Simplex Bicycles

In 1887: the factory was founded in Utrecht Stationdwarsstraat (Station Road) with the name "Simplex Automatic Machine Company".
Its founder an Englishman, Charles Bingham.
Year 1890: Simplex bicycle production started in full / intact.
Leeuwenberg of Dekft founder Piet and Charles Bingham entered into the board of directors in 1893. Leeuwenberg family became deputy directors until 1954.
Production Simplex bicycles in tahun1896 has reached 5000 pieces move on the bike after Overtoom, Amsterdam. This year Simplex get the status as the largest bicycle factory in Amsterdam.

Year 1899: The bike is factory named NV Simplex, factory machinery, bicycles, and motorcycles.
Year 1908: Simplex launched a tricycle model (especially for transporting the sick). This model is indirectly to transport over long distances.
1939: Simplex introduces an aluminum bike with a weight of 12 kg.
Production stopped in 1943 due to the war between the end of 1945.
1952: Simplex joining Locomotief, and around 1960 had produced 55,000 bicycles. Means has provided kontriusi 10% of bicycle production in the Netherlands.

Simplex production increased to 70,000 after moving to a larger factory on the Street Pilot (Pilotenstraat Amsterdam).
Year 1955: the year of production Simplex to One Million units of the bike.
Year 1967: Simplex, Locomotief and Junke merge into a combined Dutch bicycle manufacturer (Verenigde Nederlandse Rijwielfabriek)
Year 1968: Gazelle took over the company's Simplex
Gazelle in 2000 Simplex selling brand name in a combined two-wheeler buyers from Germany (ZEG) are also active in the Netherlands