The Chattanooga-based American Bicycle Group will show off its Litespeed (LS) titanium road, gravel and mountain bikes on the lawn of the White House next Monday as one of the U.S. manufacturers invited to participate in the 3rd annual “Made in America” Showcase.
The event is hosted by President Donald Trump to highlight a business from each state making American-made goods. The invited businesses will display their products and, as he has done in the previous showcases, Trump is expected to review the products and meet with some of the company representatives.
For a product to qualify for the showcase and be called “Made in the USA,” the product must be “all or virtually all” made in the United States, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
“It’s an honor to be selected to the showcase because it’s only one company per state,” said Peter Hurley, president and CEO of the American Bicycle Group (ABG) and one of three company officials who will be at the White House for the 4-hour showcase. “We feel that Litespeed is worthy of the invitation because it started a revolution in handmade titanium frames that vastly improved performance for serious cyclists.”
It will be the second consecutive year in which a Chattanooga business will represent Tennessee in the annual showcase of American-made goods. Last year, the Chattanooga Bakery Co., showed off its Moonpies on the State Floor of the White House while other products were displayed on the south lawn.