Business news : Made in France, Solex electric bikes relocated to Saint- Lô

Created after the war, bought by an Italian group in 1988 and produced in China , the famous bike support (now 100% electric) will be relocated . Easybike has benefited from assistance in re-industrialization of a million implemented by the Ministry .

" From January 3000 we will manufacture electric bikes per year in Saint- Lo, in a workshop that we have to take and employs eight people ," says Easybike CEO , Gregory Trebaol , who just bought the Solex brand to another french entrepreneur Jean -Pierre Bansard , which had itself taken in 2006 from Magneti Marelli ( Fiat ) .

Electric bicycles , but no mopeds

Always according to "Le Monde" newspaper , all bikes stamped the legendary brand will not be manufactured in Saint -Lô ( Manche) , at least not right away: 70 % of production will remain in Shanghai.

Similarly, the new owner has no plans at the moment to repatriate France making famous Solex mopeds , marketed since 2006 in electric and also assembled in China .

Mobiky bought

"I always said when I returned and relocated the Mobiky in Saint -Lo, three years ago, it was to revive and find partners, explains Pascal Bainée . Finally it went beyond my expectations because we are redeemed and Solex returned to France . "

Pascal Baisnée founded Mobiky -tech in May 2008. Until then, the bikes were " made ​​in China , assembled in Tunisia , with the vagaries of quality and without commercial strategy." The first month, Manchegan buyer has refined its relocation project : identification of defects , customs formalities for the import of parts , first appointments ... In January 2011, production began at Saint- Lô .

By Nicolas DENOYELLE ouest-france.fr