Whats the relation between S.C.O., Smith & Co, Everton Smith and Monark?
Smith & Co was a bicycle company in Odense, Denmark. Among others, they owned the brand S.C.O. under which they sold the Long John and other bikes. In 1995 Smith & Co bought Everton, a Danish brand founded in 1950. The company changed its name to Everton Smith. In 1997 the brand Everton was sold to Kildemoes, another Danish bicycle company. The rest of former Smith & Co was bought by Monark in Sweden who continued producing Long Johns and other former SCO cargo bikes. Today, Monark like Kildemoes and many other formerly independent Scandinavian bicycle companies belongs to the Cycleurope group.
