Punch International, a Belgian holding firm, has just announced its purchase of German performance wheel maker BBS. The rising cost of aluminum was cited for BBS’s loss of almost four million euros last year, which forced the company into bankruptcy in May.
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- "Did BBS wheels go out of business?" October 12, 2020 One of the biggest wheel companies, BBS, founded in 1970 by two amateur racers has filed for bankruptcy.
- Where are BBS wheels made? Located in Takaoka-City, BBS Japan creates the forgings for all of our forged road and racing wheels. Hydraulic forging presses up to 9000 tons are used to produce the forgings that will become a BBS wheel. Back in 1983, this facility produced the die-forged "RS" design wheel that is still an icon today.
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