Kalex
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| Private | |
| Industry | Transportation |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Bobingen, Bavaria, Germany |
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Key people
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Klaus Hirsekorn, Alex Baumgärtel |
| Products | Motorbikes |
| Website | Kalex Engineering |
Kalex Engineering is a German specialty engineering company that designs, manufactures and sells high-performance parts for motorcycles. Kalex Engineering was founded in 2008 in the Bavarian city of Bobingen, Germany by Klaus Hirsekorn and Alex Baumgärtel.
The name of Kalex was created by merging the two first names of the company founders, Klaus Hirsekorn and Alex Baumgärtel.
In 2010, with the introduction of the new 600 cc Moto2 class using controlled Honda engines, Kalex Engineering began providing its chassis to the Pons Racing team.Stefan Bradl became the first rider to achieve a world title using a Kalex chassis when he won the 2011 Moto2 World Championship for the Viessmann Kiefer Racing team.
Kalex won the Manufacturers' Championship in 2013 Moto2 season when teams using their chassis finished in the top four places in the Championship. Teams using the Kalex chassis are dominating the 2016 Moto2 season.
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