Posted By Viva Sarah Press On October 17, 2012 @ 5:59 am In | 3
Comments The world’s first cardboard bicycle, invented by Izhar
Gafni – an Israeli expert in designing automated mass-production
lines, is just months away from mass production lines. Gafni and
his business partner Nimrod Elmish say the environmentally
friendly bikes will likely sell for a mere $20. In addition to
offering a green product, the Israeli team says it has created a
business model that could allow for bicycles to be given away
for free in poor countries. They say their plan does not allow
for financial benefits in cheap labor markets. “This is a real
game-changer. It changes … the way products are manufactured and
shipped, it causes factories to be built everywhere instead of
moving production to cheaper labor markets, everything that we
have known in the production world can change,” Elmish told
Reuters. Elmish explained that those who make the bikes would
bring in financial rewards from advertisements and government
grants. “We are