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For the last two years, LEADER 96, one of the largest e-bike manufacturers in Eastern Europe, has experienced three-digit percentage growth and decided to make the best of it. In 2021 they initiated a rebranding and the result of it can be seen in the corporate outlook, products, and attitude that can be best characterised as Quality First.

The current situation caused by COVID-19 has created a great opportunity for manufacturers of mechanically welded structures within the European Union.

Already available in five European countries, cyclists can hand in their old bicycle inner tubes to their specialist dealer instead of simply throwing them away. Tyre manufacturer Schwalbe recycles the old inner tubes and utilises the material to produce new ones. This saves large amounts of energy; every new Schwalbe inner tube already contains 20% recycled content.

Faction Bike Studio, offering industrial design and engineering services to the bike industry, is growing rapidly. An important contribution to this growth is a unique prototype service. This service enables Faction Bike Studio to create a prototype for every step of the development process.

A&C Solutions supports e bike and e cargo bike manufacturers by developing customized cable harnesses and splitters with Higo connectors.

Lithuania may not be on the radar of many bike industry manufacturers but the increasing number of international bike businesses there certainly suggests it should be. High added manufacturing value at reasonable cost, governmental aid and ease of startup are all cited as strong incentives by Invest Lithuania, the government arm tasked with attracting new businesses.

Not only Leader Fox, but many other manufacturers around the world are betting on the increasingly visible Asian S-Ride component brand in these problematic times for component supply.

Leader Fox - founded in 1996 in České Budějovice, a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic - the bicycle manufacturing company has come a long way from its humble beginnings and is currently one of the most sought-after producers and exporters of various bicycles and e-bikes models across Europe.

Gates has partnered with transmission manufacturer enviolo to offer a series of training sessions in Europe. The Retail Training Series will enable dealers to get better acquainted with the combination of Gates Carbon Drive and enviolo products.

Well-known suspension specialist SR Suntour celebrated 10 million suspension units being produced globally back in 2010 and say their subsequent successful growth has been partly fuelled by the fact that e-bikes are much more popular now than 10 years ago.