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		MEP applauds Triumph’s success Thursday, 21st July 2005 Conservative MEP Roger Helmer this week paid tribute to the remarkable success of an East Midlands engineering company, following his visit to the Triumph motorcycle factory at Hinckley. The visit, along with MP for Bosworth, David Tredinnick included a tour of the Leicestershire site, taking in the main manufacturing and assembly halls and production lines and a comprehensive briefing on Triumph’s recent history. Triumph moved to its Hinckley site in 1990 where all its motorcycles are designed, developed and built locally. The company has re-established itself as a thriving multi-national business since being devastated by fire in March 2002, for although the fire was one of the largest industrial fires ever in Britain, almost six months to the day, the rebuilt factory was fully operational and going from strength to strength. Since then, Triumph has built its 200,000th bike at the Hinckley plant and released two brand new motorcycles, the Speedmaster cruiser and the Daytona 600 sports machine. Following his visit, Mr Helmer said: “I am delighted to have this opportunity to visit the Triumph factory, a successful and thriving business in Leicestershire. Triumph’s Hinckley factory is one of the most technologically advanced plants in the world. The recovery of the Triumph business following the disastrous fire is remarkable and reflects huge credit on both the workforce and the management.” Triumph’s twice daily factory tours have proved hugely popular with more than 10,000 visitors going through the factory gates in Hinckley since the re-introduction of factory tours in 2004.