Restart for SIMPLON: SOL Capital Management intends to acquire the long-established Austrian bicycle manufacturer

Subject to the legal validity of the reorganisation plan, SOL Capital plans to acquire SIMPLON Holding GmbH. With its investment, SOL intends to ensure the persistence of one of the leading brands in Austrian cycling as well as the purely Austrian production of SIMPLON with around 140 employees. The purchase agreement was signed on 11 December 2024 and the restructuring plan was accepted by creditors on 12 December 2024.

SOL Capital intends to invest in strengthening the SIMPLON brand and wants to drive expansion in the European and international bicycle market. The existing team around CFO Gerhard Buchmüller will be complemented by industry expert Christoph Mannel, who has already successfully repositioned several well-known European bicycle and sporting goods manufacturers, once the transaction has been finalized.

‘Together we have ambitious plans for the future. SIMPLON has an excellent reputation in the promising market for premium bicycles. We want to leverage this potential,’ adds SOL Managing Partner Paul Niederkofler.