History: trace of origins

1908
Start of Rigida, France

1923
Start of Van Schothorst, The Netherlands

1955
Opening of new factory in Boxmeer,
The Netherlands

1989
Van Schothorst purchases Rigida, the new group is called Rigida Group

1990
Opening of a factory in Malaysia

1992
Introduction of the famous DP18 rim

1997
Rigida Group acquires Alesa, Belgium

1997
Rigida Group acquires Weinmann, China

1998
First rims with the CSS coating

2003
Introduction of the Andra range

2008
Creation of Ryde Hungary

2013
Introduction of a new high end range,
the Trace and the Edge series

2016
Extension of the Andra series

2017
Improving the design and extending the range of the Trace and Edge series to make them stronger and even more reliable

2018
Ryde opens office Geldermalsen, The Netherlands

2019
Launch of Andra 29

2020
Launch of Disc Series. Opening of a new factory in Hungary