Six Bulgarian companies are currently engaged in bike assembling: Cross, Lider-96, Robifir-Bike, Velomania, Balkanvelo, Maxcom.
In 2009 the Plovdiv manufacturers Maxcom will assembled about half a milion bikes and Lider-96 - about 150000
These facts make Plovdiv the capital city of bikes industry in Balkan peninsula, maybe - in Europe.