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Finnish vehicle manufacturer
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Solifer Oy
Company typeOsakeyhtiö
IndustryVehicle manufacturing
Founded1954 (1954)
HeadquartersPargas, Finland
Area servedWorldwide
Products
Revenue€110 million (2007)
Number of employees450 (2007)
Websitesolifer.com

Solifer Oy is a Finnish manufacturer of bicycles, boats, mopeds and travel trailers. The company was founded in 1954, and it started as a dynamo manufacturer. As of 2007, the company's bicycles are manufactured in Poland, boats in Finland, mopeds in China, and travel trailers in Dorotea, Sweden.

In 2014, approximately a fifth of the 250,000 bicycles sold in Finland were Solifers.

Mopeds

1958 Solifer Capri

Alongside Tunturi, Solifer was one of the significant moped manufactures in Finland from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s. From 1958 to 1984, around 175,000 Solifer mopeds were manufactured, of which over 20,000 were exported outside Finland. Solifers were distributed by AB Bensow Oy.

With approximately 1,200 registrations in the first half-year of 2010, China-manufactured Solifer BT49QT was the most registered moped in Finland at that time.

References

  1. ^ Virtanen, Pekka (19 January 2007). "Solifer laajentaa veneisiin ja kaksipyöräisiin". Tuulilasi (in Finnish). A-lehdet Oy. Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  2. Lyy, Juhani (22 September 1993). "Solifer-mopolla maailman ympäri". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  3. "Matkailuvaunujen valmistus loppuu Suomessa". MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). 15 October 2003. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  4. Vuorela, Seija (4 May 2007). "Solifer palaa paalupaikalle". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  5. Rosvall, Minna (2 January 2014). "Entiset nokialaiset tekevät 10 000 mummopyörää Salossa". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  6. Karhu, Tuomas (2 February 2008). "Suomalainen kahvilaraaseri". MP Maailma (in Finnish). JMS Nordic Oy. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  7. Viitanen, Jorma (4 August 2010). "Solifer keulii mopomarkkinoilla". Tuulilasi (in Finnish). A-lehdet Oy. Archived from the original on 6 September 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2013.

Further reading

  • Siukosaari, Anssi; Valkjärvi, Jorma (2010). Solifer, meidän mopedi (in Finnish). Helsinki: Alfamer. ISBN 9789524721103.

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