# Express Werke

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{{Short description|Manufactured bicycles and motorcycles}}
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'''Express Werke AG''' was a company formed in 1884 in [Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz](/source/Neumarkt_in_der_Oberpfalz), Germany that manufactured [bicycles](/source/bicycles) and [motorcycles](/source/motorcycles). At the start of the company they produced 20 bikes with 16 employees in one year.<ref name="Chardonnet 1959 p. ">{{cite book | last=Chardonnet | first=J. | title=Metropoles Économiques: Londres, Amsterdam, Anvers, Liège, Francfort, Mannheim, Nurenberg, Linz, Barcelone, Gênes, Naples, New York | publisher=A. Colin | series=Cahiers de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques | issue=v. 1 | year=1959 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RbkcAAAAIAAJ | language=fr | access-date=2024-02-16 | page=172}}</ref> In the 1930s Express built [mopeds](/source/mopeds) and lightweight motorcycles with 75cc and 98cc [Sachs](/source/ZF_Sachs_AG) [engines](/source/engines). From 1949 the company resumed production using Sachs and [ILO engine](/source/ILO_engine)s up to 248cc. In 1958 Express merged with [DKW](/source/DKW) and [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(motorcycle)) to form [Zweirad Union](/source/Zweirad_Union). Zweirad Union terminated Express production in 1959.

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== External links ==
* [http://www.express-ig.de/ Express Owners' Club]
* [http://www.meisterdinger.de/express/index.htm ''Meisterdinger von Nürnberg'' Express webpages]
* [http://www.hanselweb.de/Express/express.html ''Hanselweb'' webpage with technical details of 1950s Express '''Radex ZX 151''' model]

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