GKV Founder Gene Kirila and his successful business
ventures have appeared in Time, Fortune and various
boating and manufacturing publications.

Hardbikes Press Coverage
American Motorcycle Builder - August 2005
Hardbikes to Pioneer New Dealership Sales Techniques

October 2003 - The Haller Enterprise Institute
2003 Entrepreneur of the Year
Kirila was was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Haller Enterprise Institute of Thiel College

April 2002 - Pittsburgh
WOW, by Michelle Pilecki
Kirila was one of four innovators to be chosen for Pittsburgh Magazine's inaugural Pittsburgh Innovator Awards.

October 2001 - AME Annual Conference
New Economy has Created Guerilla Warfare, I Mean Guerilla Manufacturing, presented by Gene Kirila

February 2001 - Composites Fabrication
Engineering Reality for Virtual Composites, Entrepreneur Gene Kirila changes the rules, by Hank Yeagley

October 2000 - 40 Under 40
They're Just Warming Up, by Joyce DeFrancesco

7/31/00 - Time
The Revolution in a Box, by Frank Gibney, Jr.
Kirila's Virtual Engineered Composite (VEC) process is described as a factory in a box.

3/20/00 - Fortune
Heroes of U.S. Manufacturing, by Gene Bylinsky
Kirila is one of six innovators to be honored in 2000 for developing the Virtual Engineered Composites (VEC) process.

7/00 - Boating Industry International
Marine Industry Faces Major Retooling, by James Denn
New Methods for molding could reshape the industry, by James Denn
VEC is a closed-molding process that lowers emissions and cuts labor costs.

1999 - The Technology Machine
How Manufacturing Will Work In The Year 2020
By Patricia E. Moody, Richard E. Morley
Free Press,1999, Hardcover, ISBN: 0-684-83709-9
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Systems & Planning
Moody and Morley describe Kirila as a unique and energized entreprenuer who creates technology solutions where none existed before. Kirila's theories are discussed throughout the book.

4th Quarter 1999 - Target
"Process Franchising": Pyramid Operating Systems excerpt, by Robert W. Hall
As CEO of Pyramid Operating Systems, Kirila developed breakthrough VEC Technology.

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