Colorado-based bike rack producer, RockyMounts has been a family-owned firm since its inception. At the moment, that adjustments as Austrailian clothes shop, Rhino-Rack, an business chief in premium automotive roof racks declares its acquisition of RockyMounts.
Based in 1993, by Bobby Noyes in Boulder Colorado, RockyMounts has been a non-public firm, producing revolutionary roof and hitch bike racks for 3 many years. They’ve change into identified for creating well-thought-out, reliable racks.
Bobby has constructed an amazing model, with market-leading merchandise and a passionate client following. We’re proud to have the ability to embody RockyMounts in our portfolio of Journey manufacturers to broaden our alternative to be a much bigger a part of folks’s journey,” remarked Mat Hayward, Managing Director of Clarus Journey Section.
What Does Bobby Must Say?
“After I began to have a look at the way forward for RockyMounts, my very own future, and the manufacturers, I had a brief record of firms that I might belief to look after it the way in which I’ve. I’m so excited to see the place Rhino-Rack takes RockyMounts and I do know that my model and persons are in nice fingers with Mat and Tripp on the helm,” concluded Bobby Noyes, founding father of RockyMounts.
The phrases of the sale weren’t disclosed within the press launch. Nonetheless, it appears that evidently Noyes shall be staying on with the enterprise in a Product Growth and innovation-driving capability.
What’s Subsequent for RockyMounts
In keeping with the press launch, each retailers and shoppers “ought to see no main adjustments to the every day operation of the model within the brief time period, and the model will proceed to be managed out of Colorado”.
Rhino-Rack shall be ceasing operations in Grand Junction to consolidate operations in Denver, Colorado. It will enhance rail supply entry.
The corporate that owns Rhino-Rack, the Clarus Company is situated in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah. It’s stated to be a “world chief within the design and growth of best-in-class gear and way of life merchandise. They personal many different acquainted manufacturers like Black Diamond, Rhino-Rack, MAXTRAX, TRED Open air, and Ezy Anchor.
It is sensible that an organization like Rhino-Racks, which is basically an enormous clothes shop for the overland market, would discover worth in buying a motorcycle rack firm. There’s fairly a little bit of cross-over between the overland neighborhood and individuals who prefer to trip bikes. So, possibly this shall be a great house for RockyMounts… we’ll see.
