Vento (motorcycle manufacturer) Vento (motorcycle manufacturer) Vento was a motorcycle, scooter and ATV manufacturer from the United States. The name of the company is Italian for "wind". The company was founded in Mexico in 1996. Parts come from Italy, China, Japan and Taiwan, with some of its suppliers also selling to Harley-Davidson. In 1998, an assembly and quality control plant was opened in Laredo, Texas. This plant was built with the purpose of elevating the quality of their products in order to better compete. All of the components were brought to Laredo where they were assembled and quality control work was performed. Vento's
Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company The Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company (German: "k. k. privilegierte österreichische Staatseisenbahn-Gesellschaft"), from 1 January 1883 the Privileged Austro-Hungarian State Railway Company ("privilegierte österreichisch-ungarische Staatseisenbahn-Gesellschaft") was a private railway company in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its title was abbreviated to State Railway Company ("Staats-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft") or StEG. The StEG was founded on 17 October 1854 primarily with French capital and on 1 January 1855 bought the Northern State Railway and the Austrian Southeastern Railway from the Austrian state, Hence the unusual name of the new company. By procuring the Vienna–Raab railway on 13