Solifer

Solifer Oy
Osakeyhtiö
Industry Vehicle manufacturing
Founded 1954 (1954)
Headquarters Parainen[1], Finland
Area served
Worldwide
Products
Revenue 110 million (2007)[1]
Number of employees
450 (2007)[1]
Website www.solifer.com/en/

Solifer Oy is a Finnish manufacturer of bicycles, boats, mopeds, and travel trailers. The company was founded in 1954 and it started as a dynamo manufacturer.[1] Nowadays, the company's bicycles are manufactured in Poland, boats in Finland, mopeds in China, and travel trailers in Dorotea, Sweden.[1]

Mopeds

1958 Solifer Capri

Alongside Tunturi, Solifer was one of the significant moped manufactures in Finland from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s. During 1958–1984, around 175,000 Solifer mopeds were manufactured, of which over 20,000 were exported outside Finland.[2]

With c.1,200 registrations in the first half-year of 2010, China-manufactured Solifer BT49QT was the most registered moped in Finland at that time.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Virtanen, Pekka (January 19, 2007). "Solifer laajentaa veneisiin ja kaksipyöräisiin". Tuulilasi (in Finnish). A-lehdet Oy. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  2. Karhu, Tuomas (February 2, 2008). "Suomalainen kahvilaraaseri". MP Maailma (in Finnish). JMS Nordic Oy. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  3. Viitanen, Jorma (August 4, 2010). "Solifer keulii mopomarkkinoilla". Tuulilasi (in Finnish). A-lehdet Oy. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2013.

Further reading

External links

Media related to Solifer at Wikimedia Commons


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