Pon Holdings BV is a Dutch conglomerate in the transportation sector. It is one of the five largest bicycle manufacturers in the world, and owns bicycle brands Caloi, Cannondale, Cervélo, Derby Cycle (owner of Focus Bikes), GT Bicycles, Gazelle, IronHorse, Kalkhoff, Mongoose, Santa Cruz, Urban Arrow (cargo bikes), Veloretti, and Schwinn, among others.
The company was founded in 1980 by Ben Pon, a former racing car driver and son of Ben Pon Sr., who became the importer of Volkswagen in the Netherlands in 1947. it is still owned by the Pon family.
Activities
Cycling
Pon.bike owns Cervélo, Focus & Kalkhoff Holding (owner of
Focus Bikes), Dorel Sports (parent company of Cannondale, Schwinn,
GT Bicycles, Mongoose,
Caloi, and IronHorse),
Gazelle,
Kalkhoff, Union, Santa Cruz Bicycles (owner of Reserve Wheels
), Juliana Bicycles, PUBLIC Bikes,, Swapfiets, Veloretti, BBB parts, Urban Arrow, Lease-a-Bike, BusinessBike, Fietsned service, Ride Out shop(s), Mike's Bike shops, Nimbl shoes, OneUp Components and others.
History
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1986: Takeover importership of SEAT
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1988: Takeover of Transmark Groep, Motrac (Linde)
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1992: Takeover importership of Škoda
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1995: Founding of BelCompany in cooperation with Macintosh Retail Group
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1998: Founding of Pon North America
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2003: Takeover of Geveke N.V., Founding of Pon Equipment & Power Systems
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2005: Founding of Pon Logistic Solutions, Shanghai, China
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2011: Takeover of Gazelle
[ Elektrische fiets van Gazelle belangrijk voor Pon, De Gelderlander, 28 June 2011.]
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2011: Takeover importership of Cervélo.
[ PON gaat fietsen Cervélo verkopen, wielerland.nl, 27 December 2011.]
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2013: Acquisition of Callidus Group
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2015: Acquisition of Santa Cruz Bicycles
[ Santa Cruz Bicycles sold to Pon Holdings, the owner of Cervélo and Focus]
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2015: Takeover of Imtech Marine
[[4], RH Marine Group, 21 October 2015.]
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2019: Acquisition of Urban Arrow
[ Pon Bike Acquires Electric Cargo Bike Brand Urban Arrow]
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2021: Acquisition of Mike's Bikes (a 12 store San Francisco Bay Area bicycle retailer)
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2021: Acquisition of Dorel Sports
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2022: Takeover of Veloretti
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2024: Sale of Pon Equipment Pon Power B.V., or Pepp B.V. for short, to the German Zeppelin Group. This division sold Caterpillar products in the Netherlands and Norway
Pre-dating Pon Holding
In 1895 Mijndert Pon, father of Ben Pon (senior) operated a vehicle repairshop. His sons Ben and Wijnand took ownership of the company.
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1931: Founding of Pon's Automobielhandel (by then a chain of car dealerships) by Ben and his brother Wijnand Pon
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1936: importership Continental AG and Federal
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1947: importership Volkswagen
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1948: importership Porsche
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