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Samchuly is a leading bicycle company, and the largest bicycle manufacturer and retailer in Korea. Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, Samchuly currently operates a manufacturing facility in Uiwang, with a production capacity of 300,000 bicycles per year. The company's offerings consist of folding bikes, women's bikes, children's bikes, racing bikes, mountain bikes and special bikes under brand names such as Andre Kim, Appalanchia, Cello, KENIA, HOUND, NEXT and Lespo.
Samchuly employs 190 employees, while having over 3000 individual retail stores in all areas throughout South Korea. Samchuly bicycles are also sold in countries such as the United States, Japan, and in various countries in Europe. Samchuly bicycles have been used in international competitions such as the 1988 Olympics and the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Samchuly is known to have top Korean celebrities represent the brand as spokespeople such as Son Ji Chang, Seo Taiji, Fin.K.L, and Han Hyo-joo.
The CEO is Kim Seok Hwan, who is the grandson of Kim Chul-Ho and the founder of Kia Motors.
Kim Chul-Ho, founder of Kia Motors, founded Samchuly Bicycle in December 1944. As the first company to produce bicycles in Korea, this was in effect, the beginning of the bicycle industry in Korea. By January 1945, Samchuly was producing many components of the bicycle, including the chain, hub, crank, pedals, and other parts in its own factory. In April 1952, during the Korean War, Samchuly started manufacturing complete bicycles for the first time. This was 85 years after Ernest Michaux started mass-producing bicycles in France. Samchuly was the first to manufacture and sell a complete bicycle in Korea.
As the Korean economy struggled to grow, Samchuly decided to export bicycles to the United States and shipped their first set of bicycles in 1965. President Park Chung-Hee visited Samchuly's factory at Siheung and encouraged Samchuly to help Korea industrialize in the 1970s. Exports to the United States grew very rapidly in the 1970s, with annual exports averaging 100,000 bicycles. By the 1980s, annual exports averaged 300,000 bicycles.
In 1985, Korea established a designated manufacturing complex at Daegu to build bicycles and component parts. This complex planned to establish a manufacturing capacity of 3 million bicycles- one million for domestic consumption and two million for exports. With the support of the government, in 1987, Samchuly was able to manufacture 1 million bicycles from its factory at Yangsan. The following year, the year of the Seoul Olympics, Samchuly exported over 2 million bicycles to the United States alone.
In 1991, Samchuly began producing the popular Lespo models. The firm received ISO 9001 certification in 1995.
Samchuly
Samchuly is a leading bicycle company, and the largest bicycle manufacturer and retailer in Korea. Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, Samchuly currently operates a manufacturing facility in Uiwang, with a production capacity of 300,000 bicycles per year. The company's offerings consist of folding bikes, women's bikes, children's bikes, racing bikes, mountain bikes and special bikes under brand names such as Andre Kim, Appalanchia, Cello, KENIA, HOUND, NEXT and Lespo.
Samchuly employs 190 employees, while having over 3000 individual retail stores in all areas throughout South Korea. Samchuly bicycles are also sold in countries such as the United States, Japan, and in various countries in Europe. Samchuly bicycles have been used in international competitions such as the 1988 Olympics and the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Samchuly is known to have top Korean celebrities represent the brand as spokespeople such as Son Ji Chang, Seo Taiji, Fin.K.L, and Han Hyo-joo.
The CEO is Kim Seok Hwan, who is the grandson of Kim Chul-Ho and the founder of Kia Motors.
Kim Chul-Ho, founder of Kia Motors, founded Samchuly Bicycle in December 1944. As the first company to produce bicycles in Korea, this was in effect, the beginning of the bicycle industry in Korea. By January 1945, Samchuly was producing many components of the bicycle, including the chain, hub, crank, pedals, and other parts in its own factory. In April 1952, during the Korean War, Samchuly started manufacturing complete bicycles for the first time. This was 85 years after Ernest Michaux started mass-producing bicycles in France. Samchuly was the first to manufacture and sell a complete bicycle in Korea.
As the Korean economy struggled to grow, Samchuly decided to export bicycles to the United States and shipped their first set of bicycles in 1965. President Park Chung-Hee visited Samchuly's factory at Siheung and encouraged Samchuly to help Korea industrialize in the 1970s. Exports to the United States grew very rapidly in the 1970s, with annual exports averaging 100,000 bicycles. By the 1980s, annual exports averaged 300,000 bicycles.
In 1985, Korea established a designated manufacturing complex at Daegu to build bicycles and component parts. This complex planned to establish a manufacturing capacity of 3 million bicycles- one million for domestic consumption and two million for exports. With the support of the government, in 1987, Samchuly was able to manufacture 1 million bicycles from its factory at Yangsan. The following year, the year of the Seoul Olympics, Samchuly exported over 2 million bicycles to the United States alone.
In 1991, Samchuly began producing the popular Lespo models. The firm received ISO 9001 certification in 1995.
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