March 7, 2003 – Cannondale's production workers began returning to the company's Bedford, Pennsylvania bike factory in earnest today. Employees had worked sporadically over the past several weeks building frames for Cannondale's European subsidiary. Today's return to work, and the return of other employees over the next week, signals the full resumption of production for the Connecticut-based bikemaker.

Beginning this past Monday, fabrication departments such as parts preparation, welding, weld sanding, heat-treating and frame machining are back to work full-time. As the output of those departments quickly moves through the production line, employees who work on later aspects of bike production will be returning. Finishing departments including painting and finish-sanding will return to work later this week, and workers who perform final bike assembly and packaging are slated to return on today. All of the company's production workers are scheduled to return by Tuesday, March 11th.