TIMISOARA, Romania - For a long time, Romania was considered the poorhouse of Europe. After the communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, was forced to leave in 1989, there were hopes of a rapid improvement. However, restructuring the economy turned out to be much more difficult. What is the potential to develop the country's bicycle industry? Bike Europe visited a series of companies that made the step to Romania.
ZEIST, The Netherlands - The October edition of Bike Europe magazine (issue 5/2022) is now available to read online in our digital magazine section. With a focus on production on Romania, a series of articles looks at how this former 'poorhouse' of Europe is becoming home to several prominent bicycle manufacturers.
TIMISOARA, Romania - German Corratec is the next in the industry to start bicycle production in Romania. On 6 August the company celebrated the grand opening of its new production facility in Timișoara.
ZEIST, the Netherlands - The reshoring of European bicycle production continues to gain momentum as demand grows and supplies tighten. Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is seeing an influx of big and mid-scale players entering the market. Bike Europe takes a look at the current status...
RAUBLING, Germany - For several years, German bicycle manufacturer Corratec has been looking for an additional production location in Europe. The family-owned company has finally found a suitable site on the outskirts of the Romanian university town of Timișoara. In February 2022 the first series of Co
BUCHAREST, Romania - Andrei Botescu, the founder of bicycle producer Atelierele Pegas, and four other shareholders have sold all their remaining shares in the vintage bicycle brand. Network One Distribution (NOD), which is fully controlled by Iulian Stanciu, CEO of the large Romanian online retailer, has become the sole shareholder of the company.
TIMISOARA, Romania - Aerial footage shows the sheer size of the building process currently taking place in Romania. When construction started last year, it was announced to become Europe's biggest bike factory. It will be operated by Decathlon partner, Sport Mechanical Workshop.
WARSAW, Poland - Since production relocation is on the agenda in the e-bike industry, multiple clusters in Eastern Europe have been in the spotlight. Over the past few years some large facilities have been opened, but we have also seen smaller projects successfully investing in the booming e-bike and bicycle market. In the case of Ecoride the anti-dumping duties were the main reason to open-up a factory in Poland, while Atelierele Pegas is a Romanian initiative with the potential to expand into the micro-mobility market.
TIMISOARA, Romania - Bicycle producer 'Sport Mechanical Workshop' based in Timisoara is the company that will invest 30 million euro in a huge new Romanian production unit. Last December, the mayor of Timisoara already announced the arrival of the new facility without .
TIMISOARA, Romania - It's to become one of Europe's biggest bike factories and is to open next year in Romania. With a production capacity of 1.5 million bicycles as well as e-bikes it's even so big that component manufacturers are expected to settle in the immediate vicinity of the new facility.
