BMC is a Swiss bicycle brand whose story began in Grenchen in 1986 with the goal of building the fastest, most precise race bike. It makes road, track, gravel and mountain bikes such as the Teammachine, Speedmachine, Roadmachine and Fourstroke, runs a Mountain Biking Pro Factory Team, and has technology partnerships with Red Bull Advanced Technologies and Red Bull Racing.
Same category, HQ in Switzerland
DTSince its foundation in 1994, DT Swiss has focused on reliable products for ambitious cyclists, from spokes and hubs to wheels and suspension. The Biel company marked its 30th anniversary in 2024, and in 2023 it moved all suspension assembly from Asia to Poland.
Wheels, hubs and suspension
SCSCOTT is a sports-equipment brand that traces its founding to engineer and ski racer Ed Scott's aluminium ski pole in 1958. It later expanded into motocross goggles and accessories, ski equipment, mountain bikes and other cycling products. Its own chronology places its entry into motocross in 1970 and the introduction of its first mountain bike in 1986; these historical firsts should not be confused with claims about current sponsorships.
Specialist sports equipment
EXExped is an outdoor equipment brand headquartered in Switzerland. It began in 1983 as a distributor of outdoor brands and launched its own products in 1997.
Specialist sports equipment
GRGRAF SKATES AG makes ice hockey and figure skating boots in Switzerland, used by professionals and amateurs. The company began as Graf & Co., founded in Kreuzlingen in 1921 by Karl Graf's grandfather, producing a wide range of sports shoes for football, cycling, hiking and tennis. It introduced its first ice skates in 1937 and has specialised in ice hockey and figure skating boots since 1974. About 85% of the skates made in Switzerland are sold abroad.
Specialist sports equipment
MIMicro Mobility Systems is a Swiss maker of kickboards and scooters for children, teenagers and adults, based in Küsnacht near Zurich. Wim Ouboter started the company in 1996 after inventing the original Micro kickboard.
Scooters and kickboards
POPOMOCA grew out of the Swiss Dufour family, whose work in winter sports dates to 1870; in the 1930s Éric Dufour developed non-slip and later adhesive climbing skins. The name stands for Peau-Mohair-Caoutchoutée, and since 2011 the brand has been part of the Oberalp Group alongside Salewa, Dynafit and Wild Country.
Ski touring climbing skins
