Kalkhoff

Kalkhoff is a German bicycle manufacturer based in Cloppenburg, which was founded in 1919 by Heinrich Kalkhoff as a family.

As a first small workshop in his parents' house, the company grew steadily. By 1939 over 700,000 frames for bicycles were produced. The war forced the company then to switch to the production of armaments. After the end of World War II first one manufactured everyday goods such as pendant, boilers and the like. In 1950 the bicycle production was resumed. There bikes were produced for the leisure and everyday use. It came in the 1950s to a bicycle boom, some 1,200 people were employed. The daily production reached 5000 frames. In 1968, Heinrich Kalkhoff withdrew from the company and gave his sons the management. Increased competition from abroad resulted in a collapse that led to the bankruptcy. After the bankruptcy in 1986, the company was taken over in 1989 GmbH by Derby Cycle Corporation works and made ​​again into a prosperous enterprise. The brand is protected.