Marzocchi tire sa révérence

Après plusieurs rebondissements (sans mauvais jeu de mots) on dirait que cette fois Marzo tire bel et bien sa révérence. C’est Maarten Maes, le directeur des ventes de Tenneco, la maison mère de Marzocchi qui l’annonce dans un communiqué.

En avril, nous avions publié un article qui démentait la rumeur de fermeture qui planait depuis quelques temps. Cela semblait plausible étant donné que Marzo venait de présenter plusieurs nouveaux produits prometteurs à la Sea Otter Classic.

Malheureusement cela n’aura pas suffi à sauver la marque de la faillite.

Voici le communiqué :

Dear Customer/Distributor,

 

Tenneco announced today its intention to close its Marzocchi motorbike fork production plant in Bologna, Italy and to exit the motorbike fork suspension business and the mountain bike business. We expect to complete the closure by the end of 2015.
We regret the necessity of this intended closure, which is driven by competitive pressures combined with the slow recovery of the two-wheeler market.

 

We also regret the impact of this on our Marzocchi employees who have made great efforts to improve performance and reduce costs. We are committed to honoring our obligations to them and v.ill work with their representatives to help minimize the impact of this announcement.

 

We are in discussions with potential buyers of the assets of Tenneco Marzocchi and will keep you informed of the outcome once the sale process concludes.

Today’s announcement should not impact our service, quality and delivery to you in the short term. Like you, we want to ensure supply continuity to our customers and request your ongoing support of this commitment.

 

Please don’t hesitate to contact me for clarification or further information.

 

Thank you for your cooperation.

 

Une page se tourne…

 

Source : nsmb.com