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SelleRoyal bought Brooks
Brooks Enters Selle Royal's Orbit - It was announced on July 2nd, 2002 that Brooks Ltd, one of the most famous names in bicycle saddles, has been purchased by Italian manufacturer, Selle Royal S.p.A, with the assistance of KPMG. The historic Birmingham based manufacturer, which was founded in 1866 by John Boultbee Brooks, has one production facility and 22 employees, an annual turnover of Ј1m and produces 75,000 hand crafted leather saddles a year. The saddles, which are exported to over 100 countries world wide, were used by some of the world's greatest champions such as Girardengo, Bottecchia, Bartali, Coppi and Anquetil.
Selle Royal S.p.A., founded in 1956 by Riccardo Bigolin, is the world leader in the production of bicycle saddles with 30% share of the global market and over 50% share of Europe. It has two factories, one in Italy and one in Brazil, which produce over 16m saddles a year (95% of which are exported) and an annual turnover of 47.6 ml. Euro.
Мне Брукс представлялся оплотом надежности и качества, вполне самостоятельным и финансово независимым производителем. Я не сведущ в мировых экономических тенденциях и таких вот покупках. Ребяты, объясните и прокомментируйте, плз.
Рыдающий О. Биллер.
PS:Новость посвежее: тот же SR прикупил Кранков