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2011
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Moving into the New Building
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 mhas 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.



2010
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Spoke production at 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
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DT Swiss Poland expands their production facilities
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.



2009
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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. 



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



2008
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DT Swiss Forks
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.



2007
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DT Swiss Carbon Production
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.



2007
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Subsidiary in 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
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DT Swiss France SAS
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.



2006
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New structure for the DT Swiss Group
DT Swiss Group AG is the new name of the former DT Bike Holding AG. This is the holding of all DT Swiss companies and incorporates two companies in Switzerland, two in the US and one in Taiwan.



2005
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Foundation of DT Swiss Asia Ltd.
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
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New Factory Building
In the new industrial area of Biel DT Swiss opens its new factory building with 5000 mand 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.



2004
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DT Swiss Wheel-building
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.



2003
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DT Swiss Rims
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.



2002
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Foundation of DT Swiss Systems AG
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.



2001
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DT Swiss Shocks
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.



2000
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Extention of business model
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.



1999
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DT Swiss Nipple Production
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.



1998
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New name sets starting signal for global expansion
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.



1997
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Next step in spoke production in 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 Nord American market.



1996
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DT Swiss Inc. Grand Junction
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 Nord American market.



1995
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DT Swiss Hubs

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.



1994
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DT Swiss Bike Technology AG
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 Bike Technology AG, which they hold until today. 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.



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