REIN4CED Opens Automated Composite Frame Production Facility in Belgium
REIN4CED has festively opened its bicycle frame production facility in Leuven, Belgium. With this unique facility, REIN4CED is entering the final straight line of its mission to bring back carbon bicycle frame production to Europe. Despite being the heart of cycling, all bikes used in the Tour de France are crafted in Asia. The REIN4CED team which invented the unbreakable composite frame material, presented today a sneak peek into its automated bicycle frame production line that is currently being set up.
Starting at the end of this year REIN4CED will supply its unbreakable frames to leading cycling brands. With its Leuven, Belgium based new facilty the company is able to offer significant logistic advantages and increased supply chain flexibility and efficiency to European based bike brands.
Next carbon material
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,” says 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 fibers, offering cyclists maximum performance with enhanced safety and durability.”
The REIN4CED executive continues “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.”
Ramping up automated frame production
The CEO of REIN4CED, Michaël Callens, adds “Our new Leuven facility is 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 localized production in Europe.”
Michaël Callens continues “Today, race bicycles and mountain bikes are crafted manually in Asia. 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 kilometers away from Brussels international airport, the facility in Leuven enables REIN4CED to flexibly host bicycle industry delegates and ship frames internationally.”
Source: REIN4CED, Bike-Eu (Jack Oortwijn)
Pictures: REIN4CED
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