Time Bicycles Moving to South Carolina

Time Bicycles is moving production to South Carolina, where it will build the nation's largest carbon fiber bicycle manufacturing facility. Time acquired a 140,000-square-foot factory in Landrum, and will begin renovations next month.

This puts Time very close to Spartanburg, home of BMW's U.S. manufacturing plant. The choice to locate here was no accident.

"Their composites program is leading edge," Karklins said. "They have done significant work over the last decade in resin transfer molding technology. And that's the reason why we've come to the area because we are the one bike company that exists in resin transfer molding. Resin transfer molding is the way automotive and aerospace are manufacturing carbon fiber products. So the tech is there."

This is HUGE news for the American bike industry.

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