Pirelli starts cycling tyre production in Italy
Pirelli has announced that its first P Zero cycling tyres made in Italy will hit the market this month through global distributors.
Stemming from the Bollate plant, the first P Zero Race tyres made in Italy roll off a production line just a few kilometres from the historic facility where the company set out in 1962. This facility has been undergoing a modernisation and overhaul process for some time to accommodate the production of Pirelli Cycling’s top-of-the-range lines. All P Zero tyres will be made here.
The plant’s proximity to the Pirelli Headquarters and to the R&D department will now be an accelerator of the development of Pirelli’s future Cycling products. A high degree of automation in production will “guarantee extremely high-quality reliability and geometrical precision to the product,” according to the statement issued today to mark the occasion.
“Pirelli tested a unique extrusion system, which also helps reach absolute geometrical and weight precision; and finally its compounds, developed with a continuous mixing system. Each process has been devised in accordance with the specific features of Pirelli Cycling tyre, with the highest safety standards and with high automation; thanks to the CE certified machinery combined with the consolidated expertise of the Pirelli employees, this will guarantee the necessary quality to turn the final products into benchmarks,” added the brand.
Pirelli is also carrying on its renovation of the spaces dedicated to its employees. There will be a complete restyling of the buildings and of the exteriors, with a more contemporary style. The result will be a modern and efficient industrial complex that is well integrated into the surrounding urban setting. The complete renovation of the industrial plant is expected to be completed by early 2023.
“We are very satisfied with the new look and function of the Bollate factory, thus bringing back to Italy part of the production of cycling tyres, even more so this year as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the company. To us, bicycles have a great historical and symbolic value: bike tyres were the very first tyres Pirelli ever produced and today we are bringing back this part of our business to just a few kilometres from our headquarters. Moreover, the Bollate project enables us to add value to the local territory, with measures aimed at turning Bollate into a modern and sustainable plant, and its surrounding environment along with it”, stated Andrea Casaluci, General Manager Operations at Pirelli.
Pirelli’s cycling tyres are ridden by some cycling teams of the highest UCI category, including Trek-Segafredo, UAE Team Emirates, AG2R Citroën, and MTB teams such as Wilier Triestina-Pirelli and Canyon CLLCTV-Pirelli.