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The bicycle industry is one of the bright spots for Romania with many international companies locating there. - Photo Jo Beckendorff

Is Romania the place to be for the bicycle industry?

TIMISOARA, Romania - For a long time, Romania was considered the poorhouse of Europe. After the communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, was forced to...

Bike Europe issue 5/2022 available online now

Bike Europe issue 5/2022 available online now

ZEIST, The Netherlands - The October edition of Bike Europe magazine (issue 5/2022) is now available to read online in our digital magazine section....

Corratec founder and MD Konrad Irlbacher (l.) and Corratec-Romania MD Loredana Pintea at the grand opening in Timișoara. – Photo Jo Beckendorff

Corratec celebrates grand opening of Romanian facility

TIMISOARA, Romania - German Corratec is the next in the industry to start bicycle production in Romania. On 6 August the company celebrated the grand...

With solid infrastructure, a strong skillset from a booming automotive sector, and a large untapped workforce, the Central and Eastern Europe region is seeing an influx of investments from all steps in the (e-)bike production chain. – Photo Shutterstock

Reshoring bicycle production in Central and Eastern Europe: What's...

ZEIST, the Netherlands - The reshoring of European bicycle production continues to gain momentum as demand grows and supplies tighten. Central and...

The new Corratec facility is located in the outskirts of the Romania city of Timișoara. – Photo Corratec

Corratec opens 300,000 unit factory in Romania

RAUBLING, Germany - For several years, German bicycle manufacturer Corratec has been looking for an additional production location in Europe. The...

Andrei Botescu, founder of Atelierele Pegas, has sold his remaining shares in the vintage bicycle brand to majority shareholder, NOD. - Photo Pegas

Pegas factory taken over by head of Romania's largest online retailer

BUCHAREST, Romania - Andrei Botescu, the founder of bicycle producer Atelierele Pegas, and four other shareholders have sold all their remaining...

Production in the new facility of Decathlon partner ‘Sport Mechanical Workshop’ will start in September 2021. – Photo SMW

Europe's biggest bike factory under construction

TIMISOARA, Romania - Aerial footage shows the sheer size of the building process currently taking place in Romania. When construction started last...

For ecoRide the anti-dumping duties on China made e-bikes were the main reason to open-up a factory in Poland. - Photo EcoRide

Eastern Europe still in demand as new factories open

WARSAW, Poland - Since production relocation is on the agenda in the e-bike industry, multiple clusters in Eastern Europe have been in the spotlight....

Made in Romania bicycles and e-bikes are to take a much more prominent place in overall EU’s production. – Photo Sport Mechanical Workshop

30 Million Euro Investment Clears Way for Building Europe's Biggest...

TIMISOARA, Romania - Bicycle producer 'Sport Mechanical Workshop' based in Timisoara is the company that will invest 30 million euro in a huge new...

New facility in Romania is to have annual production capacity of 1.5 million units. – Photo Bike Europe

Italian Investors and Decathlon Setting-Up Big Bike Factory in Romania

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...