历史沿革

起源

The company-history has its beginning in the year 1634. At this time a physicist named Scharandi from Solothurn started drawing wire in the Taubenlochschlucht in Biel. Over the decades and centuries the craft was developed and industrialized.

1934
At the beginning of the 20st century the first bicycle components were produced in Biel. In the year 1934 the products ranged from spokes and rims to dust shields for bicycles and pushchairs.
After economical difficulties in the metal industry in the years 1980 – 1990 the former company United Wireworks stopped the production of rims and dust shields and started arranging the split-up of the company.

新公司的历史

1994 DT Swiss AG was founded by a management buyout from the United Wireworks by the current owners Frank Böckmann, Maurizio D’Alberto and Marco Zingg. The short-name DT was created by the former company with the german/french name “Vereinigte Drahtwerke / Tréfileries réunie” (means United Wireworks) and is still today an important part of the company name. The D stands for Drahtwerke and the T for Tréfileries. With the management-buyout the company was renamed into to DT Swiss. The new name reflects the origins of the company and stands for Swiss tradition and high quality.

The production of spokes was once the beginning of the company. Already before the founding of
DT Swiss AG, DT became synonymous for high quality Swiss spokes and stands until today for durability and preciseness.

远景

Driven by the vision of becoming a worldwide known manufacturer of bicycle components, DT Swiss expanded its product range over the years. Today DT Swiss has established itself as a leading manufacturer of spokes, nipples, hubs, rims, complete wheels as well as suspension systems.

哲学

The ambition to develop innovative products with modern design, combined with top Swiss quality, is the goal of our engineers. With the feedback of pro-riders and test-riders from all disciplines and by using advanced material- and manufacturing-technologies, new products are developed and proven components improved.

Together with the growing product range investments were continuously made into new production plants. One last important step was moving into a new headquarter. Since the beginning of 2011 DT Swiss is situated in a new built facility with the latest infrastructure in the new industrial area of Biel.

Next to production in Switzerland, production also takes place in own factories in Poland, Taiwan and USA. All facilities are equipped with the same machines as in Switzerland, guaranteeing equal production standards and Swiss quality.

大事记

1994

Read about the development of DT Swiss beginning in 1994:
First head office of DT Swiss in Biel
With a management buy out from the United Wireworks the new owners Frank Böckmann, Maurizio D'Alberto and Marco Zingg found the new, young and innovative company DT Swiss AG. The core business of the still small company is spokes. The unique cold forging technology, new machines and modern company structures quickly allow them to grow into a supplier of high quality spokes of worldwide reputation.
1995

DT Swiss Hubs
Hub production
With an exclusive license of the Hügi hub ratchet system technology DT Swiss buys the rights for the manufacturing and distribution of own hubs. A complete range of hubs for road as well as mountain bikes goes to market. This is the first step into product-diversity.
1996

DT Swiss Inc. Grand Junction
DT Swiss Inc. in the USA
The subsidiary DT Swiss Inc. in Grand Junction, Colorado, USA celebrates its opening. The own spoke production and a sales and marketing team are the access to the important North American market.
1997

Next step in spoke production in USA
Spokes production in the USA
The successful spoke production started in the previous year comes to the next step. With new production machines DT Swiss starts manufacturing the more challenging cold forged spokes in Grand Junction. At the same time the warehouse capacity expands and is ready to supply the North American market.
1998

New name sets starting signal for global expansion
The logo of DT Swiss
The originally founded company named DT Swiss Bike Technology AG now signs under the new name DT Swiss AG. This sets the headstone for an expansion into the global market.
1999

DT Swiss Nipple Production
Colored nipples
A bad nipple-spoke connection is mostly the reason for spoke rupture. This is a good reason for DT Swiss to invest into an own nipple production of top quality and innovative technology. The unique threadlock system in the DT Pro Lock® nipples sets new benchmarks. A range of nipples in brass or aluminium are available in various sizes and colors.
2000

Extention of business model
Hub blanks
In the year 2000 the international bicycle manufacturers signalize a significant movement in their demand for personalized components on their bicycles for a better brand identification. For the first time DT Swiss develops a private label hub and takes a new step into being a supplier for costume made product systems.
2001

DT Swiss Shocks
DT Swiss shock
Extending its product range and investing into new technologies DT Swiss starts manufacturing shocks. Innovative technology combined with Swiss precision mark the new DT Swiss shock.
2002

Foundation of DT Swiss Systems AG
The logo of DT Swiss
The growing product diversity brings along more and more complex operational activities. To meet these requirements DT Swiss decides to establish a second association in Biel for carbon and rim production.
2003

DT Swiss Rims
Rim blanks
The latest introduction at DT Swiss is a rim production. After a long phase of developing and testing finally the first rims leave the production line. With this step DT Swiss now produces, beside shocks, all components for the wheel: spokes, nipples, hubs and rims.
2004

DT Swiss Wheel-building
Wheel assembling
DT Swiss starts building their own wheels. No longer only producing and selling the components for the wheels, DT Swiss invests into Wheel-building technology and presents a complete range of wheels built by DT Swiss. The range includes wheels for all riding styles: Road-Race, Cross-Race, Cross-Mountain, Enduro, Freeride, and Trekking
2005

