Solifer Oy
TypeOsakeyhtiö
IndustryVehicle manufacturing
Founded1954 (1954)
Headquarters
Pargas
,
Finland[1]
Area served
Worldwide
Products
Revenue€110 million (2007)[1]
Number of employees
450 (2007)[1]
Websitesolifer.com

Solifer Oy is a Finnish manufacturer of bicycles, boats, mopeds and travel trailers.[2][3][4] The company was founded in 1954, and it started as a dynamo manufacturer.[1] As of 2007, the company's bicycles are manufactured in Poland, boats in Finland, mopeds in China, and travel trailers in Dorotea, Sweden.[1]

In 2014, approximately a fifth of the 250,000 bicycles sold in Finland were Solifers.[5]

Mopeds

1958 Solifer Capri

Alongside Tunturi, Solifer was one of the significant moped manufactures in Finland from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s. From 1958 to 1984, around 175,000 Solifer mopeds were manufactured, of which over 20,000 were exported outside Finland.[6] Solifers were distributed by AB Bensow Oy.

With approximately 1,200 registrations in the first half-year of 2010, China-manufactured Solifer BT49QT was the most registered moped in Finland at that time.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Virtanen, Pekka (19 January 2007). "Solifer laajentaa veneisiin ja kaksipyöräisiin". Tuulilasi (in Finnish). A-lehdet Oy. Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Lyy, Juhani (22 September 1993). "Solifer-mopolla maailman ympäri". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Matkailuvaunujen valmistus loppuu Suomessa". MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). 15 October 2003. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  4. ↑ Vuorela, Seija (4 May 2007). "Solifer palaa paalupaikalle". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Rosvall, Minna (2 January 2014). "Entiset nokialaiset tekevät 10 000 mummopyörää Salossa". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Karhu, Tuomas (2 February 2008). "Suomalainen kahvilaraaseri". MP Maailma (in Finnish). JMS Nordic Oy. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  7. ↑ Viitanen, Jorma (4 August 2010). "Solifer keulii mopomarkkinoilla". Tuulilasi (in Finnish). A-lehdet Oy. Archived from the original on 6 September 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2013.

Further reading

  • Siukosaari, Anssi; Valkjärvi, Jorma (2010). Solifer, meidän mopedi (in Finnish). Helsinki: Alfamer. ISBN 9789524721103.
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