Solvay worked hand-in-hand with a Monaco-based company to develop a cutting-edge electric bike made entirely of plastic, and to introduce one of its newest high performance polymers in the process. Thierry Manni started his own e-bike company, Stajvelo, in 2017. “We wanted to create a lifestyle bike, not a high performance sports machine, a bike that’s a design object but that people could use it in their daily lives”, Thierry said.The first prototype was created in 2018, and discussions began with Solvay as the supplier of the high performance polymer that was required to build such a bike. Long fiber thermoplastics were required here, to ensure the performance of the material in a wide range of demanding applications on a bike, especially complex ones such as wheel rims. And using such the LFT material also made the bike recyclable; a rare quality.Stajvelo insisted on local production of the bike in Europe. LFT can be injection molded, allowing to create a designer bike that can be both produced in Europe and recycled. Stajvelo began the production of its RV01 model in April 2019: 15 bikes are manufactured per week in the company’s workshop in Monaco, fully equipped for security (with built-in lights and a geolocation device in case of theft) and maximum comfort – and the next model is in the works.For identifying Growth Opportunities in the Global Advanced Composites Market, please visithttp://www.lucintel.com/advanced_composites_market_2017.aspx
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