Foundation of DT Swiss Asia Ltd.
Building in Taichung City
The subsidiary DT Swiss (Asia) Ltd. in Taichung City, Taiwan, celebrates its opening. This enables DT Swiss to establish a stronger presence in the south-eastern market, where a substantial part of the bicycle production for the world market is located.
2005

New Factory Building
New Factory Building in Biel
In the new industrial area of Biel DT Swiss opens its new factory building with 5000 m2 and relocates one part of its production activities here. The "old" locations are not big enough anymore to locate the constantly expanding production activities. The complete rim and nipple production is moved to the new building.
2006

New structure for the DT Swiss Group
The logo of DT Swiss
DT Swiss Group AG is the name of the holding of all DT Swiss companies and incorporates two companies in Switzerland, two in the US and one in Taiwan.
2007

DT Swiss France SAS
DT Swiss France
The DT Swiss Group buys a substantial part of its former distributor Cydif and forms it into a subsidiary. DT Swiss France SAS is the distributor for the French market.
2007

Subsidiary in Poland
DT Swiss Poland
The DT Swiss Group takes a further step into expanding its activities and founds DT Swiss Polska S.p.z.o.o with the intention of obtaining a competitive production base in Europe.
2007

DT Swiss Carbon Production
Carbon rim
The unique lightness of carbon makes it to a treasured raw material also for the bicycle industry for rims, forks and shocks. DT Swiss implements its own technologies and develops, manufactures and sells new carbon products.
2008

DT Swiss Forks
Fork Production
DT Swiss takes over the assets of the British fork manufacturer Pace. In 2008 the first DT Swiss manufactured forks come onto the market. An new development crew and an own new production department create 15 new places of employment in Biel.
2009

World champion on DT Swiss Forks
Nino Schurter
The world champion title 2009 in Cross-Country Elite of Nino Schurter has so far crowned the success of the DT Swiss forks.
2009

TRICON® System Wheel
New TRICON System Wheel
TRICON® is a new System Wheel 100% Swiss made. All components have been optimized several times and fine tuned one to another for the best possible stiffness to weight ratio. They are tubeless compatible and variable in rotor and axle configuration due to the star ratchet system. And of course their look matches their performance.
2010

Spoke production at DT Swiss Asia Ltd.
Spoke production, DT Swiss Asia Ltd.
DT Swiss Asia Ltd. expands its activities by starting spoke production in Taiwan. Using the same raw material and exactly the same machines DT Swiss guarantees the same high quality as the Swiss made spokes, with the advantage of shorter delivery times.
2010

DT Swiss Poland expands their production facilities
DT Swiss Wheels
About 5000 m2 of additional production place has been built at DT Swiss Poland in Posen/Oborniki. The additional production capacity is needed to build the wheels designed at DT Swiss Biel. At the same time a new European Service Center for all DT Swiss products is established here.
2011

Moving into the new building
New building in Biel
Finally the moment has come! At the beginning of 2011 DT Swiss leaves its old locations at the Solothurnstrasse in Biel and moves to the new building at the Längfeldweg in Biel. Since the start of construction in 2009 a building of around 20'000 m2 has been made in the new industrial area of Biel. This new industrial building equipped with the latest infrastructure is the new workplace for around 200 employees in production, logistic and administration.
2012

Wheel Lineups
DT Swiss Wheelfamily
With the new wheel structure the constantly growing wheel line-up becomes clear and easily understandable. The wheel lineup consists of the line-up Dicut, Tricon, Spline and Classic - the name always deriving from the respective hub technology. Each line-up offers unique advantages.
Read more about the wheel technologies here.
2012

XC World Champion on DT Swiss
Nino Schurter celebrating his title
Nino Schurter won the XC World Championships title on DT Swiss wheels and suspension.
2012

Wheelbuilding in USA
Wheelbuilding

联系

DT SWISS 官网 http://www.dtswiss.com/

DT Swiss子公司分别设立于欧洲、亚洲和美国，下列是所有子公司的联系资料。

DT SWISS 总部
DT Swiss AG
Längfeldweg 101
CH-2504 Biel/Bienne
Switzerland
+41 32 344 79 30
info.ch@dtswiss.com

DT SWISS 法国
DT Swiss (France) S.A.S.
Parc d'activités de la Sarrée
Route de Gourdon
F-06620 Le Bar sur Loup
France
+33 4 926 09 058
info.fr@dtswiss.com

DT SWISS 德国

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DT Swiss Deutschland GmbH
Pixeler Strasse 56
D-33378 Rheda–Wiedenbrück
Germany
+49 5242 5988 0
+49 5242 5988 101
info.de@dtswiss.com

DT SWISS 波兰

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DT Swiss-Polska Sp. z o.o.
ul. Towarowa 36
PL-64-600 Oborniki
Poland
Fax: +48 (0)61 29 62 000
service.pl@dtswiss.com

DT SWISS 台湾
DT Swiss (Asia) Ltd.
No. 26,21st Road
Industrial Park
Taichung City
Taiwan R.O.C
+886 4 2374 1600
info.tw@dtswiss.com

DT SWISS 美国
DT Swiss Inc.
2493 Industrial Blvd.
Grand Junction/CO 81505
USA
+1 970 244 0303
info.us@dtswiss.com