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Around a year after the start of a pioneering project on the Indonesian island of Java, in which agriculture and forestry are combined, Schwalbe draws a positive interim conclusion. The family-owned company is pleased with the great progress made by the 7,500 rubber trees whose seedlings were planted around nine …

Schwalbe‘s G-One R line gets its third member with the launch of the G-One RX, which is said to focus on delivering the best possible off-road performance. The new G-One RX has been designed and optimised for off-road, especially on rocky and muddy terrain, where enormous amounts of grip are …

Eight cycling companies – Accell, Canyon, Quality Bicycle Products, Rose, Schindelhauer, Schwalbe, Scott, and Trek – have launched a free Climate Action Training Course for the cycling industry to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the industry’s global supply chains. The majority of a cycling company’s environmental footprint typically stems …

Schwalbe has published its third CSR report under the title “We are recyclists”. In it, the family-owned company transparently presents the progress it has made on its path to social and ecological responsibility. Schwalbe focuses in particular on the promotion of the circular economy, the consistent increase in environmentally friendly …

Schwalbe’s tyre recycling programme has reached a significant milestone. Since the introduction of the holistic and, to date, unique recycling system, one million bicycle tyres have been collected, recycled and returned to the cycle of reclaimed material going back into new products. In tangible terms, this means that they are …

Schwalbe has developed two MTB radial tyres for the first time, Albert and Shredda. According to the German brand, the two models are set to turn the MTB world “on its head”. The basis is the completely new design of the carcass. The carcass threads, which traditionally run diagonally across …

Schwalbe has presented “a revolution” for bicycle valves with the Schwalbe Clik Valve (SCV). The product has the potential to become the new industry standard in the medium term thanks to it tackling a problem which has stood for more than 100 years. John Quintana‘s aim when he invented the …

One year after the launch of the Green Marathon, the world’s first tyre made partly from used tyres, Schwalbe is converting large parts of its range to circular tyres. From now on, 70% of all Schwalbe tyres will be made with recycled carbon black (rCB). The rCB is a direct …

Schwalbe is continuing to roll out its tube recycling programme. With immediate effect, customers in France and Italy can also return used bicycle inner tubes to specialist retailers. These are sent back to Schwalbe in bundles, recycled using a devulcanization process developed in-house and used for the production of new …

Schwalbe has taken the Green Marathon to the next level in terms of environmental friendliness and increased the proportion of recycled and renewable materials from 70% to 80%. The basis for this is recycled nylon, which is used in the carcass of the tyre and completely replaces petroleum-based nylon. The …