Kalkhoff manufacturer Derby Cycle have recently opened an additional factory in Quackenbruck, near their headquarters in Cloppenburg, Germany. The 100,000th bicycle rolled out of the new factory last month and now both production lines are running. Bike EU reports:“We are proud of this successful production start and of the fact that we could build up the production without any subsidies,” emphasized Derby Cycle managing director Mathias Seidler at the celebration get together. “With the new factory we could expand our capacity considerably.” Some 800 bicycle are produced daily in Quakenbrück, while the factory is supplied by Derby’s headquarter in Cloppenburg several times a day.
“The factory takeover guarantees the bicycle production in Quakenbrück. We are glad to have a production facility with a trained and experienced staff,” says Seidler “to further expand our international growth”. Derby Cycle claims to be the third-biggest bicycle manufacturer in Europe and markets brands such as Kalkhoff, Focus, Rixe, Raleigh, Univega and Diamondback.
Derby Cycle employs some 85 people in Quakenbrück. In the course of the takeover the company had retained 22 workers from the former Kynast Bike GmbH and had firstly trained them in the headquarters in Cloppenburg. Overall the Derby Cycle group employs almost 600 workers. The company’s 2008 turnover stands at about € 129 million.
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