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Salcano (company)

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Salcano (Salko Bisiklet)
Company typePublic
IndustryBicycle Manufacturing
Founded1975
HeadquartersIstanbul, Turkey
Key people
Salih Hadzifejzovic Akgül (President)
ProductsBicycles and Related Components
Websitewww.salcano.com

Salcano is a Turkish bicycle manufacturer based in Istanbul. It was founded in 1975 as a family company under the name Salko Bicycle.[1]

The company produces a variety of bicycles including road bikes, mountain bikes, hybrid bikes, city bikes (aka utility bikes), and children bikes.[2]

The company's 16,000 m² factory in Istanbul produces bicycles and also manufactures other parts such as wheels and tires; the company currently produces 225,000 parts annually.[3]

In January 2021, the company broke ground on a new factory[4] in Lüleburgaz, expanding its manufacturing area to 40,000 m² in total and expanding production capacity to 500,000 bicycles per year.[5]

In 2011, the company sponsored a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Mountain bike racing team known as ANKARAGUCU - SALCANO.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Salcano Corporate". Salcano website. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  2. ^ "Salcano Bikes". Salcano website. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  3. ^ "Bike manufacturer Salcano to build new factory following 'record-breaking' demand". BikeBiz. 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  4. ^ "Foundations of Salcano Bicycle Factory to be Established in Tekirdağ". Railly News. 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  5. ^ "Turkey's Salcano to build new factory to serve record breaking demand". Cycling Industry News. 2021-01-07. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  6. ^ "UCI Teams". UCI website. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
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