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Rein4ced sets up bicycle frame facility in Belgium

05 Nov '19

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Rein4ced has set up its bicycle frame production facility in Leuven, Belgium. The facility brings back carbon bicycle frame production to Europe. Despite being the heart of cycling, bicycles used in the Tour de France are made in Asia. Rein4ced will supply unbreakable carbon frames, made up of special composite material, to cycling brands starting late 2019.

EU-based brands will also benefit from significant logistic advantages and increased supply chain flexibility and efficiency.

The new production plant for innovative bicycle frames is a major milestone in the growth path of Rein4ced. “Already late 2019, our first unbreakable carbon frames will roll off the new production line,” said Dave Luyckx, CPO Rein4ced. "Key in this regard is the development of a new impact-resistant composite material. The disruptive material of Rein4ced eliminates the sudden and dramatic failure of carbon bicycle frames that put riders’ lives in danger. The new lightweight material combines carbon with fine steel fibres, offering cyclists maximum performance with enhanced safety and durability."

Luyckx added: “Currently, Rein4ced is setting up series production of innovative carbon bicycle frames in its new facility in Belgium. Rein4ced is actively engaged in advanced discussions with multiple world-leading cycling brands that want to incorporate Rein4ced’s patented impact-resistant material in their portfolios.”

Michaël Callens, CEO Rein4ced, said: “The facility in Leuven will be equipped with state-of-the-art machines for automated production of bicycle frames made of the next carbon. Rein4ced will kick off production with an annual production capacity of up to 20,000 bicycle frames in 2020. Subsequently the facility will be able to support increasing production volumes needed to respond to the growing demand for localised production in Europe."

"Today, race bicycles and mountain bikes are crafted manually in Asia," says Callens. "The innovation-centric production facility enables Rein4ced to bring composite bicycle frame production back to Belgium, the cycling country par excellence. Located centrally in Europe, and less than twenty kilometres away from Brussels international airport, the facility in Leuven enables Rein4ced to flexibly host bicycle industry delegates and ship frames internationally."

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (SV)