards last year, startup Beast Components was by far the most successful brand at the 2019 Design & Innovation Awards. Read on to find out more about what drives the brand forward, how its carbon components are manufactured and what Beast have got to do with NASA, wheelchairs and urban air mobility!
“Did Mirko give me the correct address?” After six hours of driving, I roll into the yard of an old World War I munitions factory, keeping a lookout for Beast. I spot the signs of numerous companies, but there’s no trace of who I’m here for. The security guard is kind enough to help me: I have to go to Black East, the company behind the Beast brand. Finally, I meet Mirko, the founder of Beast, and he tells me the story about how his company, or rather companies, came into life.
In 2013, Mirko founded the company Carbo Life after a friend was paralysed in a motorcycle accident. His idea was to produce high-tech components for wheelchairs that significantly improve the lives of those who rely on them. Based on the success of Carbo Life, Black East GmbH was born three years later, using Carbo Life’s manufacturing and carbon know-how to manufacture its first bike components under the Beast brand name.
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