Bianchi reveal plans for new 30,000sqm HQ and production facility in Italy

Bianchi has announced an urban regeneration plan that will lead to the creation of a new plant of over 30,000 sqm. It will also see the re-shoring of many bike frame production jobs that had been moved abroad.

Salvatore Grimaldi, President and Owner of Bianchi, said: “Growing and developing companies is the challenge that fascinates me more than any other, and today we are embracing a new one: creating at Bianchi one of the most advanced bicycle manufacturing plants in the world. We feel proud to have chosen Treviglio for this renewal and for our future. Treviglio will be home not only of a technological and designer factory, but of a leading, ambitious company with a global vision.”

Fabrizio Scalzotto, Chief Executive Officer of Bianchi, said: “The new headquarters will be situated in the same area that currently hosts Bianchi in Treviglio, as part of a larger project of renewal that seeks to reaffirm the value of Made in Italy and the proud history associated with that phrase.

The new Bianchi will extend over an area of 30,000 sqm, of which more than 17,000 will be dedicated to production. Key to Bianchi’s vision and strategy is the beginning of a re-shoring process, bringing back to Italy the technical and production capacities that had been outsourced outside of Europe in the previous decades.”

The production has a goal of 1.000 pieces per shift at full capacity. The production of carbon fibre frames in the new plant will begin in 2023.

The new headquarters and the increase in production capacity will also mean that more than 250 new jobs will become available for people such as clerks, technical resources, and production personnel.

Additionally, the new Bianchi venue will host a Bianchi Museum. Juri Fabio Imeri, Mayor of Treviglio, said: “Bianchi’s choice to remain and invest in Treviglio is a great opportunity for the area, because it strengthens the local turnover and level of employment, and further binds the name of a world-leading company to our city. We also like the idea of establishing an even stronger collaboration with the Bianchi Museum, which has the potential to attract thousands of people to our territory”.

“The added value of this operation, however, is certainly related to the choice of the urban regeneration path. With this investment, the headquarters will be completely regenerated, without soil consumption and reducing the environmental impact nearly to zero. That’s a meritorious and far-sighted choice, consistent with Bianchi’s glorious history”.

The overall investment for the project and creation of the new production plant is over €40 million. The work was started in November 2021