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Avello was a Spanish manufacturer of
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s and scooters, famous for its
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brand machines. It was founded by ''Alfredo Avello'' in 1940 and closed in March 2013. The factory was located in the city of
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, northern
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MV Avello

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industrial engineer, Alfredo Avello purchased an existing company in the Natahoyo neighbourhood of Gijón that produced machinery and machine tools on June 1, 1940, changing the name to ''Avello y Compañía SL.'' MV Augusta had been producing machine for local sale in
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since 1949, branded
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. At a race held in Gijón, Avello approached MV's Spanish promoters and convinced them to transfer manufacture of the machines to his factory. In 1951, the first production machines came out of the factory, a 125 cc
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. The Italian parent company became involved and a range of machines based on 125 & 150 cc engines were designed. The machines were sold under the MV Avello brand. To support the brand in Spain, Count Agusta arranged for factory riders
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(125 cc) and
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(500 cc) to compete in the 1955 Spanish National Championships, including the "local" race at Gijón. On the works machines, the pair were virtually unbeatable. The following year the Avello machines started to be branded MV Agusta not MV Avello. The factory began to diversify in 1961, making components for
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, Barreiros,
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, and machinery for export. In 1966 the factory was expanded to cover 22,000 square metres, 12,000 of which were 2 or 3 stories. A workforce of 350 were employed.


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Puch Avello

Towards the end of the 1960s, MV were moving away from small capacity machines to concentrate on larger,
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motorcycles. The lighter, simpler two-stroke were an important part of the Spanish market. Avello contacted
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, who made mopeds and light motorcycles under their Puch brand. An agreement was reached, and in March 1970, the
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of Avello was increased and Steyr-Daimler-Puch obtained 50% ownership of the company. The first Puch model appeared soon after, the ''Trivel Borrasca''. This was a moped using the existing piles frame and a Puch. ''Trivel Borrasca Super'' " and ''Trivel Plus Terral'' variants appeared soon afterwards. Various mopeds were produced between 1970 and 1972, alongside the MV models. Production of the MV models came to an end in 1972. From 1973 various Puch models were produced using 50, 75 and 125 cc engines. Production increased steadily from 1,525 in 1970 to over 38,000 units in 1978. In that year Puch brought the rest of the company shares, giving them full ownership. Although sales were good, in the 1982/83 financial year, the company made a loss of more than 200 million pesetas. The parent company, Steyr-Daimler-Puch, sold off the motorcycle manufacturing Puch division to
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, the parent company of
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Suzuki

In 1982 Puch had negotiated a technology transfer agreement with the Japanese
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company, and because of Puch's financial crisis, Suzuki bought 36% stake in the company in 1984, contributing 500 million pesetas. The move was opposed by the three Spanish motorcycle factories
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,
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and
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, who offered Avello a collaboration plan to produce components for their machines instead of assembling Suzuki products. The first model of the Puch-Suzuki venture was the 75 cc ''Lido Vario'' scooter, leaving the factory in 1985. It was marketed under various names in Europe; Puch Lido Vario, Suzuki Lido Vario and Puch-Suzuki Lido Vario 75. This model was an evolution of the 1982 Suzuki 50. In 1988 Suzuki bought all outstanding shares and became sole owner of the Spanish manufacturer, changing its name to Suzuki Motor España. A few years later Suzuki moved the manufacturing facility to the
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neighbourhood of Gijón. In 2012, Suzuki announced that it was to close the plant.


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{{MV Agusta Motorcycle manufacturers of Spain Spanish brands MV Agusta Manufacturing companies established in 1940 Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1988 1988 disestablishments in Spain Suzuki Spanish companies established in 1940