C-Parts Engineering Support for an Innovative Product Launch — BASTILLE Folding Bike
Primary Industries
Automotive
Consumer Mobility
Secondary Industries
Electric Vehicle
General Manufacturing
Customer
BASTILLE
VMI with ERP integration eliminated manual ordering and production stoppages — completely hands-off
BASTILLE, a French manufacturer of premium folding bicycles, needed precise C-parts specifications to guarantee mechanical reliability and support series production. As a product designer and prescriber rather than a direct manufacturer, they needed an expert partner to define which components would work — before production could begin.
CSG — through the Bufab Group’s engineering capabilities — worked directly with BASTILLE to develop detailed C-parts specifications covering a combination of standard and specialised components. Each selection was validated against the bike’s mechanical requirements and confirmed compatible with the assembly partner’s production process.
The outcome: BASTILLE could focus entirely on design and brand. The technical challenge of specifying the right components — the details that cannot fail — was handled by CSG’s engineering team.
This specification-first approach is available to any manufacturer bringing a new product to series production. CSG provides the component expertise so your team doesn’t have to become fastener engineers to launch a reliable product.
"Their support gave us the freedom to focus on design while they secured the details of the small parts, which cannot fail!"— Nicolas Cuany, Industrial Director, BASTILLE"
RESULTS / OUTCOMES
Successful on-time product launch — mechanical reliability confirmed before series production
Full C-parts specification developed from mechanical requirements — no compromise
Smooth transition from prototype to series production
Customer team freed to focus on design, not component sourcing
Launching a new product and need C-parts engineering support? Contact CSG before your components become a problem.
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