{"id":20620,"date":"2025-11-26T12:57:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T11:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/achielle.dspdev.be\/2025\/achielle-wins-made-in-west-flanders-award\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:27:33","slug":"achielle-wins-made-in-west-flanders-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/achielle.be\/en\/2025\/achielle-wins-made-in-west-flanders-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Achielle wins \u2018Made in West-Flanders Award\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are proud to announce that Achielle has won the <strong>Made in West-Flanders Award<\/strong> 2025. <\/p>\n\n<!--moreReadMore-->\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From a longlist of twenty companies, and later a shortlist of five finalists, the jury selected <em>the Achielle bicycle as the winner<\/em>.<br\/>With this, the family-owned company from Pittem succeeds none other than Jules Destrooper, last year\u2019s laureate.<br\/> <br\/>The award recognizes businesses that excel in <strong>local roots<\/strong>, <strong>craftsmanship<\/strong>, <strong>quality<\/strong>, and <strong>innovation<\/strong>.<br\/> <br\/>At the ceremony in Merksplas, Achielle was announced as the winner for West-Flander<em>s.<br\/> <br\/>\u201dAchielle is a textbook example of Belgian craftsmanship. In a world dominated by mass production, this family company continues to build every bicycle from A to Z in its own workshop \u2014 locally, with care, and with a clear aesthetic vision. The jury particularly appreciated the combination of tradition, quality, and international appeal. An Achielle bike is not only beautiful to look at; it also symbolizes the strength of West Flanders\u2019 manufacturing industry: pure, reliable, and timeles<\/em>s.\u201d<br\/><em>\u2014 Jury Made in Award 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThis award is not only a recognition of our craftsmanship, but also for everyone who helps carry the Achielle story \u2014 our dedicated team, our dealers, and the many Achielle riders and fans.\u201d<\/em><br\/><em>\u2014 Tom Oosterlinck<\/em><br\/><strong>A recognition for three generations of craftsmanship.<\/strong><br\/>This victory is a major acknowledgement of what has made Achielle unique for generations: handcrafted production from A to Z in its own workshop. From frame building and painting to final assembly, every Achielle bike is created in Pittem \u2014 with attention to detail, durability, and timeless design. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis award is an incredible honour for us,\u201d says Jan Oosterlinck. \u201cWe are a small team with a big passion for our craft. To see that recognized means a great deal to us.\u201d <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After winning the &#8216;Made-in West Flanders Award,&#8217; the following articles were published:<br\/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.made-in.be\/west-vlaanderen\/fietsen-achielle-is-winnaar-van-het-concours-het-product-van-west-vlaanderen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Made-in: &#8220;Fietsen Achielle is winnaar van het concours \u2018Het Product van West-Vlaanderen\u2019&#8221;<\/a><br\/>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.made-in.be\/oost-vlaanderen\/het-product-dit-zijn-de-zeven-winnaars-uit-alle-made-in-regios-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Made-in: &#8220;H\u00e9t Product: dit zijn de zeven winnaars uit alle Made in-regio\u2019s&#8221;<\/a><br\/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hln.be\/pittem\/familiebedrijf-achielle-bekroond-tot-product-van-west-vlaanderen-schoolvoorbeeld-van-belgisch-vakmanschap~acc2ed58\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Het Laatste Nieuws (West-Vlaanderen)<\/a><br\/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/nieuwsfiets.nu\/2025\/11\/26\/achielle-winnaar-van-made-in-west-vlaanderen-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nieuwsfiets.nu<\/a><br\/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.made-in.be\/west-vlaanderen\/interview-met-peter-oosterlinck-achielle-fietsen-winnaar-het-product-van-west-vlaanderen-we-willen-onafhankelijk-blijven\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Made-in West-Vlaanderen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are proud to announce that Achielle has won the Made in West-Flanders Award 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":20336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2864],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/achielle.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/achielle.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/achielle.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/achielle.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/achielle.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/achielle.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20621,"href":"https:\/\/achielle.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20620\/revisions\/20621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/achielle.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/achielle.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/achielle.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/achielle.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}